Kick-off project meeting in Helsinki, 9th December - 14th December

The teachers, Mrs Maria Vittoria Marini Bettolo Marcini and Mrs Giuseppina Febbraro from Liceo Ugo Foscolo, Albano Laziale, Italia arrived to Kallion lukio, Helsinki for 5 days to plan the project together with the Finnish teachers Mrs Niina Väntänen and Mrs Aija Viita.

Mobiilisti maailmalle -project leader Mr Juhani Kärki is having a hands-on workshop with mobile devices and apps for the teachers in Helsinki City Media Centre. Discover two cities -project will be using mobile and authentic learning as methods. 

7 October 2014
The whole group of Finnish students went to  The Finnish Museum of Photography  to see the exhibition called #Snapshot.  Here is our groupselfie!

 
- Aija

Snapshot

Snapshot exhibition processes different forms and meanings of still photography. Mobile devices have made it possible to share taken photos in social media. People photograph themselves more and more and the selfie-culture is spreading wide. The exhibitions huge photo pile which mirrors shared pictures in 24 hours on a certain website was amazing and realistic. The pile had hundred of thousands photos in it.

There are so much shared photos in social media that they disappear in the multitude of their own. In the other hand single images stay in the internet once you have put them there. Those photos are available to everyone, so it´s better to think what´s appropriate to share. There was also a section of "pictures you DON´T want to see". It was very intriguing because while walking to see that section, you started to imagine such photos you weren´t willing to see and finally when you got there, the wall was full of empty frames. In my opinion it was also interesting how the exhibition brought out the everyday pictures by "ordinary people". The gallery introduced us well to the history of snapshot and its trajectory of the early days to the present. Nowadays all kinds of pictures are in front of us just a touch of a button. I liked the Snaphot exhibition and it gave me enthusiasm for my everyday photographing.

-Jessica