Digital Photo Tips for Year-End Activities
Today’s Topic:
Digital Photo Tips for Year-End Activities
Tech Tip: Calculate With Google
- What are the most important timesaving tips for effectively using digital cameras in the classroom?
- What are some examples of excellent and easy-to-manage digital photo activities for the end of the school year?
Technology coordinator Craig Nansen shares two dozen quick, easy and effective digital photo activities to try right away, plus four time-saving tips for effectively using digital cameras.
Quick and Easy Digital Photography Classroom Projects
(large pdf file 4.31 Mb)Dr. Arnie Abrams’ Powerpoint presentation showcases excellent photo examples of how digital cameras may be used to stimulate writing and critical thinking skills.
Adobe Digital Kids Club: Lessons and Activities
Adobe Software’s Digital Kids Club site provides numerous examples of high-quality K-12 lessons and activities incorporating digital cameras.
11 Tips to Taking Quality Photos
Cathy Chamberlain describes 11 helpful tips for ensuring that your photos are the best that they can be. Many visual examples are included to use with your students.
Tech Tip – Calculate With Google
A lesser-known but highly useful feature of Google is its built-in calculator function.
Need to find out how many miles are in 5 kilometers? Simply type in “miles in 5 kilometers” in Google’s search box, and the answer is calculated for you.
Google will also do quick currency and recipe conversions. Type “50 Euros in dollars” to get the U.S. equivalent. Or type: “half of 4 ½ cups, in tablespoons” to convert cooking measurements.
For mathematical computations type “50 + 35” and Google will return “50 + 35 = 85”; type “square root of 42” and Google returns “square root(42) = 6.4807407.
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