More Than Just Saying Cheese

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More Than Just Saying Cheese

• Jackson Park Elementary School
• Kannapolis, NC
• Andy Watson- Technology Specialist
• watsona_at_mail.kannapolis.k12.nc.us

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TipForm an Image Collection

• Common Objects
• Own clip art collection

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TipCreate a My Photos Folder

• Keep on Desktop
• Create theme Subfolders

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TipKeep Student Portraits Handy

• Complete set update when add/remove students
• Keep handy in My Photos folder

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TipLow-Tech Alternative to Powerpoint

• Use Photos to make customized overhead
  transparencies
• Contrast with Black / white images

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TipBuy Cheap Camera for Student Use

• 100 digital camera thats durable
• General class projects
• Convenience real priority

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TipAlways Keep a Camera Handy

• Field trips / special events
• Bad pictures
• Children caught being good
• Useful for parent conferences

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Integrating Digital Cameras into the Curriculum

• Language Arts
• Visualization/verbalization
• Images help with envisioning
• Symbolic Cues
• Vocabulary illustrations
• Acrostic poetry
• Rebus stories
• Clay Animation(cell animation)
• Every picture tells a story

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Integrating Digital Cameras into the Curriculum

• Science
• Nature at work - Demonstration concept
• Life of a butterfly
• Space science - Constellation
• Stars on photo- draw lines between stars
• Visual record of observations
• Detective analysis
• Time Lapse Photography

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Integrating Digital Cameras into the Curriculum

• Math
• Mathematical analysis
• Digital Story problems
• Digital Stories about math
• Math is everywhere find it

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Integrating Digital Cameras into the Curriculum

• Primary sources
• Create news story as if
• Mystery artifacts
• Active citizenship
• Inferences
• Research
• Then and now
• Geographic features

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Resources

• Abrams, Arnie. The PDG Guide to Digital
  Photography, 2000. Visions Technology in
  Education
• Digital Cameras in the Curriculum. 14 Feb. 2002.
  http//www.watertown.k12.ma.us/dept/prodev/cameras
  /camera.html
• Lightbody, Keith. Digital Cameras Enhance
  Education. 17 January 2002. 14 Feb.02
  http//members. ozemail. com.au/cumulus/digcam.ht
  m

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More Resources

• Digital Learning Center PLUS.14 Sept. 2001.
  Kodak. 14 Feb. 2002 http//www.kodak.com/country/U
  S/en/digital/dlc/plus/ chapter5/index.shtml
• Digital Photography ReviewForums, Glossary, FAQ,
  12 Feb. 2002. Digital Cameras Reviews News. 14
  Feb.2002. http//www.dpreview.com/
• Pic4Learning.2000.Tech4Learning the Orange
  County Public Schools Tech. Development Unit. 14
  Feb.2002 http//www.pics4learning.com

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More Resources

• Digital Camera Ideas. 10 Feb.2002. Meadowlark
  Elementary School. 15 Feb.2002 http//www.netunlim
  ited.net/meadow/camera.html
• Snacks,project Ideas. 15 Feb.2002
  http//www.tech4learning/snack/