iPad Camera
The camera on your child's iPad is a wonderful resource commonly used in the classroom. Creating digital images provides students with the opportunity to tap into their imagination and produce images uniquely connected to the student. Digital cameras can transform learning for your students. The possibilities are endless once you start thinking creatively.
Many teachers shun away from the use of iPad cameras and go to great lengths to hide the camera application on the devices. This is usually due to a students healthy adoration for taking selfies. If you learn to love the camera and embrace the idea of taking selfies, you can maximize student engagement in the classroom by taking something they find fun and exciting and using it to promote learning and creativity. On the activities page for the iPad camera you will find a fun way to incorporate learning and selfies at home with your child.
Students were given the following survey regarding what camera medium they would prefer to use in the classroom. Not surprisingly the results showed the iPad camera the medium of choice when it came to projects requiring photos or videos. Survey
Many teachers shun away from the use of iPad cameras and go to great lengths to hide the camera application on the devices. This is usually due to a students healthy adoration for taking selfies. If you learn to love the camera and embrace the idea of taking selfies, you can maximize student engagement in the classroom by taking something they find fun and exciting and using it to promote learning and creativity. On the activities page for the iPad camera you will find a fun way to incorporate learning and selfies at home with your child.
Students were given the following survey regarding what camera medium they would prefer to use in the classroom. Not surprisingly the results showed the iPad camera the medium of choice when it came to projects requiring photos or videos. Survey
20 Ways the Camera may be used in the Classroom
- Photos of spelling words in digital photo frame
- Photo’s of classroom agreements/rules
- Include photos in post tests (students completing the mentioned activity)
- Students take photos of mathematical concepts around the school (patterns, angels, shapes…)
- Photos as a writing prompt
- Photo Story – Excursion (e.g. to aid writing a recount)
- Class and student blogs
- Digital Portfolios
- Steps in a procedure
- Prompt for narrative/descriptive writing
- ABC Alphabet Book
- Take photos of students which they use to write about themselves
- Observe weather (e.g. clouds, seasons)
- Illustrate a science experiment (e.g. growth of a plant)
- Demonstrate a PE exercise
- Images of assembling 3D objects
- Photo’s of nouns, verbs etc
- Use photos for graphing
- Create a slide show as an assessment
- Digital storytelling
Applications made for your Camera
When iPad cameras are used in the classroom, it is important that the students are not simply taking photographs, but are enthusiastically using the photographs for purposeful knowledge which allows for engagement and active learning. Here are some examples of applications used in the classroom to complement the camera on your child's iPad.
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Activities for you and your Child
Picture Hunt - Take a picture of an object or scene around your home and show it to you child. The object is then to find where the photo was taken. Swap roles and start again.
Stop Start Animation - Using the app Stop Motion Studio create a movie using your child's toys.
Selfies - Kids love taking selfies. Why not turn them educational at home too?
Stop Start Animation - Using the app Stop Motion Studio create a movie using your child's toys.
Selfies - Kids love taking selfies. Why not turn them educational at home too?
- take a selfie with different geometry figures
- take a selfie with something that has an acute, obtuse, and/or right angle
- take a selfie with books you have read or books you would like to read
- take a selfie with an even number of items/an odd number of items
- take a selfie with objects that have a short vowel/a long vowel