Digital+Images


 * 1) Summarize what you read and explain concepts you learned that will help you incorporate digital photography in your teaching. Include images and links.

Digital cameras can help me ehance my day to day activities and interaction with my students. As an instructor I can take a picture of each student at the begging of the year and then one photo at the end of the year so they can visualize how they have grown and changed. I can use photos to create slidshows for lesson plans like water cylce images, or the life cycle of a catipillar. I would have my students record a Star Student video and we can attach the video to our class website as the feature of the week. Another cool suggestion I read about was using the digital camera for Live Storybook activity. [|Class Website] [|Live Storybook] [|Smilebox Slideshows]

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

When considering buying a digital camera for education puposes I will look for the following criteria:
 * 1) long lasting rechargable batteries
 * 2) color viewer
 * 3) digital cameras that have user friendly buttons (ie fully automatic settings)
 * 4) models that have fast start up times and doesn't have long lapses between taking pictures
 * 5) check the available storage room on the camera without the aide of an media storage card
 * 6) video and sound playback are a must for me
 * 7) durability and design

I would choose a camera that would beable to handle some rough usage due to possible rough treatment from some first graders. Long lasting rechargable batteries would be a must since specialized batteries for certain models can cost quite a bit. Color viewer would be another must since young children tend to be stimulated with vibrant colors and can help enhance the application to viewing real life still images in real time.

Explain what students are doing with digital cameras. Provide at least 10 ideas you would use in your own curriculum.


 * didgital photos can enhance my lesson plans with beautiful images
 * students can use digital cameras to enhance track there work progress (ie science projects)
 * digital cameras are great for students to use towards school newletters and announcments
 * the media storage card is a great use for students to store documents, photos, and video
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">digital cameras can be useful in lesson materials for the hearing impaired students
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">cameras can come in handy when teaching about photography basics like lighting,and motion effects
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">cameras can be used to make activities fun, like using them during field trips as a form of documenting a scanvenger hunt
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">provides students the ability to email and collaborate assignments through email attachments
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">students can make videos of experiments, and share them with others via web on sites such (youtube)
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">students can enrich their own personal portfolios for Parent Teacher night by including digital images of past work maybe in a collage or fun calander format