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**iPhoneography**  Can we use iPhoneography to capture the lives of everyday people - their experiences and beliefs?

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=**What is //iPhoneography// ?** = Here is what Urban Dictionary says:
 * 1) A purely digital photographic process using Apple's iPhone camera as the primary tool, either as a hobby or simply out of fancy, in capturing and creating photographic images, which may or may not be edited from within the iPhone using built-in third-party applications or on the computer with full-fledged digital imaging software to approximate or appropriate the visual style of lomography or the Polariod, and then shared online via web upload or through email, or even as a printout.
 * 2) The act or practice of snapping quick digital pictures and performing post-processing and sharing from within the mobile phone itself, not only with an iPhone camera, but also with all the other camera hardware and software of all other mobile phones of different makes, brands and models.

=**What is Social History?** =

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 * Think about how our daily actions reflect bigger issues in our world. History happens in government buildings and newsrooms, but it also happens in the way that all people act and react to the events in their lives. "Social History" is about people like you and me.
 * Social History examines the lives of everyday people - their experiences and beliefs - and can help us to gain insight into historic events.
 * What are the pros and cons of using a historic narrative to learn about an era?
 * What can we learn from historic narrative?
 * How accurate is it?
 * How can we develop our understanding of an era through historic narratives, and what additional information is needed to place it in context?

= = =**Can we use iPhoneography to capture the lives of everyday people - their experiences and beliefs?** =

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@http://www.biggpixel.com/post/4632111170/iphoneography-toolkit-education-zapd

@http://stories.mnhs.org/stories/mgg/lesson.do?id=1