REFLECTING ON DIGITAL IMAGES

DIGITAL IMAGES	STRENGTHS	OPPURTUNITIES
	Most kids can easily access the technology, a simple digital camera and free online websites to store and manipulate images. Most kids already know how to use a camera and many will also know how to download them etc so time isn’t wasted getting to know the technology. Internet is full of images of anything and everything that can be accessed providing the right attribution is shown.	Kids can document projects, field trips, and trips overseas. They can research photos from the past, create their own. Unlimited possibilities for inclusion in a classroom.
IDEAS FOR USE IN CLASSROOM	WEAKNESSES	THREATS
I really like the thinking routine presented in the course material. See Think Wonder. http://www.pz.harvard.edu/vt/visibleThinking_html_files/03_ThinkingRoutines/03c_Core_routines/SeeThinkWonder/SeeThinkWonder_Routine.html It could scaffold any activity where images are use… What do you see, What do you think about it? What does it make you wonder? Other ideas… Use images to show something that can’t be accessed otherwise. Be it a city, animal or item. Use an image to spark off a discussion about any topic from history to English.	Can the use of pictures make kids lazy? They see it and stop there. So you need to scaffold them into thinking about the picture in a different way. That’s where the think, see wonder routine can help.	Images can be manipulated so kids need to understand that all might not be what it seems. Copyright, you need to model ethical practice and teach kids about those issues.