Digital+Cameras

Digital Cameras in the Classroom

I'm not sure which camera would be the perfect choice for my classroom, as new ones are available almost constantly and also because I would like to teach elementary school, so it would have to be a fairly basic and inexpensive model for practical purposes.

I think so great uses would be: to create a class calendar- taking a new picture every month and then adding birthdays and special celebrations to the appropiate month and giving a calendar to each student at the end of the school year to use a a memory keepsake/yearbook, having all the students sign and leave personal messages to the others.

I have seen several project ideas that were fun, creating a CD for every student that documents random days and activities the class did throughout the year.

I would also have students write their own biographies, incorporating several digital pictures with explanational captions. I think this would make a really great Christmas present for parents if it were done by students in the higher grades; however, in kindergarten and first grade this idea would make a really humorous and endearing keepsake, as children of this age say really funny things; often divulging family 'secrets' that are quite comical.