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Digital cameras in the classroom: a multi-purpose tool.

I'm starting to wonder what would happen if we replaced one interactive whiteboard with a class set or maybe one between 2 of digital cameras.  The computer isn't the only way we interact with technology.  Digital camera's have made pictures part of the human experienced - used in a variety of ways from documenting our belongings for insurance purposes to recording a recount of events to photo journalism and art and even beautiful photo essays.

So I'm going to continue to use the one camera we have in our school to it's absolute maximum.  Here The Digital Photography School has tips on digital photography with kids/students.

• Experiment
• Check backgrounds
• Hold camera straight
• How to hold the camera
• Get in close
• Take lots of pictures
• Balance between taking pictures of people, things and places
• Find a point of interest
• Rule of thirds
• Review the pics with them
• Focal lock
• Different modes for different situations
• Exposure

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Posted at 04:42PM Oct 09, 2008 by Concetta Gotlieb  |