Friday, May 30, 2008
Articles: Say Cheese! Digital Collection... & Visual Imagery and the Art of Persuasion...
After reading the articles titled, "Say Cheese! Digital Collections in the Classroom" and "Visual Imagery and the Art of Persuasion" what are some ways that you could use digital cameras in your classroom? How could they be integrated into your curriculum?
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I currently use a digital camera to document events going on in the classroom so that students can look back at all the things we have done throughout the year. In the future I could use the camera to create curriculum such as picture and vocabulary matching, safety sign identification, and students could use the cameras to make collections more easily. We did a seed project this year and we could use the camera to collect pictures of seeds instead of using real seeds. We could also use the camera to document our growing seeds and plants and use them to make a book of the seed growth process.
Since my district is very focused on the state standards, I liked this article because focused on the propaganda and persuasion standards.
I would use the digital camera for students to create an ad using propaganda techniques. Students would have to design a campaign ad featuring one of the propaganda techniques. Perhaps using the upcoming presidential election to focus on. This would lead students into researching the different campaign platforms of each candidate and current events involving the election.
So, back to the camera. Students could take pictures of various candidates or political images that would help convince students to vote for a particular candidate. Using the pictures, students would then create an ad.
It is funny how this activity(using the digital camera) can snowball into so much more while still teaching the state standards.
Kim B.
First of all on this page, my first blog was on the Visual Imagery and the Art of Persuasion.
Second, this log is on the article Say Cheese! Digital Collections in the Classroom. I like the collection idea. I think I would have students take pictures of a collection they have at home. If students don't collect anything, then they could grab several rocks, newspapers, pencils, crayons, etc.
Students would show the pictures to the class and explain their "collections." Then, I would use that as a way to introduce a lesson on collective nouns.
Kim B.
I currently use the digital camera to take pictures of students who walk laps at lunch. I then print them out to show which students have walked 5 miles, 10 miles, etc. Ideas I have for use of the camera are to take pictures of the annual Jump Rope for Heart event that we do in Feb. and also the annual ice-skating field trip we take every spring. I would then have students write a few sentences about the event under their picture. The art and music teacher plus myself often publish a newsletter about events and happenings in our areas. I could have students take pictures of the different events and print them with the articiles.
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