Engagement Made Easy - Digital Media

1. Engagement Made Easy - Digital Media

2. Reasons to Use Digital Media in Your Classroom • Students LOVE taking pictures and video • They learn how easy it is to use a digital camera or video camera • They become more involved and engaged in the subject matter • Allows kids ownership and allows them to show off their creativity

3. Things to Consider • Insuring careful and appropriate use of the camera • Official Photographer Passes for little ones once they pass their “test” over proper handling rules • No nonsense pictures/firm rules on misuse • Privacy – check your school’s policy regarding publication of pictures • Teach kids to be choosy and delete unwanted pictures or videos off of the camera • Teach them how to frame and set up a good picture (tie in with art?)

4. Official Photographer Pass Student Name Here Mrs. Hermansen’s Class Rules/procedures on the back of the pass as an easy to find reminder

5. Ways to Easily Integrate Digital Cameras into Your Classroom Curriculum

6. Teambuilding/Establishing Routine 1st Few weeks of School

7. Behavior/Routines • Young children experience success with visual cues and reminders

8. Assigning Jobs/Newsletter Communication • Create an extra “job” each week for a classroom photographer • Choose one photo the child took that week to include as part of a “Learning in Action” section of your newsletter or website

9. Name Plates/Binder Design/Work Display • Kids love creating these AND they’re learning photo editing techniques

10. Welcoming Newcomers • School celebrity books • Recognizing the people who often go unrecognized

11. Publicizing and Celebrating SPECIAL EVENTS

12. Field Trips • 5th Grade Field Trip • Students share approved photos with each other and create Photostories with them • They can choose their music and add captions and burn them to a CD as a keepsake from their trip • PhotoStory1.wmv

13. Portfolios • If some things are too bulky to fit inside a portfolio, have students take photos of them to include as part of their portfolio or create a digital portfolio Inventions Bulky Display Boards

14. Photo Books • Mixbook for Education • http://www.mixbook.com/edu • Lulu Education Photobooks • http://www.lulu.com/publish/photo_books/education_photo_books/ • Creating Books on the iPad • http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2011/11/creating-books-on-ipad.html

15. Grammar/Reading/Writing Applications Language Arts

16. Language Arts • Parts of Speech Scavenger Hunt • Real World Application • Use it to create a quick assessment as well Noun Verb Verb Pronoun Adjective Noun Adjective

17. Language Arts • Descriptive Writing • Have a child take a photo of an object and vividly describe it’s appearance without mentioning what the object is. Allow other children to guess and then allow the student to unveil his photo

18. Language Arts • Vocabulary • Could be used in foreign language as well • Examples: • Fact Flipper Template Brittle – easily broken, snapped, cracked, not flexible Plea – an urgent request for help Libro

19. Language Arts • Early Emergent Readers • Create an alphabet book • Example below

20. Language Arts • Emergent Readers • You could consider adding pictures taken by students to your word wall

21. Making Abstract Concepts Tangible Mathematics

22. Mathematics • Geometry Scavenger Hunt Acute Angle Straight Angle Obtuse Angle Four Right Angles

23. Mathematics • Real World Uses for Mathematics (Scavenger Hunt) • Find someone who uses addition in daily life • Find someone who uses measurement in daily life • Find someone who “makes change” in daily life Mrs. Villegas is counting and adding book totals as part of the end of year library inventory check Our nurse uses measurement anytime she takes a child’s temperature Mr. Chris makes change when students pay for their lunch

24. Science and Technology: A Natural Cross Curricular Pairing Science

25. Science • A study of plants • Younger kids – a Kidspiration graphic organizer showing plant growth • Older kids – Photostory of plant photos with observations

26. Kidspiration Graphic Organizer

27. Plant Photostory

28. Document the Scientific Method • Use digital cameras in labs to help kids record their observations

29. Social studies

30. Social Studies • Research over various locations – place yourself there (using Photoshop) • Could be a cover page for a research project, etc.

31. Ways to Easily Integrate Video into Your Classroom Curriculum

32. Grammar/Reading/Writing Applications Language Arts

33. Language Arts • Author Studies • Have groups imagine meeting a famous author or an author you are studying. Have them conduct an “interview” with the author. • Book Chats/Book Reviews • Allow students to write critiques about books they’ve read. Students can practice developing an opinion and presenting that opinion to others. Allow the student to share their video with the class. • Autobiographies/Biographies • Student can create autobiographical videos. They could interview individuals who’ve played a large part in their lives, film where they went to preschool, their favorite games or books, favorite restaurant or food, etc.

34. Language Arts for Little Ones • Alphabet Antics • Assign students or groups of students a letter and allow them to come up with a creative idea to showcase that letter. Have them enter and exit the video in a creative fashion. For example, two students could enter with milk mustaches and make an M with their arms and then act like monkeys on the way out of the video.

35. Writer’s Workshop • Video Writing Conferences • Videos can often times illustrate what a good writing conference should look like and sound like. Concepts like this are hard to explain in words… videos might be a good alternative. Students learn from other students! • H:\Advancement\Tech Conference 2012\024.AVI

36. Science • Recycling Scavenger Hunt • Assign each group a material that can be recycled (paper, metal, plastics, electronics). Have them go on a scavenger hunt for these types of materials in the classroom or around the school. Follow up by allowing them to research and teach the class about the type of recycling process the materials undergo.

37. Math • Ask students to illustrate math problems using various materials in the class. For example, 3X3=9. This could be shown by showing 3 groups of 3 marbles. • Teachers can also video different ways that students solve problems. Kids teaching kids – a proven strategy for success!

38. History • Students could reenact historical events such as the Boston Tea Party. • They could follow up with an interview of the “participants”. • Pop popcorn and make a movie day when all of the videos are shown.

39. Questions? Comments? • A look at products • Vado cameras • Costco offering

40. Web 2.0 Resources for Digital Images • http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ • Check out “Image Tools” • Check out “Video Tools” • Images have been placed here: H Drive > 2012 Tech Conference > PHOTOS HERE