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Short Courses: Digital Cameras and Digital Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
This page on shortcourses.com provides links that will answer all of your questions regarding digital cameras and digital photography. Some topics include: using your digital camera, editing digital photos, choosing a digital camera, and...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Digital Photography: Module 1: Past/present [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In this first module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about the history of photography, different styles and movements, photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries, tools photographers use for expression, and how...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Digital Photography: Module 5: Invention/creation [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In this fifth module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about how to take photographs that reflect a personal aesthetic, they learn how to use Surrealist techniques, they manipulate their images to create new material,...
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Photonhead: Film and Digital Camera Simulator

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about three major camera characteristics not only by reading about them but practicing using them online.
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wikiHow

Wiki How Category: Digital Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
A dozen articles concerning digital photography tips and ideas. You have the ability to edit the information to make it more successful for other users.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Are You Wearing?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will use a digital camera to take pictures that will be used to create a multimedia project that illustrates the appropriate and inappropriate dress code for a high school.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Writing an Autobiography Using Pictures

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This is a 4-day lesson on how to write an autobiography. Students also learn to take digital pictures of themselves and use them in their writing.
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Big Huge Labs: Fd's Flickr Toys

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A massive collection of free tools of interest to teachers and others who need to quickly and easily make customized "stuff" using digital photos. Create cool effects like Warhol and Hockney at the touch of a button. Great to use with...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Intuitive Symmetry: Point, Line, Plane, Rotational

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Investigate the concept of symmetry at this test prep site. See detailed definitions and picture examples, answer the questions in the interactive practice pages, and do the classroom activity where students use a digital camera to...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Water Retention No Problem With the Key Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students go outside to a nearby pond or wet area, and collect vertebrates and invertebrates. These are identified using a classification key. Information is recorded using a digital camera and a science notebook. Students later prepare a...
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Planet Photoshop

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial and resource for learning Adobe Photoshop techniques and real-world uses.
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El Education: A Color Expedition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These digital photographs were created by pre-kindergarten students at The College School, located in St. Louis, Missouri. As part of a Learning Expedition on color, students went on class walks to look for specific colors, noticing...
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Photoshop User Tv

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the latest insider Adobe Photoshop and digital photography news from the Photoshop Guys themselves; Scott Kelby, Dave Cross, and Matt Kloskowski of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP).You'll get a quick look at...
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Galaxy Photography and Digital Imaging

For Students 9th - 10th
A site for images and how to take images of the night sky. Backed by Meade, a maker of telescopes. Good information on equipment and techniques as well.
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Cambridge University: Sharpness Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial on sharpness describes the clarity of detail in a photo. Using a comparison technique, the tutorial demonstrates the various properties of sharpness.
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University of South Florida

No Strings Attached: Cardinal Directions in the Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
If you have access to Kidspiration or a similar program you can use this lesson plan to help teach the cardinal directions. Incorporate digital photography as an expansion idea or create more expansions of your own.
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Classroom Tech: Technology Integration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers a variety of ways to bring technology into your classroom. Content includes "50 Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom," filled with learning ideas and activities, as well as a guide for lesson planning and a lesson...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Coded Messages

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson uses matrices (inverse and multiplication) to decode messages hidden within digital pictures -- a process known as steganography. This method of hidden communication is known to...
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University of South Florida

No Strings Attached: Family Heritage

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students bring in an object from home that represents their family heritage. Students then use cameras and scanners to import their object into the computer. The lesson has the students complete a writing piece but you could expand into...
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El Education: Seasons of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students make multiple visits to a nursing home to develop a relationship with one person and learn about his or her life. Then students use a combination of illustrations, photographs, digital pictures, and biographical text to create a...