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WRITING  APPLICATIONS  WITH DIGITALCAMERAS

A portable device's digital camera is an excellent tool for enhancing writing and/or reading activities.  Images can be used as a focus for the writing or to become a reflection of the reading material.  

Create a classroom history, scrapbook, or include the images as part of a student's journal.    Slave quarters, Kingsley Plantation, FL')" _wpro_href="javascript:makePopUpWin('images/PICT0020.JPG','Slave quarters house on Kingsley plantation made from tabby',241,234,'Slave quarter house made out of Tabby,<br> Slave quarters, Kingsley Plantation, FL')" class="">PICT0020.JPG (2099568 bytes)  Mayport Florida')" _wpro_href="javascript:makePopUpWin('images/lighthouse.jpg','Mayport Lighthouse image',493,200,'Lighthouse - Cylinder Section,<br> Mayport Florida')" class="">
Create illustrations of student writing.     
Create a series of images to depict the events that occurred in a novel that was read  
Create an associated series of images with writing to document a sequence of events or steps.  

Use images as a visual support to teach vocabulary.
Consider developing images to teach:

Synonyms

Antonyms

Homonyms

Homophones 

 
Create images to represent the parts of speech  
Use digital images to have students create their own book covers to famous literature.  
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Use an image as a writing or discussion prompt. Use images as a focus for student writing concerning comparing and contrasting objects. Create a collection of images to be used in creating object based Venn Diagrams which are then put into written form.

 


Digital cameras in education