DIGITAL RESOURCES

prepared by David Brear, reviewed and updated October 18, 2006

| Digital Cameras | Digital Courses | Digital Images | Education | Preventing Digital Plagiarism | Tips and Tricks |

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Digital Cameras

Digital Cameras: Getting the Perfect Picture - Falling prices, higher-quality cameras, and educators' increased comfort with technology have ignited a digital photography revolution in schools.

Digital Camera Reviews and News - Here you'll find a complete buyer's guide to digital cameras, as well as discussion forums and how-to photography articles.

Digital Camera Resource Page - everything you wanted to know about digital cameras is available with a few mouse clicks at this Web site.

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Digital Courses

ShortCourses in Digital Photography - This site provides a series of mini-courses on a variety of photography-related topics, including "everything you wanted to know about digital photography but were afraid to ask."

Digital Photography for Beginners - This site features several excellent links for getting started, including "Digital Photography Skills" and "Digital Camera Buying Tips."

 

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Digital Images

Pics4Learning - ( K - 8 ) - here you will find thousands of copyright friendly images that have been donated by teachers, students and amateur photographers for use in educational projects.

AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - is an excellent index of millions of archived photos, news text, audio clips and graphics from the Associated press.

The Amazing Picture Machine - use this specially designed database to find graphical resources on the Internet to support your curriculum.

The Imaging Resource - This tool lets you compare digital camera images side by side so you can see the capabilities of different models in actual shooting situations.

KidsClick ! : Image Search Tools - excellent links to image collections for use by students.

 

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Preventing Digital Plagiarism

Preventing Plagiarism - is an article that discusses how preventing digital plagiarism by students is becoming more and more difficult, especially with the vast amount of information on the Web.

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Education

Digital Photography and the K-12 Educator - Although dated, this site features a "classroom application" area that is an excellent compendium of curricular uses of digital photography.

Digital Cameras and Education - This up-to-date site provides an overview of the issues involved in using digital cameras in schools.

Digital Cameras in Education - An Internet Hotlist on Digital Cameras in Education

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Digital Gadgets for the Classroom - There are many handheld devices and digital "gadgets" available to support all types of new teaching and learning initiatives. This pages will provide links to some of the resource pages specifically designed to enhance the use of these devices in the K-12 classroom.

Smile! Digital Cameras Can Make Your Day - Included: More than a dozen easy activities for using digital cameras in the classroom.

Using Digital Cameras in the Classroom - Digital cameras are becoming more and more popular, especially for classroom use.  They have many advantages:  pictures are immediately available, pictures are saved in graphic format, and they are easily transferred from the camera to the computer.

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Tips and Tricks

Say Cheese: The Digital Photography Site - Take a look at the Tips and Tricks section for photography techniques that are easily explained.

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