Dr. Alice Christie's Digital Media and Photography Resource

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Dr. Christie's List of Ways to Use Digital Photography
This section of the site is a resource for teachers wishing to incorporate digital cameras into their classroom environments. Below is an extensive list of ways that you and your students can use digital photography in your classroom and beyond.
Photograph students dressed up as “their futures” and use the pictures to illustrate career options/reports Photograph “a day in our classroom" for Open House Store a photograph with each student's electronic portfolio Create a geometry book of real-world geometric shapes Photograph community landmarks and have students create a brochure about your community. Take pictures of signs in your community and assemble the photos into an "I Can Read" book. Use photographs to illustrate the process for complicated projects or for science experiments. Write a class novel and illustrate it with live-action photos of your students Take pictures of class procedures and display them in the classroom as a reminder. Create a seating chart with photographs for substitutes Document the growth of classroom plants or animals with daily or weekly photos. Use fall and spring pictures for students to complete Venn diagrams, showing how they have - and haven’t - changed during the year. Photograph school staff performing their duties and create an “Our School Workers” book. Have students take photographs illustrating the concepts of freedom, love, hate, honor, joy, sorrow, patriotism, responsibility, respect, or other emotions Create a class alphabet chart with students and objects of each letter of the alphabet Have students take pictures to illustrate such science concepts as food chain, biodiversity, biome, etc. Take pictures of plants or animals in your community to create a field guide of local wildlife Snap a shot of the latest math activity, PE lesson, or science investigation and add a message to create special reports for parents. Share images with parents or grandparents by creating a “Caught Your Child Enjoying…” website Attach digital images to e-mail's to share class news with Internet pen pals or the newspaper. Have your students create a “My Favorites” scrapbook with shots of various activities from the year. Save pictures of their favorite projects to create a “Welcome To My Class” newsletter for next year's class. Personalize awards with images of students and their award-winning creations Use student pictures to personalize classroom displays Create birthday, thank you, or congratulatory cards with photos and a personalized message Create a customize “classroom” yearbook Use photos to create sequencing activities Use images to add another dimension to journal writing Use images to make worksheets/exams more interesting Take images to collect data Use PhotoBooth (Mac only) for serendipitous photos Save digital images of classroom activities and projects to demonstrate and evaluate standards-based learning More List of Digital Camera Ideas Using A Digital Camera in the Classroom Teacher To Teacher Using Digital Cameras In the Classroom Why use digital photography in the classroom? Digital Cameras Enhance Education Going Digital in the Classroom The Digital Camera in Education Articles Digital Camera: Inside the Classroom and Out TECHNOLOGY @ SCHOOLS: Sharing the Vision with Digital Photography Telling Tales with Technology Science Fair Projects Using Digital Images Downloadable Software for Photo Viewing and Editing Irfanview (Windows only)