Day+5


 * Day 5: Effective methods of using digital imagery and video in the classroom

**Soooo, I totally forgot about this. Had it in my head that nothing was due until Monday...

I really like the idea of using digital imagery to insert absent children into a classroom photo. Also, I have a friend that teaches high school, and she has used digi imagery to insert her own face in English lecture PowerPoint presentations. From what I gather, the kids found this to be highly entertaining. So from that perspective, it could be used as a tool to keep students at least somewhat engaged. Even if they are looking for "waldo" in presentation slides, it is better than text messaging, where they are completely off task. As for an elementary application, I think kids would LOVE seeing themselves in a storybook based on their own classroom. It would be really great if they could all work together to create the text for the story as well.

Video could be good as a way to let older kids use it themselves for projects. I remember creating a fake car commercial when I was in high school, and it was the only project all semester long that engaged not only me, but some of the lowest-achieving kids in the class. Video is also a good way to expose some students to real things/people/places/events they might not otherwise be able to experience. Of course it isn't as good as a real field trip, but in a low budget situation it might be the next best thing.

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