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Use of a Digital Camera in a First Grade Classroom January 2010

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I used my digital camera to create a thank you/good bye gift for my Bowie State student from myself and the students. I took pictures of her teaching lessons, creating bulletin boards, and finally of her with each child in the class. I then put these pictures, with the help of my class, into a Photostory. I then added music to the background to play as the story played. Lastly, I helped each child use the headphone/microphone to add comments about the Bowie Student as their picture popped up. They gave their feelings or thoughts about her. We then watched the Photo Story in class and gave a CD copy to my Bowie State Student as a momento of her time with us.

I addressed Standard V of the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards in this specific lesson. This was an example of integrating technology into the curriculum and instruction. ​ I feel I effectively used the Photo Story software, digital camera, and microphone. It was a fun way to get started with these tools. I am very comfortable with the camera and slideshow. It took me a little while to get comfortable adding the recorded voices in, but after a few it become quite simple and I got the hang of it. I will be using these tools a lot in the future and plan to incorporate more photos that the children are taking themselves.