This is my kind of article because it is straightforward: gets right to the point! Some of the ideas I had thought of or heard of before, but there were also a few I was excited about because I would have never thought of them myself. I am going to repeat some of the ideas and say why I like them.
The first one that I really liked was the ideas of taking pictures for passports. What a fun addition to a travel unit! I can recall in sixth grade having to do country reports. I want to be a sixth grade teacher, I think it would be so fun to pretend like you were traveling to the country that was being presented! Of course you would have to have a passport for this. It also provides for a good lead into a discussion about immigration and why we have passports.
I also really liked the idea of letting students take the camera home to take pictures of family events and traditions. That would really make for something interesting to use during a show and tell or a topic for morning meetings. It also demonstrated trust between the teacher and the students because letting the student take equipment home requires a lot of responsibility. I think it would give them a sense of importance and value as well.
I liked the idea of taking surprise photos of students being good and sending an email to the parents. Usually parents hear from the teacher when their child is acting up, what a pleasant surprise it would be to get an email from the teacher with your child demonstrating good behavior that you could actually see! It would certainly make their day and that child is sure to repeat the behavior!
The zoomed in photo makes for a good game. You could use the idea in your lessons as well. It would be a much more interesting way to introduce a new topic rather than just saying what it is. You could zoom in on the photo and zoom out further and further until the students guess accurately.
I laughed at the idea of sending the kids a postcard of the teacher over the summer. It would be kind of funny if the teacher was making a stern face with a quote like “remember to read this summer” or something like that.
I really liked all the ideas, in fact, I printed the article to put in my “teaching ideas” book so I don’t forget them!
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