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Photo Booth in the Classroom

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I recently introduced Photo Booth during staff development sessions for my grade level teams.  We only have 3 MacBooks in the building, but I would love to see my teachers use them.  They had a lot of fun playing with the special effects, and I now have in my possession some “leverage” pictures and videos if I’m ever in need!  It was tempting to post a few here, but I’m resisting.  Here’s a list I compiled of some ways Photo Booth could be used in the classroom:

  • Book talks
  • Reader’s Theater
  • Oral reading/student self-evaluation
  • Maintain a digital record of reading progress over the course of the year
  • Biography “living history” presentations
  • Weekly class news report
  • Demonstration of science experiment
  • Character education development: take photos of students expressing various emotions (Source: iLearn Technology)
  • Grammar dictionaries: when studying verbs, take pictures of students acting out verbs
  • Digital poetry portfolio
  • Social Studies “You Were there” newscasts
  • Point of view debate over historical events such as Trail of Tears or Hiroshima
  • World language conversations/skits
  • Stop motion animation (claymation)
  • Infomercial (nonfiction informational writing)
  • Commercial (persuasive writing)
  • Writing prompt: Something has just happened to you that has caused you to go through some drastic physical changes.  Take five pictures of yourself using Photo Booth where you show the progression of your drastic changes, from the beginning stages to the end result.  After you take the pictures write a narrative or a news article explaining what happened to you. Be creative! ( Source: Stepping Forward: Personal and Digital Learning in the 21st Century)

On a different note, I just completed a survey Sue Waters is conducting about Your Top 5 Web Tools for Managing your Workload.  She’ll share the results on her PLN Yourself wiki.  Check it out!


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