Digital+Camera

Digital Cameras http://www.zardec.net.au/keith/digcam.htm Using a camera can bring more fun into your classroom. It not only can document experiences that your student are having, but allows you to share those experiences with other teachers and parents. Using a camera in the classroom also encourages creativity. There is no right or wrong answer and students are free to express themselves. Having a digital camera in the classroom is really no cost after its purchase. There is no need to purchase film or batteries; it is a permanent tool in your classroom. The camera is also great for putting together yearbooks and school newspapers. Involving students in this process not only encourages creativity but leadership and teamwork. [] Consider documenting the students. Take a picture of each of them on the first day of class so you can work on getting to know each of them. You can even make it into a project and take pictures throughout the year to see how they have grown. You can use pictures of children playing or learning by posting them on a bulletin board to create unity within the classroom. [] Have students take pictures and then write about why they took that picture. This encourages them to write about their own ideas. You can also encourage students to take their own pictures for a presentation, for example of how they created a project. Another fun idea would be to take and print pictures to send to a pen pal. You can also do a project where you send “flat Stanley” home with the students and have them take pictures with him to bring back to class. Make a class book with photos the class has taken. You can even have them stage a story. [] Using student portraits is perfect for making name tags for the kids. Use pictures to create a class encyclopedia or dictionary. You can use this same idea for demonstrating weather, emotions, shapes, and science.
 * 1) **Summarize what you read and explain concepts you learned that will help you incorporate digital photography in your teaching. Include images and links. **

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 * 1) **Describe the perfect camera you would purchase for your classroom, explaining why it is the best choice for you and for your students. **

-High camera resolution- so the pictures are high quality when I blow them up for a power point ect. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">-high speed lens and fast recycling- allows students to document -moving objects <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">-Sensitivity to light- so you can take pictures in bad lighting <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">-Image stabilization <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">-Able to plug in to charge- the easiest way to charge so you are not buying batteries <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">-SD card- easy to export photos to a computer <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">-Optical zoom- allows you to focus in on finite details <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">-Video capable- to record presentations, plays, ect.


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Explain what students are doing with digital cameras. Provide at least 10 ideas you would use in your own curriculum **
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">The camera would be perfect to take on a field trip and document what we saw.
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Have the students take a camera home and document some of their favorite objects.
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Teach students how to edit photos using some of the pictures they have taken
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Take pictures of class projects on put them on a website so their parents can see what we are doing in class.
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Take pictures of the class and groups of friends.
 * 7) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Use the camera to take videos of class presentations.
 * 8) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Use the pictures in a power point presentation.
 * 9) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Use the video option to record school plays.
 * 10) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Plant a seed and take a picture of the plant everyday so you can see it grow.
 * 11) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 16px;">Take pictures of documents and assignments for future use and giving examples [[image:Alexa.jpg width="800" height="500"]]