100+Uses+of+a+Document+Camera

//**Transform your Learning Environment with a Document Camera **//  Explore all of the ways document cameras can enhance your learning environment with multiple examples that engage students and reach multiple learning styles. We will explore resources, lesson ideas and cool tricks to use with your document camera.  The document camera used in this presentation is from AVerMedia and uses the AVer+ Software.

Interactive Engage Students Record Lessons Create Activities Present Curriculum

In the article [|Are Document Cameras the Next Big Thing?] by Susan Brooks-Young, teachers identified four major changes:

More class time devoted to discussions of students’ written work and thought processes Increased numbers of students, especially English language learners, sharing and explaining their work Growing student confidence in their mathematical abilities and better comprehension of concepts Increased teacher understanding of students’ thought processes

**//101 Ways to Use a Document Camera//** **//from Joe Carr, CCPS//** 


 * [|101 Ways Kennewick Teachers Use Document Cameras] [PDF Document]
 * [|Ideas for Classroom Use of a Document Camera]


 * 1) Share a newspaper, magazine article or book
 * 2) Share student work
 * 3) Edit student work
 * 4) Use it with a think aloud strategy
 * 5) Share an object without passing it around
 * 6) Zoom in on a small object
 * 7) Enlarge small text (visual impairments)
 * 8) Take a picture
 * 9) Make a video
 * 10) Model how to tackle a math problem
 * 11) Show a dissection
 * 12) Create a video of a dissection
 * 13) Upload a video to TeacherTube
 * 14) Create a video and attach it to an email
 * 15) Use it as a scanner
 * 16) Cut and paste pictures into PowerPoint, Word, etc.
 * 17) Save examples of student work for Parent Conferences
 * 18) Model filling in forms
 * 19) Think Aloud a writing assignment
 * 20) Share and write on Maps
 * 21) Use as an overhead without mess of transparency
 * 22) Digitally mark up worksheets without messing them up
 * 23) Add text to a paper document
 * 24) Demonstrate use of math tools and manipulatives
 * 25) Give feedback to Math work
 * 26) Give feedback to student writing
 * 27) Record lessons to provide opportunity for second chance learning
 * 28) Record lessons for absent students
 * 29) Display charts and graphs
 * 30) Use to show visuals during a lecture or discussion

=__How Document Cameras Change The Classroom__=

Ways students and teachers can use document cameras in various elementary level subjects: > Other Resources:
 * All Subjects
 * Showcase student work!
 * Display any paper, textbook, or 3D object in the room!
 * Show and Tell
 * Teaching Plans/Instruction for Substitute Teachers (for Doc. Camera models that record demonstrations)
 * Reading
 * Make any book a big book! (Consider jigsaw or other interactive reading strategies!)
 * Site Words
 * Flash Cards
 * Writing
 * Group Writing
 * Group Editing
 * Share Examples
 * Oral Language
 * Project Visual Aids
 * Model Note Cards
 * Teleprompter
 * Math
 * Rulers, Compasses, and Other Math Instruments
 * Manipulatives
 * Group Problems and/or Correcting
 * Science
 * Diagrams
 * Specimens
 * Dissections
 * Social Studies
 * Maps
 * Artifacts
 * Art
 * Display the Masters
 * Model Techniques
 * Gallery or Recital

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

http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/1582

http://www.timbedley.com/articles/article05.htm