Document+Camera

How can I use a document camera in my classroom?

Preschool - Primary Grades Classroom Document Camera Ideas:
 * 1) Show and Tell
 * 2) Science Experiments
 * 3) Zoom in on small items to see the details
 * 4) "Big Books" - Big books are expensive. You can turn any book into a big book by placing it under the document camera
 * 5) Math manipulatives
 * 6) Place a timer under the document camera to help with time management.
 * 7) Picture schedule. Place a picture schedule under the document camera. Turn the classroom document camera and projector on when it's time to transition to the next activity and show the students what the next activity will be. "We just finished centers (show picture of "centers" on the schedule), now it's time for math (show schedule picture that represents "math")
 * 8) Demonstrating letter formation
 * 9) ABC tiles - let students come up and rearrange the tiles to create words
 * 10) Maps
 * 11) Photos and images
 * 12) Worksheets - students can view you filling out the information instead of just listening
 * 13) Save images for later use. A classroom document camera connected to a computer can act as a scanner. Teachers can place items under the document camera and use them in class that day and "save" the image for future use.
 * 14) Save an image of what you did in class on the document camera to place on classroom websites. Parents can "see" what their children are learning throughout the day.
 * 15) Saved images can also be incorporated into PowerPoint Presentations and Windows Movie Maker to use in activities such as end of year programs, classroom review and back to school nights.

Intermediate/Middle School Classroom Document Camera Ideas:
 * 1) Place a timer under the document camera to help with time management.
 * 2) Displaying student work
 * 3) Model note taking skills by using an actual piece of notebook paper.
 * 4) Model sentence and paragraph structure, punctuation and grammar editing
 * 5) Worksheets such as study guides or daily assignments.
 * 6) Brainstorming list, webbing
 * 7) Project a test for grading; students follow with their eyes and not just their ears
 * 8) Math Manipulatives such as compass, ruler, thermometer, base ten blocks, etc
 * 9) Demonstrate how to use a calculator
 * 10) Show students how to set up math problems using notebook paper
 * 11) Math workbook pages
 * 12) Displaying and creating graphs
 * 13) Science experiments
 * 14) Dissections
 * 15) Zoom in on small items to see the details
 * 16) Maps
 * 17) Small items. Use the "zoom" feature to see the small details
 * 18) Valuable items you may not want to put in the hands of students
 * 19) Overhead transparencies
 * 20) Pictures of historical places and events from a book or photo
 * 21) Art pictures or projects
 * 22) Let the student be the "teacher"
 * 23) Save images for later use. A classroom document camera connected to a computer can act as a scanner. Teachers can place items under the document camera and use them in class that day and "save" the image for future use.
 * 24) Save an image of what you did in class on the document camera to place on classroom websites. Parents can "see" what their children are learning throughout the day.

High School :
 * 1) Intro activity or "ticket-out-the-door activity
 * 2) Demonstrate writing skills, editing, revising
 * 3) Complete graphic organizers as a class
 * 4) Display textbook references
 * 5) Math manipulatives such as rulers, compass, algebra tiles, geometric figures
 * 6) Model setting up and steps for solving
 * 7) Science experiments
 * 8) Dissections
 * 9) Microscope
 * 10) Zoom in on small items to see the details
 * 11) Social Studies maps from paper sources
 * 12) Resource material you may only have one of or do not want to put in the hands of students
 * 13) Historical items
 * 14) Art projects
 * 15) Sharing student work

from: http://www.edtechnetwork.com/document_cameras.html