Digital photography is something that I have been trying to incorporate into my classroom. I have always taken pictures of my students doing various activities. But this is the first year that I have encouraged students to take their own pictures. Because they are just learning how to operate a camera, I have been letting them use disposable cameras. Due to the cost, I do not have digital copies of these pictures. And due to time restraints, I have not yet been able to scan them.
I have put on Donorschoose.org a request for digital cameras (one for each student). It has been posted for a month, but no one has donated anything. :(
I debated what I was going to work on for this particular digital lesson reaquirement. I really wanted to create some sort of video for my students using their work on lessons dealing with pumpkin life cycles. However, I quickly remembered that our computers and firewall at school suck! And most of the free programs do not work. SO-I came up with something else. We will be beginning a diversity unit for second quarter. I thought a great way to introduce this broad term would be to show students pictures of myself, when I was their age.
I also thought it would be a great idea to show them pictures of themselves, and compare each other, but not just physically.
I created a power point presentation to show my students and have a dicussion at the same time.
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On our county's technology wiki page, I noticed a list of grant possibilities and this one caight my attention especially when I read your blog post about digital cameras: http://wsfcs.pbwiki.com/Elementary-School
The post is about a site called Digital Wish http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/home
"Grants to put technology in the classroom. They claim to have 43 grants available for teachers as well as a feature that allows teachers to list their class and have donors make contributions to their classroom. Maybe a great way to get more technology in our classrooms."
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