Digital Images in the Classroom

Using digital images with your students can greatly enhance instruction in your classroom. Thanks to the Internet, an image of nearly anything is readily available. Images can aid in student understanding, concept-building, and can reach visual learners. Digital images can also document student work and classroom projects, and can strengthen nearly every lesson.

For help and ideas on how to use digital images in the classroom, see the resources listed below.

Teachers Network Resources

How-to on Working with Images on the Internet: http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/incorptech/images.htm

Curriculum Units using Digital Images

Writing through Digital Photography: http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/hruan/click.htm

Visual Communication through Photography: http://teachersnetwork.org/everywhere/profiles/langford.htm

Interactive Textbooks: http://teachersnetwork.org/powertolearn/bentz.htm

Totem Transformations: http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/totem.htm

Getting Down with the Alphabet: http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/smcmahon/alphabet.htm

So, So Surreal Self-Portraits: http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/mmeisler/surreal/surreal.htm

Literacy Lessons that Make "Sense": http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/nflanagan/flanagan.htm

The Alphabet Project: http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnet-lab/chicago/abc.html

Abstract Images in Art and Design:
http://teachnet-uk.org.uk/2004%20Projects/Art-Abstract%20Images/abstract-images/index.htm

Rebuilding the World Trade Center: http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/chornik/wtc.htm

Tutorial: Creating a Collage: http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/landerson/collage.htm

More on the Web

Flickr: http://flickr.com

Google image search: http://images.google.com

New York Public Library’s Digital Image Collection:
http://nypl.org/digital/index.htm

Working with digital images:
http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/funphotos

Electric Teacher: http://electricteacher.com/diversity/graphics.htm

Tips on downloading images from the web: http://electricteacher.com/diversity/saving.htm

Image file formats: http://electricteacher.com/diversity/graphictypes.htm

Flickr tools: http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr

Bubblr: http://pimpampum.net/bubblr (as seen in the Blogging teacher video)

How to Use Flickr in the Classroom: http://drjoolzsnapshotz.blogspot.com/2006/04/flickr-in-classroom.html

Picasa: http://picasa.google.com (Windows only)

iPhoto: http://apple.com/ilife/iphoto (Mac only)