Description

1. For this project, each student should be equipped with a disposable camera. If your resources allow, your program may wish to purchase these cameras for the students, or you may be able to get your local camera or drug store to donate the cameras to your program. Keep in mind the processing costs as well.

2. Have the students take pictures of things that are important to them.

3. Assign a deadline for which the camera should be back, keeping in mind that it may take some time to process the film and that the students will require the photos for the final project in this unit.

4. Have the students keep a sequential log of the pictures they take. They should record the subject of the picture, the location the picture was taken, the date, and why the picture was taken.

Sub-Skills Needed:

Materials Needed

2. Copies of the handout entitled, How to Take a Good Picture.

3. Disposable cameras

Computer Integration

The students will create their picture logs using the table feature on the computer. They may customize their table however they see fit. An example is shown in the blackline master entitled, Picture Log.

Note that a spreadsheet program may also be used to create the picture log, but this section is still being developed for the Computer Curriculum Guide.

If the program has a scanner, have the students practise using the scanner and the scanner features to enhance the photos that they have taken. Note that this is not covered in the Computer Curriculum Guide.

For those students who have more experience on computers, have the pictures taken by the students put onto CD-ROM. The students may then use a photo enhancement program to make changes and add creative touches to their photos. Note that this is not covered in the Computer Curriculum Guide.

See Computer Curriculum Guide:

Evaluation

• Rubric Templates