Mentor Artist Michelle Gutierrez worked closely with the classroom teachers Nathan and Scott at the Lagunitas Public Montessori Program to bring Digital Storytelling to their 3rd through 5th grade students.
THEIR GOALS
• Explore our Montessori identities creating digital images.
• Capture images that show how much we love our school and class.
• Introduce various techniques: scanning, creating digital images, mounting, digital photo editing, and preparing images for IPhoto & IMovie.
MONTESSORI’S HUMAN TENDENCIES
Montessori saw universal, innate characteristics in human psychology which her son and collaborator Mario Montessori identified as ‘human tendencies’ in 1957. We attempted to capture the following fundamental needs of humans with our cameras. We hope you enjoy our interpretations!
