Let’s be honest. We’ve all done it. You grab the iPad, catch the moment and think, that will make good evidence. Then hours later, you’re buried in uploads, captions and guilt. The work keeps growing, but the meaning keeps shrinking.

This session isn’t about banning photos. It’s about breaking the habit of using them as proof instead of purpose. We will unpack how photo overload steals time, flattens thinking and disconnects us from the learning right in front of us, and how to pull it back.

You will leave with sharper eyes, stronger language and a clearer sense of what matters when you are documenting learning, and what doesn’t. Less screen. More sense.

What You’ll Take Away

• How to spot when documentation is tipping from helpful to heavy

• Real examples of rich, low-photo documentation that captures meaning fast

• Ways to bring families along without feeding the photo machine

• Time, actual time, back in your day for connection and reflection

Completing Put the Camera Down: Less Proof: More Prescence may contribute one-hour of PD that aligns with the NESA (NSW) approved criteria and addresses:

The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: APST 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

Early Years Learning Framework Learning Outcomes: Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators

The National Quality Standard: QA 1: Educational program and practice