Digital+Camera

Digital Camera  Digital cameras are not just for teachers anymore. Students can use their imagination to take pictures and make a story of their own, compare and contrast, or showing data. Since the camera is digital the teacher wouldn't have to worry how many pictures they take because you can delete and pick and choose from your computer or the camera itself. This makes is cost effective because you wouldn't have to worry about film. It is easy to put the pictures onto a computer and edit them through [|picasa] or [|image chef] then use them in several different ways. The technology and features on cameras these days makes it easier to be more creative in the classroom for the teacher and the student.

I have always liked the Canon cameras because they have worked out well and suited my needs but for my classroom I would probably choose a camera that has a higher megapixal because I am sure I will be doing some blowing up of pictures and using the zoom in. I also would choose a camera that uses AA or AAA batteries so I can always have extras with me but if I can't find a camera that uses batteries I would want to buy an extra battery to be on the safe side. I would also want to have more than one storage card because when a young students gets a hold of a camera who knows how many pictures they will take. I probably would not buy a camera that focuses on video taking because I am not sure I would use it a lot, but that might change once I start teaching.

Ten or more ways I would use a digital camera in my classroom:
 * 1) Field trips
 * 2) [|ABC], Color, and Shape Book
 * 3) Graphing
 * 4) Attendance Chart
 * 5) Body Part Book
 * 6) Display Student's work
 * 7) Year Book
 * 8) Display weather
 * 9) Classroom Awards
 * 10) Animal and Plant Book
 * 11) Sensory Book
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rhyming words
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Matching Game
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Classroom Dictionary

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