Interestingly enough I spent the last 23 years as a photography teacher developing (pun intended :) my ideal teaching environment. In 1986 I started with 6 students in photo club and converted an 10 x 20 book room into a photography darkroom. Over the next few years the program grew exponentially till it was the most requested full time class consisting of 3 levels, 6 periods a day with a separate darkroom and digital classroom. Radio playing and zipping about looking at negatives, test strips, scans, Photoshop projects, hand coloring, mounting and framing activities made for an exciting and interactive environment that most found memorable and fun. Of course if I were to truly dream, each student would have a digital slr with an assortment of lenses, their own Macbook pro with Adobe CS5 loaded and double period every day for every class! Maybe in my next teaching adventure because as they say, dreams really do come true if we believe.
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