Camera
I like to
take photographs, even tough I not that good at it. I think it’s a great
opportunity to show others how the world looks like in my eyes. So, the
resource I like to promote is the camera, in order to give students the same opportunity.
I often
work as a sub teacher in a school nearby and when I do I try to let the
students use the camera as much as possible. The camera in “my” school is a
regular digital camera, very simple to use. All that is needed to make it work
is to make sure the battery is loaded. After that, just fire away. Since it’s a
digital camera it’s very easy thing to do to erase bad photos, if there are any.
(Picture borrowed from google.se)
For
teachers the camera is a perfect thing to use in portfolio. Some information
can sometimes be hard to explain in words and a photo can either replace words
or complement them. It can also be used to show other people (for example parents)
what’s going on in school.
The camera
is also a good thing to use in the classroom, and outside the classroom also off
course. For example, when the students are working with researching things that
are in our vicinity, they can take their own photographs instead of copying
online. Another good area for using the camera is when practising oral
presentations. One idea is to let the students work in pairs and one takes
photos of the one speaking and then vice versa. The idea with that is to let
the student to se their own body language.
One important
thing using the camera is that old photos have to be removed from the camera so
that they don’t show up in wrong hands. It is also important that all students
feel okay with being photographs. After all, it’s supposed to be both learning
AND fun.
