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Students email pictures of events in school to local
newspaper
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Students take pictures while on field trips. Import into newsletters to parents, students' reports of what
they learned on trip, save/print for scrapbook or send to newspaper.
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Student of the week - take pictures of student each week. Print out and
include in poster about that person
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Scrapbook. Ask
PTO to purchase photo paper for printer.
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Scavenger Hunt. Send
small groups on hunt for specific things around school. Instead of bringing back objects, students take pictures. Download into PowerPoint, Word, etc.
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"Welcome to Class" book
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"Student
Showcase" web page.
Students do
a report via PowerPoint and teacher videotapes.
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Calendar
- students take camera home after parents sign agreement that they're
responsible for it from time student leaves school until he arrives in
classroom next day. Put
all students' pictures onto calendar pages with spiral binders.
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http://emints.more.net/info/bootheel/ and www.sikeston.k12.mo.us/mgilmer
- www.sikeston.k12.mo.us/mgilmer/digcam
Social Studies
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Make pictures of city landmarks into a presentation
about your town. Use
publishing software to make a brochure. Start
a discussion of the history of our town with pictures.
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Take a picture of local government buildings and make a
presentation brochure or reference booklet.
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Take a picture of local government officials and print
them out to make a poster of branches of government, job description,
and elected and appointed officials.
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Interview someone with a career you'd like to have and
take his picture. Include
it in a report via a multimedia presentation using PowerPoint and a
presentation projector.
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When discussing emotions,
have students make faces or actions to demonstrate. Use these pictures to generate
creative writing.
Science
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Use pictures for horticulture guides.
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Illustrate
the first signs of spring and winter.
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Zoo field trips or animal reports
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Stages of development - life cycles of tadpoles,
mealworms, butterflies.
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Simple machines - Have a digital camera scavenger hunt
to find objects in school or home that are made of compound or simple
machines
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Find pictures
illustrating which of the five senses are being used
- Take pictures of stages of the moon and location in
the sky to illustrate the movement of moon.
Math
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Find shapes in school; each student takes 1 picture of
examples of 2D and 3D shapes
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colors
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patterns
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counting numbers (preschool or Kg) - pictures of
students learning to count
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multiple arrays
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Take pictures of various times and make flashcards
Language Arts
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Autobiographical. PowerPoint and take picture of each
student
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Take
pictures of positional words e.g. ball under table, on,
etc.
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To
illustrate opposites
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Take
project pictures to use as a backdrop for play
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Sequencing
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Take pictures of things in the students' environment
such as McDonald's sign, print them and make a book of what they can
read.
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In phonics, students can see things depicting certain
sounds.
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Compare/contrast - door and chair, two people, etc.
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When
studying adjectives, take pictures of objects that students must
then describe. Digital pictures can be inserted into the story.
Movies
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Capture parts of a class play, awards ceremony, or
other event. Then post
movie to web page.
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Record students acting in script without sounds. Play the movie and have the class write dialogue, action
sequence, character analysis
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Daily assignments -students record another student
reading assignments for the day
