Why Should I Use a Camera in
the Classroom?
Pictures inform, they
clarify, they influence ... and they add impact.
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Digital Camera Terms |
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Taking a
Picture with the Sony
Mavica. |
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Check Out
these directions for viewing and deleting
pictures, as well as inserting them into Microsoft Word,
Kid Pix Deluxe, and Power Point. |
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Going
Digital With Curriculum Activities |
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Use digital photos...
...as
a writing prompt
...to
illustrate the steps in a procedure
...to
record a field trip, allowing the students to write about them at a later time
...to record a
virtual tour
...to
create class books
...to
illustrate concepts, i.e. math in nature!
...to
create ABC books and others
...to
create a documentary
...to make
written biographies
"Come Alive"
...to
encourage creativity
...capture classroom
activities for newsletter, web pages, student portfolios with reading
inventories.
101 Uses for a Digital Camera
Other classroom uses include:
- use a photo as a prompt for narrative or
descriptive writing
- school newspaper
- graphics for written reports and presentations
- write letters to
keypals and others (such as
reading buddies in another grade), inserting photos
- send photos via e-mail to electronic
keypals
- e-mail class updates to parents, with attached
photos
- write a class novel with live-action photos as
illustrations
- ABC alphabet book [use real objects to enhance
letter-sound correspondence]
- We Spy books [go on a scavenger hunt through
out the school as an extension for a completed unit]
- sequencing books [using a digital camera is
especially useful to sequences which cannot be brought to school for students to
experience]
- All About Us [take photos of students and let
them write about themselves - this is especially good for Kindergarten!]
- big books [to make a photo large enough for a
big book, resize photo for whole prage and print out - you can then run it through a
poster maker (in a publishing center, such as Region X) to enlarge it even further]
- publicize a class play or project
Even More Ideas:
- make personalized name tags or desk plates
- recording projects and presentations for Open
House
- create a digital class archive
- demonstrate vocabulary, emotions,
compare/contrast
- illustrate perspectives in art
- observe weather over a period of time
- student portfolio
- illustrate process for complicated projects
- illustrate a science experiment
- document growth of classroom plant or pet
- demonstrate a P.E. exercise
- develop a student-generated, graphical web
research site
- school showcase
And if
those weren't enough ideas...
Be Creative.......
Empower Your
Students.....
Make Their Learning Visual......
Use 21st Century Tools!
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