The article begins by telling you why to teach photography and how to start and then goes into how to use it in science, math, and writing. I really enjoyed reading about the summer class that the students took and how they used their photos to learn math, science, and writing. I was hoping to see some ideas for how to incorporate photos into social studies lessons. I am still looking for something that helps me discover how to use pictures in history.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Digital Revolution
So last time I found this great article that covered the 5 reasons why we should teach digital photography in our classrooms. It gave some solid reasons why teachers need to include this skill in their curriculum. Unfortunately it didn't really really go into what digital photograph does for subjects. This article, "Picture This: Using Photography to Teach Science, Math, and Writing (http://www.edutopia.org/photography-how-to-project-learning) really, in my opinion, goes into how to use photography in the classroom to enhance specific subject matters.
The article begins by telling you why to teach photography and how to start and then goes into how to use it in science, math, and writing. I really enjoyed reading about the summer class that the students took and how they used their photos to learn math, science, and writing. I was hoping to see some ideas for how to incorporate photos into social studies lessons. I am still looking for something that helps me discover how to use pictures in history.
The article begins by telling you why to teach photography and how to start and then goes into how to use it in science, math, and writing. I really enjoyed reading about the summer class that the students took and how they used their photos to learn math, science, and writing. I was hoping to see some ideas for how to incorporate photos into social studies lessons. I am still looking for something that helps me discover how to use pictures in history.
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Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteThere were some very neat ideas about photography in the classroom in your article. I especially thought the dark room project was a great way to teach students class content. Just looking at the dark room I'm sure middle school students would take pride in the work. As a history teacher, I'm curious about how pictures could be used in that area as well. Maybe check out Google Earth and some of the photos posted on that application. If you zoom into historical sites you can find pictures of them posted by people on the web.
Joe