I think that it is such a great idea to take lots of pictures in the classroom throughout the school year! I have seen teachers who have taken pictures throughout the year and then made a scrapbook for each year they have taught. Living now in the technology age, we can easily take and post pictures online.
It would be important to inform parents and get permission to take pictures of their children. It will also be important that they are only used on a classroom blog, or something that is safe online. This will let parents see what is going on in the classroom. Children can also get excited and share what they are doing with their parents.
If you have resources to have cameras in the classroom, digital photography can also be used in lesson plans. This is a great way for students to discover how real world objects or things tie back into what they are learning in the classroom!
Here is the digital photo comicbook that we worked on in photoshop! This had to do with geometric shapes.
I also love the idea of taking pictures through out the year! I think the one thing to be cautious of is not choosing favorites! Make sure everyone in the class is as equally represented as possible!
ReplyDeleteGroup photos are always good because then it involves many kids at one time. Also make sure you show the entire year, all i am trying to say is if you take pics a lot you gotta be consistent as the parents may be expecting it to be like that.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even think about how awesome it would be to use digital photography on a classroom blog to inform parents about what their children are learning about. It's a great way to keep parents involved! Also, using photography is very motivating to students.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a very good point about making sure you have parents permission and only use the pictures for the classroom in a safe way. I really like the comments on your pictures for the geometric shapes assignment.
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