Teaching with Digital Images(Ch 2)

This chapter focused on how classroom teachers can incorporate digital photography into their everyday lessons. It started of with a section instructing teachers as to how they should select a digital camera. It is important for teachers to do their research before buying a digital camera. They should decide of what features are Needed to support the goals of its use in the classroom. The next important topic in the chapter discussed megapixels, file size, and resolution. The author does a good Jon for defining these terms for someone who may not be familiar with them. It theme discusses he use of megapixels. It explains that depending how you plan on sharing your photos can effect how many megapixels you will need to use. There is a very helpful easy to read table included that illustrates this. It also discussed the proper format for saving files.i found this helpful, since I sometimes get confused as to what format to save my images under.i generally used JPEG, but I now know when saving higher quality materials that I can save it under the format TIFF. The author then discusses how the teacher should organize their photos on the computer. It is easiest to do this through the use of albums, since the computer will generally number the photos for you. Also, when you use an album program there is generally some minimal editing software, which is great to use with students. The author then transitions to discussing how to introduce students to digital photography. He basically stressed to give the students basic instructions to get them. Omfortable With the new technology. Then it would be a good idea to introduce increasingly complex skills do they can ultimately be the best photographer they can be. I really like this idea. It is quite practical for the classroom. It then gave an idea to do a photographic scavenger Huntley this would be a fun idea , because it would engage students, while also honing their photography skills. This was quite a helpful chapter!