Digital Photography in the classroom

http://www.slideshare.net/rachelboyd/creating-shutterbugs-digital-photography-in-the-classroom

Thanks to Rachel Boyd for a great session in using digital photography in the classroom. There were lots of creative and easy to teach lessons of work.

My notes from this session (in summary form);

Ipod touches!!!! A great tool for photos... plus they are great for recording voice etc
Develop camera safety rules
Name the parts of the camera poster – postit notes – 1 colour to name 1 colour to explain
Put flipvideos and cameras on lanyards
Official photographers pass – on a lanyard- photos at assemblies
Use good examples of photos for discussion starter, discuss what the photographer wanted to capture.
- Newspix – photos from herald
- National geographic
- BBC news in pictures
Eye level view
Camera angles
Snail view “Imagine you are a snail slithering along the ground"
Possums view – holding camera up high
Make posters and put examples around each
Types of shots
Have a photo competition with a theme eg; textures, colour
Kodak.com

IDEAS... Have learning outcomes and success criteria for each type of lesson you teach
• Photo symmetry
• Symmetry but leave background
• Expressions – cut into thirds – can assemble two expressions in zig zag – happy one way and sad the other
• Sponge a background and put photos overtop
• Portrait weaving
• Pop art – 4 in black – dye each page
• Classroom rules with photos
• Collage –paint-photo
• Macro function button – close up function – can use for oral language, what am I?,
• Geometry-find shapes, print and classify
• Blend knowledge – blend focus – take photos and create a blend chart
• Maori greetings, colours etc – in groups of 4 create/take photos to show e; tena korua
• WALT create speech bubble to describe
• Personality plus – take photos to tell us something about yourselves e.g sporty,