Day One: Introduction to The Photography Project

1. Who Are We? Why Are We Here? (15-30 minutes)

Instructor gives brief intro to the project, including:

5. introduce self
6. daily structure
7. payment agreement (if you are paying student honorarium)
8. start thinking about contracts
9. brainstorm a basic list of groundrules using student suggestions and record on flip chart. (this is a working list that will be added to/ changed throughout the project.)

Choose an introductions game from these suggestions, or one of your own:

Option A

Instructor will introduce self and include:

1. interest
2. 2 things that make me quirky
3. why I am teaching this project

Students will also self-introduce using the same categories (substituting "why I am a participant in this project") and adding a fourth category of choice (i.e. where I live, my worst job, my favourite food etc.)

Option B

Students and Instructor stand in a circle.

Instructor begins by saying name, and something “quirky” about self

Next person does same, but also repeats (re-introduces) instructor and repeats his/ her information too.

And so on around the circle. Instructor should be the last person, so that he/she repeats the name and "quirky" info about every person in the class.