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 * 1) Summarize what you read and explain concepts you learned that will help you incorporate digital photography in your teaching. Include images and links. What I learned form the reading was that there are many different ways to share photos. More ways now in fact than there have ever been. This is because all that is needed is a screen to share photos with another person. You no longer need a hard copy to carry around. Concepts that can be used for teaching are viewing our images through a digital picture frame instead of traditional printing of the photos. With such a great variety of ways that photos can be shared it would also be very helpful to talk about different safety, danger and courtesies issues when sharing photos.
 * 2) Describe the perfect camera you would purchase for your classroom, explaining why it is the best choice for you and for your students. I feel that the ideal cameras for my classroom would be simple point and shoot cameras. I hope to be teaching a younger grade and feel that they would enjoy the more simplicities of being able to use the camera to document their everyday interactions in and out of class.
 * 3) Explain what students are doing with digital cameras. Provide at least 10 ideas you would use in your own curriculum. The windows to what students can do with cameras is so vast, much like everything else with technology. Ten ideas that I can use a camera in the classroom for are


 * 1) Record daily activities in the classroom.
 * 2) Track the progress of growth or change on a classroom project over time and then compare images.
 * 3) Use picture to create a storybook written by the children
 * 4) Use cameras to help teach a child they have abilities and skills to gain confidence in other areas.
 * 5) Each student could take a few pictures which could then be used in a get to know you game.
 * 6) Display what the class is working on and doing.
 * 7) Personal journal entries of daily life as children
 * 8) Used to talk about safety when on the internet
 * 9) Used to help students study and remember subjects taught in class.
 * 10) Used for artistic and creativity projects.