During the 2007-2008 school year Pedagogy of Photography collaborated with LiFE (Linking Food and the Environment) to create photography, literacy and technology projects based on LiFE's Choice, Control and Change curriculum.
Last August I did a presentation educating teachers how to link photography, literacy and the LiFe Curriculum at the Rethinking Food, Health, and the Environment: Making Learning Connections, The Center for Ecoliteracy and Teachers College Columbia University Professional Development Institute.
This summer the Director of the LiFE program has recruited the same POP students who participated in the CCC curriculum to test out LiFESim to try out the game and provide feedback about what they think about the game's design.
The LiFE Program is working with a computer game design firm to develop an interactive computer game to help middle school-aged children make healthier food choices. The game - LiFESim - is based on their Choice, Control, and Change curriculum module which focuses on making students competent navigators of our complex food and activity environment and which has been found successful in changing behaviors.
