Here is a list of ideas for using a digital camera in the mathematics classroom.
- Take pictures of each student as you meet them at the beginning of the year to help you learn their names. You can then use the pictures in your Gradebook Seating Chart!
- Use digital pictures of books, assignments, and other resources on your class web page to remind students of what is due when.
- Create a newsletter (printed or digital) that includes pictures of students or assignments to share with students, faculty, and parents.
- Use digital images of where things (such as manipulatives and books) go in your classroom to remind students of an item's proper place.
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- Have students walk around the classroom, school building, or playground taking pictures of different geometric shapes. Create a digital story similar to the Angles Project, or simply present the pictures in PowerPoint.
- Take pictures of tessellations found inside and outside the school (i.e. tiles on the floor). Present as a digital story.
- Assign a fraction to each student, have him or her display that fraction (using a glass of water, for example) and take a picture. Create a class digital story using all the fractions.
- Assign a different conic section to each group and have them do a digital story on it. Or you can incorporate the pictures into my Parabolas WebQuest.
- Create a digital story (as individuals or as a class) showing what you have learned from a chapter, a unit, or the entire school year.
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- Use your camera to capture objects at the same distance to calculate the height of an unknown object or to calculate the volume of an object.
- Use the digital camera to demonstrate, display, or print calculator procedures.
- Have students demonstrate vocabulary (such as parallel and perpendicular lines) with digital images.
- Reinforce the reading of word problems with digital pictures. Better yet, have students create their own word problems to share!
- Take a picture of a student or other symmetrical object and cut it in half. Have students draw the missing half.
- Use digital pictures of multiples or arrays (such as a 2x12 carton of eggs) to review multiplication facts.
- Use pictures of students or objects to create pictographs.
- Assign a file for each student, then store pictures of homework, tests, and projects. You can archive these items without taking up classroom space!
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The possibilities are endless! Don't forget to visit the Links page for great web sites with more great ideas!
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