Photostory: Liveability
Summary of task
Students were required to investigate ways of improving the liveability of their local community through the encouragement of pride and ownership in places and spaces. At the end of the four-week unit, students undertook a field trip in their local area to visit specific sites that had been targeted for graffiti. They collected and recorded their observations at each site about the current land use and potential factors contributing to the presence of graffiti. Students subsequently conducted an attitudinal survey of peers and parents regarding graffiti, with the resulting data being represented graphically. They reflected on their information and proposed a number of strategies to decrease graffiti and increase community pride. Finally, all student findings were represented in a multimedia 'photostory' of images and audio commentary.