Digital+Images

Classroom Camera

I am not a camera guru unlike my dad and sister. The articles gave me really good suggestions and questions that made me think about why and what I would use a camera for. It explained what megapixel does and what things to focus on and what not to. Not only do these articles give you advice on what to do with cameras but they also give you tips on how to store, edit and what to do with them once they are taken. An article had a link to this document called [|Classroom Applications for the Digital Camera]and it has some great ides on how to use a camera in the classroom. I do know that the amount of space you have on your camera are important and one of the articles talks about memory for your camera. The perfect camera for me would be something like the above picture. I would have my dad help me with the brand and other information on the particulars to a camera but I would love to have a camera of this size. Its easy to carry on your wrist and easy to store in a drawer. The size is perfect for mutli-tasking on a field trip as well. I have heard and seen some great ideas that involve a classroom camera. One that I like is taking pictures of them one the first day of school to learn names and also to make name tags for them for their desk. Not only will that help me and the other student learn each others name it would help aides, substitutes and parents. Some other ideas are take photos or videos of field trips, use photos for a seating chart, take pictures of bulletin boards or anything you see that other teachers would enjoy and use, create"It's My Turn" name cards with student pictures for choosing who gets the next turn, take photos of events and make a calendar of memories and/or a year book at the end of school, send the photos to e-pals or pen pals. If you were doing short plays or any activity that is being preformed or given orally you may want to record for assessment or even just to show at the end of the year as a highlight video. Use pictures to put together the class schedule (computers would be a picture of the computers room and teacher).

Here is a link to some pictures I have taken recently and have learned how to use Picasa! [|Photos for EDEL 2200]