Say Cheese in the Classroom

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Say Cheese in the Classroom

• Using Digital Media

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Images Create Stories in Your Mind
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Why go Digital

• See and improve pictures in a heartbeat
• E-mail and print photos instantly
• Perfect your pictures with "digital magic"
• Unleash your creativity
• Enjoy pictures, enjoy life

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Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures

• Look your subject in the eye
• Use a plain background
• Use flash outdoors
• Move in close
• Move it from the middle
• Lock the focus
• Know your flash's range
• Watch the light
• Take some vertical pictures
• Be a picture director

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Look your subject in the eye
Too High
Better
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Use a plain background
Distracting Background
Better
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Use flash outdoors
Too Dark
Better
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Move in close
Good
Better
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Move it from the middle
Good
Better
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Lock the focus
Not Good
Good
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Know your flash's range
Not Good
Good
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Watch the light
Good
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Take some vertical pictures
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Be a picture director
Boring
Better
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Picture quality settings
"mega" means "million."
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Making Sense of Resolution
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Digital Lingo

• Pixel
• Megapixel
• Resolution
• DPI
• PPI
• Megabyte
• Kilobyte
• LCD
• Memory card
• Digitize
• Photo kiosk
• Online photo service

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Ideas for Use in the Classroom

• Record a field trip
• To illustrate Math Concepts
• Record hands-on activities
• Making classbooks/scrapbboks
• Document science experiences
• Digital Stories
• Digital Movies
• Photos in Writing