Below is a starter list of ideas on how to integrate digital cameras into your lessons.
Have students take pictures to:
 | Create a commercial to demonstrate persuasive writing |
| Demonstrate compare and contrast |
| Demonstrate chronological order |
| Categorize |
| Locate and document tracks or traces of indirect evidence of a population |
| Document cause and effect relationships |
| Demonstrate antonyms, similes, and metaphors |
| Insert pictures into Inspiration to create a concept map of a book character |
| Field trip follow up activities |
| Document life cycle |
| Demonstrate knowledge of geometric shapes |
| Locate and document evidence of angles, numbers, things that are odd/even, parallel things, or things that are perpendicular |
| Create a tutorial on how to use a graphing calculator |
| Demonstrate processes and procedures |
| Find examples of color, line, and texture |
| Illustrate vocabulary |
| Illustrate creative writing |
| Create a book report |
You, as the teacher, can take pictures to have students:
| Put events in sequential order |
| Make connections |
| Identify cause and effect relationships |
| Creatively write about the pictures |
| Categorize the pictures |
| Activate prior knowledge |
| Define new vocabulary |
You can also:
| Ask your students "What is __________________" and have them use the digital camera to answer the question. |
| Use pictures of students on bulletin boards ("Star of the Week"). |
| Insert pictures into worksheets. |