The document discusses setting up a photo library for students to use in their Wikispace projects. It summarizes the history of digital cameras, outlines the goal to create a copyright-free image collection, and describes the process of learning to upload photos from a camera to an online album and wiki. It reflects on using the photos, students' preferences, and creating a lesson plan incorporating the images.

1. I know this is a bit funny
because the camera is 4
years old, almost a
dinosaur in tech years!
GADGET REPORT FOR MY DIGITAL CAMERA

2. HISTORY OF THE DIGITAL CAMERA
 “Digital camera technology is directly related to and
evolved from the same technology that recorded
television images. In 1951, the first video tape
recorder (VTR) captured live images from television
cameras by converting the information into electrical
impulses (digital) and saving the information onto
magnetic tape.”
 “The first digital cameras for the consumer-level
market that worked with a home computer via a serial
cable were the Apple QuickTake 100 camera
(February 17 , 1994), the Kodak DC40 camera
(March 28, 1995).”
 Bellis, Mary. “History of the Digital Camera.”
About.com Inventors. n.d., Web. 26 March 2012.

3. MY SMART GOAL
 I want to start a photo library that students
can access for their Wikispace project.
 This will be great because I do not have to
worry about copyright issues.
 I also realized that I spend a lot of time
looking for images online.
 With my own library, I can access images
quickly and tailor the pictures to the subjects
the students are studying.

4. TAKING TIME TO STUDY AND PLAY
 I took time over spring  What I needed to learn
break to take some was how to get them from
pictures that would be my camera into an album
appropriate for the and then onto the wiki.
project.  The knowledgeable other
 Specifically ones with became the Kodak site
street scenes because where I downloaded the
the Wikispace is entitled program to edit the
Take it to the Streets. pictures and clicked
around until I figured out
the program.

5. PHOTOS FOR THE WIKISPACE

6. THOUGHTS ON THE PHOTOS LESSON PLAN
 Some of the pictures I uploaded  My lesson plan for the
were from my time in graduate students includes teaching
school in Kansas. I thought they them how to make a banner
would be great climate change in PowerPoint and then
photos. saving it as a file in the wiki to
use for their projects. This
lesson plan is posted on our
 I also saw some religious men
class Wiki.
taking their message to the
streets. Although I believe in  I have to admit that the
separating church and state, I students would rather upload
could not resist the photo, pictures from the web.
 They did not seem to be too
impressed with my album.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

7. FINAL THOUGHTS WIKI-PROJECT
 I do think teachers should  Feel free to check out the
start a photo album of Wikispace I am doing with
images for their students. It ACM my students.
saves the students time
searching for images.  http://takeittothestreets.wiki
 However, they really like spaces.com/
searching for the right  The “Sample Layout” page
image. has a banner I created from
 This of course brings up my album.
copyright issues that I do
not have time to address in
English class.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME