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| LTP Teacher Training |
LTP teacher training sessions for the 2009-2010 school year are ongoing.
If you are interested in scheduling a training session please contact Kristin Skarbovig for details and please visit the Teacher Resource Page for the current schedule.
For more information on Professional Development Workshops, please visit the Teacher Resource Page.
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The Literacy Through Photography program has been
used in the Houston Independent School District since 1990 and has been utilized by more than 25,000
Houston-area students and teachers. The Literacy Through Photography curriculum can be used with traditional film-based photography equipment as well as digital technologies. In addition to the basic LTP curriculum there are special lessons for ESL students and two environmental curricula on Water and The Earth. |
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FotoFun 2010: A Valentine for the Earth
February 6th, 2010 1-4pm |
To contribute to this growth as a FotoFun attendee, sponsor, or volunteer, please contact Kristin Skarbovig at ltp@fotofest.org or 713-223-5522 x. 11. |
Each February, Literacy Through Photography
(LTP) hosts its annual children’s party,
FotoFun, which benefits LTP’s work in
Houston-area schools. This year’s eco-themed
event, A Valentine for the Earth, will be held
Saturday, February 6, 2010, from 1-4pm at
FotoFest’s Vine Street Studios. more> 
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LTP is happy to announce the Mom 2.0: Defining a Movement Exhibition that will be up during FotoFun 2010. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with The Mom 2.0 Summit and will feature work by Mom 2.0 Summit participants. For more info, click here.
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FotoFence 2010
IMPORTANT DATES
Opening: Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Runs through: Wednesday, May
19th, 2010
Posters Due: Friday, April 23rd,
2010
Click here for more information about FotoFence 2010 |
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| Literacy Through
Photography (LTP) is the classroom-based educational component of FotoFest International.
LTP is a writing program designed to help classroom students achieve
better writing and communication skills through the use of photography and visual imagery. |
Teachers are provided with carefully designed
lesson plans that offer new writing techniques, basic photography
skills, and effective teaching strategies that transform the
classroom into a stimulating environment to give students
the confidence to express themselves through writing and
believe what they write.
All LTP lessons are aligned with Texas-state
mandated curriculum requirements for students in 3rd to
12th grades. Students increase visual and verbal literacy
while building cognitive thinking skills, self-esteem, and
awareness of each other. The LTP curriculum provides students
with meaningful subject matter to help them write about their
own photographs and their own lives with confidence. |
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