I consider myself an intermediate photographer; I have been taking pictures and using digital cameras since they were initially placed into the mainstream. I believe they have a useful and permanent place within the classroom. The activities and learning that can emerge through digital cameras is never-ending. Digital Cameras offer students a unique way of educating themselves and expressing their work. Besides work purposes, digital cameras offer a way for students and teachers to make memorable work of the year past. When I am in my twenty-fifth year of teaching I would like to be able to open a folder a view pictures, or a slideshow, of every year I have taught. This would provide me with the opportunity to recall the students whose lives I have impacted and those who have impacted me.
We discussed these uses quickly in class but I will list a variety of ways in which digital cameras can be used in the classroom: power point, photoshop elements, iPhoto, windows movie maker, blogging, photo albums, giving directions, demonstrations, seating plans, assignments, and virtual tours. Obviously the options go on and on, here is a link back to a site called Going Digital in the Classroom that Gloria showed the class
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/digital/goingdigital.htm
1) Does anyone have other ideas of how to use digital cameras in the classroom?
2) Do my you truly feel you will use digital cameras in their own future classrooms?
3) Is anyone else having problems placing pictures into blog?
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// Feb 1, 2006 at 2:12 am
I enjoy taking pictures and all the functions (many which I still have to dicover) that come with it. The best part is the delete button, which I think would be great when using it in an elementary classroom. Being able to look back over your years of teaching though technology is a great idea. This way you can take it with you in a compact way everywhere.
Janick