Digital Cameras -- There is so much to do with one!!!

I visited the site that Peter suggested as a starting point. There were TONS of ideas. I am a big fan of the digital camera. I keep mine at school all the time and use the pictures for all sorts of things. Here are some of the best ideas from this particular site. (http://www.wacona.com/digicam/digicam.html)

1. I like this idea because they used to do this in Northern Lights magazine for kids when I was younger and I had so much fun guessing what each picture was about.

“Give students a portion of a digital picture and have them guess what the picture is of.”

2. A whole new meaning to the scavenger hunt. Give students a list of items they need to find and then they need to take pictures of each item as proof.

3. More obviously, take pictures of events, field trips including sporting events. I always send the pictures to the local newspaper by email. Our paper is pretty small and they usually print anything and everything.

4. Have students take pictures of their community and then create tourist brochures. These brochures can be left with the Chamber or another community organization when completed.

5. For kindergarten, have each child use a letter and then have them snap pictures of things they find at school that start with that particular letter.

6. In science, take pictures to document growth or change. (plants, butterflies)

7. Have the students make trading cards of themselves The front could have their picture, and the back side could contain information like hobbies, birthday, etc. These would make great gifts for parents too!

8. Use the digital camera to make crafts such as: locker magnets, thank you notes, use with pen pal letters, name tags etc. One teacher I know used digital picture shots and then changed background colours to make Andy Warhol representations.

9. Use the pictures for the classroom website.