Digital Photography
Step 1. Get a Camera
Step 2. Upload pictures to a computer. iPhoto is great for uploading and storing photos. It is only one option, but one that I highly recommend.
Step 3. Use your photos. Drag photos into presentations or word documents. Add photos to a teacher/class website. Make a slideshow of projects to end a unit.
Step 2. Upload pictures to a computer. iPhoto is great for uploading and storing photos. It is only one option, but one that I highly recommend.
Step 3. Use your photos. Drag photos into presentations or word documents. Add photos to a teacher/class website. Make a slideshow of projects to end a unit.
Why would I want a camera in my classroom?
- Engagement
- Visual Literacy
- Visual Students – Personal Expression
- Parents love seeing their kids
- Instant Results
- Your own darkroom
- The Week That Was – students take turns documenting a week in the classroom.
- Safety Do's and Don'ts – teacher creates a poster using student actors.
- Final Paper/Research Paper Presentation – students use digital story telling to create a final paper.
- Getting Started With Digital Photography – a great idea for a first digital photography assignment.
- Going On Assignment – students are assigned to capture a certain type of image.
- Make a Commercial – students explore media influences by creating commercials.
- From First Day to Last
- Community History
- Portraits of our School
- Language Arts
- Photo Sequences or “Every Picture Tells a Story”
- Story Starters
- Book Reports Come to Life
- “Phoetry”
- 12. Bilingual Photo Dictionary
- Mystery Objects
- Science
- Time-lapse Photography
- Extreme Close Ups
- Adopt a Tree
- Social Studies
- Virtual Postcards
- Politics and Pictures
- Two Sides to a Story
- Math
- Human Bar Chart
- Fraction Photos
- Shapes/Geometry
- Social Skills
- Illustrating Emotions
- Teacher Tools
- Visual Seating Chart
- Student Cards
- Enhancing Field Trips with Digital Cameras
- Documenting Inventory
- See more information on the CSD Website.
- Many of these ideas presented by or adapted from Dr. Arnie Abrams. Check out his web site for lots of other great ideas