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Digital Camera Fun!
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Digital Camera Fun!
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Using a digital camera can
really liven up the lessons you teach Information
on What Kind Of Camera To Buy Information
and Tutorials for Using Digital Cameras
Short
Courses-http://www.shortcourses.com/using/index.htm Taking Great Pictures
Kodak-http://www.kodak.com/US/en/nav/takingPics.shtml
Ideas
for Using Your Digital Camera Here are a few ideas to get you started. 1. Take pictures of your students and add them to your newsletters, posters, bulletin boards, awards, attendance board, All About Me Boards, etc.... 2. Take pictures of your bulletin boards to remember them in the years to come. Makes duplicating them easier in the future. 3. Take pictures of the contents of boxes. Helps in locating materials fast, especially when the boxes are stored on high shelves. 4. To help students get to know you or find you on the first day of school, add a picture of yourself in your Welcome letter to your students. Send the letter home prior to school starting. 5. Take pictures of students with medical conditions. Insert them into a Word document with a description of the child's condition, special needs and what to do if... Post them in an easy to see place for quick reference in case of an emergency. Also include them in your substitute folder. 6. Name Recognition- This is a great activity for young learners to start recognizing their own name as well as their classmates. Take your students pictures. Print them onto cardstock with the child's name next to their photo. Laminate the sheets and then cut each student/name combo into puzzle pieces. Place in basket and allow your students many opportunities to match pictures with names. 7. Take pictures of your students during the first month of school, again in January and another in June to see how they have grown. Your students can write stories about their growing! 8. Take pictures of just about anything to add to Power Point presentations to really liven them up. Print your presentations, laminate the pages and create classroom books. Children love to see their own pictures in a book! 9. Students can be assigned to go on expeditions throughout the school to look for examples of geometric shapes (circles, triangles, parallel lines, obtuse angles, etc). An older student could serve as a "Tech Buddy" to assist younger children with the picture taking... 10. Take a class photo to add to a calendar for gifts for families. 11. Take pictures of students doing different things (walking, eating, coloring...) and create an "-ing Book" The students can type or write a sentence that tells what they are doing in the picture. Create a class book. 12. Take your students pictures and import them into a drawing program such as KID PIX STUDIO DELUXE. Have your students erase their bodies and then using the many tools available in the program, draw themselves in a particular place of study. For example a fifth grade class was studying Alaska. The students create an Alaskan background and clothing appropriate for the cold temperatures. 13. If you pen-pal with another class or school, take a picture of each student. Print on heavy paper and laminate. Cut each picture into puzzle pieces and send to their pen-pal to assemble. 14. Take a class picture and print on special iron-on paper. Use these transfers to create class t-shirts. These classy t's can be worn on special days such as on field trips, field day, or during Spirit Week. 15. Take pictures of special classroom events. Print each picture and distribute to students. Each student is asked to write a story about the event in the picture. Assemble the pages in to a class book. 16. Take pictures of your students. Print them in 1x1" squares on to heavy paper and then laminate. Cut the squares out and use for class graphing. 17. Don't have a scanner, take a picture of your document. The possibilities are endless! Pics4Learning has lessons that use digital camera and/or digital images in unique and engaging ways for subjects such as math, science, language arts and social studies. This site also includes a library of copyright-friendly and free digital images for use in education.
Take A
Closer Look- a weekly contest where students saw a picture clue and
had to make a guess as to what the full picture was! Check out the
sample puzzles. Photo Island- an exciting place to visit to do cool things to your digital images! You can also share your photos online. 1001 Uses for Digital Images- need an idea, find it here. "This site was designed as a reference tool putting educators in touch with creative educational applications for digital cameras in educational settings. Submitted lessons and applications that have been used successfully in the classroom will be displayed for other educators to view and print." (1001 Uses for Digital Cameras) Brunswick's Collection of Ideas and Activities Using Digital Cameras in the Primary Classroom Going Digital In The Classroom- some great advice on using cameras and images in your classroom. Digital Cameras Enhance Education- tips and tricks to using digital cameras in your classroom. Articles-
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