003+Digital+Photography



Kim Barmoy Lindsay Bittner

In today's world, technology is advancing and becoming more high tech, from the vehicles we drive to the cell phones we use to the digital cameras we buy. With this advancement the digital camera can be used by the teacher in the class room with results seen right away instead of waiting for film to be developed. These images are often stored in the internal flash memory that functions like a disk drive on a computer which can be saved or deleted. With this tool, the digital camera can add multimedia to a learning environment, increase the learning capacities and create new adventures for the classroom and helps children get more involved with technology. Using digital photography in the classroom helps children get more involved with the subject matter, which give students a way to incorporate digital use in the classroom by sharing ideas. Having charts up around the room with all the childrens photos would be fun. For example, in a kindergarden class, you have labeled a chart as five year old and six year old. When the student has a birthday, they can move their photo to the new age. This gives students something to look forward to all year. When using digital photography in the classroom, there are many techniques and excersices that can make photography more visual and hands on. I strongly agree that visual images can help students learn in more productive ways in many cases. I know many children as well as adults that learn much better with visual images. Although, other then providing these images to the class, it is also benefical for the students to experience taking their own pictures. This helps students to make them feel important. This is another way that students can work together and teach their peers. This might include, teaching their peers about what is in the picture and maybe what that picture is about. Many students feel superior and important when they get to carry the school camera around and take pictures. Digital photography brings a new outlook on learning. I believe in some aspect that this learning is the new way to learn of the 21st century. An overall view on digital photography is that it does come in handy for field trips and other fun activities around the classroom. Although, there are rules. Cameras are delicate and must be taken with proper care. Before allowing students to even see a camera, there should be many lessons on how to handle a camera. If students were able to see the camera before any lessons were taught throughly, they may lose attention quickly and not understand all the precautions. After all the safety tips are gone into great detail, then the teacher would be able to show the students their classroom camera as they will be able to use it for many lessons throughout the school year. //**Safety tips on using a Digital Camera**// For every grade rather kindergarten or 12th, each student needs to understand safety while using any kind of technology. Before using a camera in the classroom, students must be taught proper handling and safety rules. __Elementary__: On a field trip to the zoo, each student could take turns taking pictures of the animals. When the students get back to the classroom, a project to make a alphapet booklet with the animals pictures and share it's significance would be a great learning experience. Another idea would be a Social Studies class could take historical pictures of historical value. When handing out appreciation awards, you could personalize their awards with their picture. Some ideas that may be used with digital photograpy would be to have stations where you take pictures of each student and post the picture in that station.Taking pictures of daily activities may get the students more intriged. Another idea would be to take pictures of the children during activities and send those home to the parents to show how the children are learning and progressing in their education. __Middle__: During the study of Geometry, students could go into nature and take pictures of geometric shapes. Another option would be during a health/consumer Science class the use of digital images can demonstrare a healthy diet with food charts. During a science fair project, when the student enters the stage, you could have their picture projected onto a projection screen. Taking pictures of a overnight outdoor camp would be fun in e-mailing pictures home to the parents so the parents can see the fun their child is having. __High School__ : An Earth Science class can take a feild trip to the beach or the mountains and take pictures of the surrounding areas in order to identify what processes were undertaken to create that specific area. Digital photography could provide an electronic yearbook on disc.
 * Never get the camera wet.
 * Never aim the flash directly into another persons eyes.
 * Never carry the camera by its strap around your neck.
 * Never toss or throw the camera to another student or the teacher.
 * Do not take inappropriate pictures.
 * Do not post pictures on the web.
 * //Activities for the classroom//**

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