DIGITAL CAMERAS

This week in technology class I learned more about digital cameras and ways that I can incorporate them into my classroom. I was able to read three great articles that gave me ideas on how I can use digital cameras in the classroom. I read a list of 100 ways to use them. I found some great ones like taking individual photos of your studeunts, and using that photo to put in the job chart. I also liked the idea of taking photos of field trips or any parties or big classroom events that you have. I thought this would be fun to do, and then I can email these photos to parents, so that they can see the things that we are doing in the classroom. This will give them a way to be more apart of the things that we are doing in school. I also liked the ideas of taking photos of things that we are learning about in the classroom. For example taking photos of community helpers, to teach the children about people in their community. I also read an article on using a digital camers properly, this was good to read, because sometimes I have questions about my digital camera, and this helped answer some of them. It taught me that if I want to print off my photos then I need to make sure that I keep my resolution turned up to the highest JPEG or TIFF. Also sometimes I forget to bring extra batteries along with me on trips, and this gave me a good reminder to remember to always have a spare battery. I also learned if I want to take pictures of something that is fast moving I need to turn off my LCD screen preview and it should work faster. In the third article I read about incorporating computers in my classroom using digital photography. A kindergarten teacher had her children learn how to use a digital camera and then learn how to upload them to the computer, and then taught them how to crop and change the pictures to look better. I thought this was such a great idea, it taught children how to use cameras, and how to better work a computer. The article said that it really did help the children to become more confident with computers. Someday I would like to do the same with my classroom, because it is very important for students to learn how to use computers.
This week in class was a lot of fun I had a great time working in groups taking pictures. During this time I got to know the girls better, and learned more about the core curriculum. I learned more about Picassa and how to change photos on there and make the pictures look better. It was a great week in class, I am grateful that I had the chance to learn about this stuff.