Digital Photography in the Classroom

Using Digital Images in the Classroom

This class is designed to help teachers learn to use digital photography in their classroom. The focus will be on project ideas using digital images in the classroom. We will also cover choosing a digital camera and managing its use in the classroom. Finally ww will spend a good amount of time on managing and manipulating photos.

To receive credit for the class you will need to do the following:
1) Attend all 14 hours of the class
2) Complete a Digital Photography Project
3) Complete a 1/2-1 page reflection on using Digital Photography in the Classroom
4) Course Evaluation Form

I am basing many of the project ideas from Dr. Arnie Abrams at Southern Oregon University. Click on the Presentations and Handouts link for project ideas. He has also recently published a book, Award Winning Digital Photography Projects for the Classroom.

In this class we will be using the following software: iPhoto (Mac), Picasa (PC), PhotoStory3 (PC), PhotoShop Elements (Mac and PC), and Comic Life (Mac). The following links will take to you tutorials for each of these products.

Picassa Tutorial

iPhoto Tutorials

Introduction to iPhoto 5

Photoshop Elements 3 Tutorial

PhotoStory3 Tutorials
Beginner's Guide to PhotoStory
Create Your First PhotoStory
Digital StoryTelling–PhotoStory Introduction

Comic Life Tutorial