Cycle #2 - Remediation

The instructions for this cycle included the following from the CLMOOC website:

For this Make Cycle, we invite you to consider how the media we compose within (like print, sound, still and moving image, or objects) influence how we communicate and interpret.  In this Make Cycle, we will mediate and re-mediate and reflect on how the affordances of different media impact our choices, processes, and meanings.

I wanted to reMEDIAte in a manner that is accessible for students, so I grabbed my phone.  We had just gone to the fireworks in Portsmouth, NH - we took our 2 teenagers staying with us through an international Peace program, so I was viewing the fireworks display through very patriotic eyes.  I'm sure there is a great poem in there.  I also have an idea for a video, but those ideas are for another day.  Here are my photos reMEDIAted on my phone.

Original photo on left. Edited one on right reminds me of a deep sea creature!

Original photo on left. Edited one on right.

Mashup of several edited photos.

I was surprised at how many options the default photo editor had on my phone.  It was fun to make changes to the original photos and create something that was very personal.  This could be a very approachable activity for students.  They could alter photos to fit the mood of a short story, for example.