Using Digital Images: Additional Resources
Digital Camera Ideas for educational purposes.
These ideas are split into five general categories: elementary, middle,
secondary, adult, and multi-level.
http://extend.unb.ca/thelink/ideas/ideas_dc.shtml
100 Uses for the Digital Camera in the Classroom. Lots of lesson plans included. Click on "Resources" for a lot more! http://www.mansfieldisd.org/Brown/digitalcameras/
Duncan, Deborah. Using a Digital Camera in the Classroom.
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~toh/image/DigitalCameraUses.htm
The Lee's Summit R7 School District
has a Digital Media page with many links for using cameras in the classroom.
http://www.leesummit.k12.mo.us/its/digitalmedia.htm
Jerry Creek's Digital Cameras Page – lots of links to lesson plans and ideas for using digital cameras in the classroom http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/digitalcameras.htm
Molina, A. (2005). Project ConTExT. Center for Urban Teacher Education
and Technology, Bank Street College of Education.
This pdf file is a research
project using photos to help speech-impaired
bilingual students remember details of field trips
5 effective ways for young children to use technology
http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/pub/brochure.pdf.
Storytelling for Non-writers and Non-readers with Digital Cameras - They use PowerPoint to record the student's voice for the story.
Bull, G. & Bell, L., Eds. (2005). Teaching with digital images: Acquire, analyze, create, communicate. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education. Comes with CD of examples. Available from the ISTE Online Bookstore.
Abrams, A. (2006). Award winning digital photography projects for the classroom. Eugene OR: Visions Technology in Education. Comes with CD of examples. Available online from the Tools for Teachers website.
Additional Fun Software
Using Photo Story 3, a free program from Microsoft for Windows XP users, learn how to "create slideshows using your digital photos." You'll be able to touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures, add special effects, text, and sound. An excellent feature of Photo Story 3 is the small file size of your finished photo stories, small enough to attach to email.
Make comics with your photos!
For Mac - Comic Life free version comes with the Intel Macs. Article with what it does and where to get it. You can also get an upgrade to the Deluxe.
For PC - try Comicbook Creator
Share your photos online and make Bragbooks, Calendars, Greeting Cards, or just order prints, etc.
For Mac - you've got iPhoto free with OS X, but there is a fee for making these projects.
For both Mac and PC there are many online photo sites - I like Shutterfly - free download to, fee to print the project.
Technical
Here is a good place for background information on digital cameras. Some
of the information gets much deeper than just the basics. Megapixel.com
has articles on tops for using your camera, a glossary of technical terms,
what to look for when purchasing, and much more!
http://www.megapixel.net/html/articles/guide3.php
Cell phone photos
Steven E. Quasha. Testing communicative competence using mobile phone
digital photos. http://www.jalt.org/pansig/2003/HTML/Quasha.htm
