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Affordable cost and Affordable cost and ease of use make ease of use make

DIGITAL DIGITAL CAMERAS an CAMERAS an

essential part of a essential part of a teacher’s digital teacher’s digital

toolkit.toolkit.

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Students love taking Students love taking pictures as much as pictures as much as

they do being in them!they do being in them!

Students are more and Students are more and more visual learners. more visual learners.

By representing By representing information with visual information with visual images students make images students make

better use of their better use of their visual memory. visual memory.

American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual: Bartoletti, R. (2008, July 25). How Good Visual Design Helps Learning. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m17294/1.4/

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Once children learn to Once children learn to take good pictures and take good pictures and upload them they can upload them they can use online tools to help use online tools to help them edit and create. them edit and create.

Teachers will find Teachers will find

greater success if they greater success if they actually teach children actually teach children to use the camera to use the camera before they integrate before they integrate it as a classroom tool it as a classroom tool with specific content. with specific content.

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Bloom’s revised taxonomy Bloom’s revised taxonomy focuses on higher level focuses on higher level thinking where students thinking where students apply and create to make apply and create to make meaning of their learning. meaning of their learning.

Photo editing and creation Photo editing and creation of photo products can of photo products can richly generate richly generate meaningful learning in the meaningful learning in the classroom.classroom.

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FREE websites for FREE websites for picture editing:picture editing:

http://pixlr.comhttp://pixlr.com

http://fotoflexer.comhttp://fotoflexer.com

http://http://www.picnik.comwww.picnik.com

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Websites to upload and share:Websites to upload and share:

www.flickr.comwww.flickr.com

www.shutterfly.comwww.shutterfly.com

www.snapfish.comwww.snapfish.com

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Create:Create:

PhotoStory 3 Animoto PhotoStory 3 Animoto VoicethreadVoicethread

and a personal favorite: and a personal favorite:

www.bighugelabs.comwww.bighugelabs.com

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Concerns: Concerns: 1) Proper handling and safety rules when 1) Proper handling and safety rules when

using the camera using the camera

2) Teach children to discern good and bad 2) Teach children to discern good and bad imagesimages

3) Privacy when publishing photographs.  3) Privacy when publishing photographs.  Some students do not have permission to Some students do not have permission to be photographed.  Be aware of your be photographed.  Be aware of your school’s policy regarding pictures and school’s policy regarding pictures and publication of pictures.  publication of pictures. 

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Free image libraries for education. Free image libraries for education. Teachers and students can use the Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting. other project in an educational setting.

http://pics4learning.comhttp://pics4learning.com

http://creativecommons.orghttp://creativecommons.org

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Ideas for classroom use: Ideas for classroom use:

Give students a portion of a digital Give students a portion of a digital picture and have them guess picture and have them guess what the picture is of.  A great what the picture is of.  A great site with examples of this is:  site with examples of this is:  http://takeacloserlook.homesteadhttp://takeacloserlook.homestead.com/ - Paula Fleischer, .com/ - Paula Fleischer, Peachland ElementaryPeachland Elementary

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Ideas for classroom use: Ideas for classroom use:

Give students a list of items to Give students a list of items to look for in the classroom or in look for in the classroom or in the school.  They must take the school.  They must take pictures and compile a slide pictures and compile a slide show of the things they found show of the things they found during their “scavenger hunt”.during their “scavenger hunt”.

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Ideas for classroom use: Ideas for classroom use:

Field trip photo journal. Field trip photo journal.

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Ideas for classroom use: Ideas for classroom use:

Students can create educational Students can create educational iMovies.iMovies.

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Ideas for classroom use: Ideas for classroom use:

Document growth such as plants, Document growth such as plants, butterflies, frogs, etc.  Use these butterflies, frogs, etc.  Use these pictures to illustrate life cycles or pictures to illustrate life cycles or stages of growth. stages of growth.

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Ideas for classroom use: Ideas for classroom use:

Digital PhotoStory for a book report. Digital PhotoStory for a book report.

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Ideas for classroom use:Ideas for classroom use:

School events, classroom projects, art School events, classroom projects, art projects, music programs, and just projects, music programs, and just every day pictures.every day pictures.

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Ideas for classroom use…Ideas for classroom use…

are endless. Allow students to are endless. Allow students to propose their own ideas. Enjoy and propose their own ideas. Enjoy and have fun with your digital cameras! have fun with your digital cameras!