My Mosaic Quilt
August 25, 2008 at 5:00 am (Education, Photographs)
Tags: flickr, mosaic, quilt
My Mosaic Quilt
A recent post by English Mum gave me the idea of trying this in the classroom with high school students next week. We’re always looking for ways to break the ice and get to know everyone. I will/did change some of the questions like, “What school did you go to,” for obvious reasons.
So, within the first week of class, this is one of the assignments I’ll give to students in Grades 9/10:
First you take a list of questions:
- What is your first name?
- What is your favourite food?
- What school did you go to? [I'll have to change this one]
- Where was your mother born (town/city)? [Used this and #10, as most were born here]
- What is your favourite thing to do?
- What is your favourite drink? [How I got the old man when entering "red wine" is a mystery]
- If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
- What is your favourite dessert?
- What do you want to do when you grow up?
- Who/ what do you love most in life?
- Choose one word that describes you?
- Where was your father born (town/city) [Again, adapted to the kids]
Next, type your answer to the questions into a flickr search, then using only the first page, click on an image. Copy and paste each of the urls into the Mosaic Maker.
If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
English Mum said,
August 25, 2008 at 6:04 am
I love ‘choose one word that describes you’. Excellent question. What about favourite colour? It brings up some great photos. Although I guess all the girls might have pink in theirs?! Or favourite book? x
Meandering Michael said,
August 25, 2008 at 8:04 am
I hope they all know who their parents are…
What is your favourite type of music?
Who is your hero (or biggest inspiration)?
Moon said,
August 25, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Well, it’s good to have you back… I’m going to go have a play with this idea !
Fawn said,
August 25, 2008 at 2:12 pm
What’s your sign, baby?
What’s your favourite game?
Choose a culture or ethnicity you identify with.
BTW, you might want to remove the question mark from #11.
Carole said,
August 25, 2008 at 6:36 pm
EM: Thanks so much for the idea! Good point about the pink.
MM & Fawn: Great questions! Thanks.
Moon: Thanks for your kind words. It’s nice to be back, though I think my posts will be more sporadic. I hear the UK won tons of Olympic medals (47). Congrats!
I checked to see if Flickr works in the school, as many sites are blocked. Many photos don’t come up, so they’ll just have to scroll down to the first one. I tried using Google images, but came up with nudie pictures when entering “Carole”…not good. I’m looking forward to trying with them.
Carole said,
August 25, 2008 at 6:41 pm
For those who are curious about my answers:
1. Carole
2. Spaghetti [that was a tough one, as I like almost everything]
3. Jacques Cartier [one of many]
4. Timmins, ON
5. Bounce in waves [at Sauble Beach]
6. Red wine
7. Ireland
8. Mille-feuilles [simple, yet tasty]
9. Inspire
10. Dave/husband [don't remember which I entered]
11. Authentic
12. Astorville, ON
Baino said,
August 26, 2008 at 2:06 pm
What a great way to break the ice with new students! I haven’t had a go at this one yet but it’s on the backburner for when the writer’s (i use the term loosely) block kicks in! You can also moderate Google images if it’s easier so that only the ‘clean’ ones turn up!
Carole said,
August 30, 2008 at 7:51 am
Thanks for that Baino. I totally forgot about the filters on Google. I’ll have to check it out.