Digital Imaging Resources

Classroom Projects, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Resources:

Kodak K-12 Lesson Plans. Exemplary uses of digital photography

1001 Uses for a Digital Camera. Lesson plans using digital photography

More ideas for using digital cameras Ideas from around the world

Course Reader Related to Using Digital Cameras Large resource list

Teaching with Digital Cameras Once you get a digital camera, how do you use it? And more specifically, how do you use it to improve student learning?

Clay Animation Project Kit Lesson Plans that you can download [PDF]

Tutorials

Macromedia Fireworks Image Editing - Learn what Fireworks can do to refine your digital images.

Fireworks Tips and Tricks - Special ways to alter your digital images.

Feathering - The all time favorite!

Short Courses - Short Courses provides a variety on free, online tutorials including Choosing a Digital Camera, and Using a Digital Camera

Compression Explained - understanding how images are manipulated so that they can be viewed on computers.

Research/Articles of interest:

Digital Photography & the K-12 Educator - Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC)

Digital Images in the Classroom

Educational Applications of Digital Photography [PDF Download]

Student Created Examples:

Wacona Elementary

Just for fun:

Using Graphic Converter® and the Sony Mavica Digital Camera

Online JPEG Optimization!

Camera Reviews

Learn More on your own

Tutorial used for this session

Copyright and other Technical Stuff:

Digital Images and Fair Use (a must read)

Glossary of Academic Information Technology Terms