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How Digital Photography can Enhance Learning in Kindergarten

How Digital Photography can Enhance Learning in Kindergarten. Sharon Blair April 14, 2007. Introducing Digital Photography in Kindergarten. Subject Area Language Arts (Concepts About Print) Specific Lesson Using Digital Photos for Classroom Books Choice of Technology

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How Digital Photography can Enhance Learning in Kindergarten

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  1. How Digital Photography can Enhance Learning in Kindergarten Sharon Blair April 14, 2007

  2. Introducing Digital Photography in Kindergarten • Subject Area Language Arts (Concepts About Print) • Specific Lesson Using Digital Photos for Classroom Books • Choice of Technology Digital Photography in Combination with Computers

  3. Requirements for using this technology Proper training on use of the equipment Materials are necessary, for example, digital camera, PC, printer, photo paper, ink cartridges,etc… Donations of materials may be required Why digital photography? Age appropriate Recognition of real life images enhance reading strategies Easy, efficient and user friendly Digital Photography

  4. Using Digital Photos for Classroom Books • Take digital photos of individuals and/ or objects • Children engage in selecting photos for pages of book • Children will cut photos and paste on page • Children will label the photos using appropriate tools

  5. Using Digital Photos for Classroom Books • Children will use digital photos to create front and back cover • With assistance, children will bind book • Children will present finished book to classmates • Children will read book(s) during Literacy Center time (Books that We’ve Made)

  6. Conclusion • Using digital photography can enhance learning by using photographs of real life images • Beginning readers use pictures to figure out words, real photographs enhance this type of learning • Kinesthetic learners will take pictures. Visual learners will help set the photos. Logical learners will help organize the photos. Linguistic learners will write about the photos. All students will work together to learn with and from each other • Although materials and supplies can be costly, there are resources such as Costco Photo Center that offer reasonable printing options, often parents belong to Costco and are willing to assist with payment

  7. Student book example: http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/images/notepad-books.jpg • Student rubric: http://www.cpsb.org/Resources/cbt/CBT_06-07/station%20activites/Anchoring/ppt_rubric.doc

  8. Bibliography • Mark and Cindy Grabe, 2007, Integrating Technology for Meaningful Learning, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company

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