Using a Digital Camera in the Classroom

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Using a Digital Camera in the Classroom
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In the classroom

• Set pictures as screen savers or slide shows on
  computers
• Put on video, cd or dvd for parents
• Print and post pictures of students
• Post pictures of kids working in classroom
  centers to show what they are supposed to do in
  them

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Class Projects

• Photo journal of field trips
• Class newsletter illustrations
• Photos for greeting cards
• Valentine-grams
• Photos of vocabulary items
• Bulletin board photo journal of classroom
  activities

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More class projects

• Create personal or classroom alphabet
• Create a scrapbook of the students year art,
  handwriting, portrait photos, etc.
• Use pictures for concept illustrations (art,
  math, science)
• Make an art catalogue of student work for Open
  House
• Use still shots on video w/ music background for
  classroom presentations, open house, video
  penpals, etc.
• Create a virtual tour of your classroom
• Make trading cards of students with pictures on
  one side and information on the back (name,
  birthday, favorite things)

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Elementary

• Identify shapes of different objects
• Learn colors
• Find pictures that represent letters of the
  alphabet
• Show classroom procedures in pictures
• Display students of the week

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Social Studies/History

• Illustrate family units, family
  traditions/heirlooms
• Take pictures of micro communities you can see
  from classroom window or school yard
• Create historical documents or website about the
  community
• Have kids present reports on famous people
  dressing like them and record the pictures along
  with biographical information
• Create a community brochure

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English/Language Arts

• Create an About the Author section of student
  writing books
• Create A day in the life report on teachers,
  students, or mentor
• Similes or Metaphors Create a list of words
  then take pictures around school that show how
  the object is or is not like your word. (School
  is like picture of ant hill)
• Create their own stories with digital picture
  illustrations

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English/Language Arts

• Use photo as a writing prompt
• Write letters to pen pals and insert photos

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Math

• Take pictures of angles in the classroom or
  school yard (ex take 5 pictures of acute angles,
  a collection of odd-numbered things, objects that
  are parallel/perpendicular, etc.)

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Science

• Create sequence stories (Ex Acorn, sprout,
  sapling, mature oak, decayed log) (Ex. Food
  chain)
• Show relationships (between two types of living
  things) in the world. Determine whether they are
  parasites (mosquitos/humans) or commensal
  (robins/trees)
• Decomposers in action leave food out to mold
  and take daily pictures
• Tracks or Traces take pictures that show
  indirect evidence of a population of something
  (bird nest, footprints, cans etc.)
• Create an online field guide. Take pictures of
  live insects, research find out about their
  habitat, eating habits etc. Publish guide on the
  internet

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Art

• Find examples of color, line, texture, shape,
  form etc.
• Learn perspective by taking pictures of an object
  from many different points of view

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Miscellaneous Ideas

• Take pictures of new students and post on
  bulletin board or put on channel one
• Create how to videos for using technology
  equipment
• Become an advertiser create a commercial for
  some aspect of the environment. Use camera to
  create a series of slides to support your
  position (anti-litter, against drugs, etc.)
• Compare environments capture different
  environments (media center, office, teachers
  lounge, playground, locker room, classrooms.
  Compare discuss factors that make places
  different.

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More Miscellaneous Ideas

• Cause and effect Take two pictures tell which
  one is responsible for the other (people/garbage)
• Comfortable Uncomfortable Take pictures of
  places where you are uncomfortable. Then change
  your perspective (cat, bird, ant, etc.)
• Document growth of a classroom plant or pet
• Demonstrate a P.E. activity
• Give students a portion of a picture and have
  them guess what the picture is of
• Make a photo seating chart for your substitutes

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Fundraising Ideas

• Valentine pictures take and sell them to
  sweethearts, friends, etc.
• Create a video yearbook to sell to students
  parents