1. DIGITAL CAMERA Canon Power Shot A40

2. THE CAMERA (Hardware) Shooting mode dial Zoom Optic view finder LCD display Shutter button Flash + Red eye lamp Microphone On/Off button Set up buttons Lens CF slot

3. Compact Flash Card (8MB-512MB)- [Canon] Flash Card- [Minolta, Pentax] Memory Stick– [Sony] Smart media- [Olympus] SPACE: Memory Card

4. 4AA Batteries Digital Camera AA Batteries Rechargeable Batteries (NiCd or NiMH 1800 mAh) Lithium Ion Batteries POWER: Batteries Charged

5. RESOLUTION: Mega Pixels 2.0 Mega pixels (1600 x 1200 = 1’920,000)

6. Resources that could be useful Understanding basics of Digital Cameras http://www.digicaminfo.com/index.html http://www.digicaminfo.com/index.html Specific information for a digital camera http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/a40 -30/index.html http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/a40 -30/index.html EVERY PROVIDER will MOST OFTEN HAVE AN INTERNET ADDRESS where you can get HELP/SUPPORT about your CAMERA

7. PLAYING AROUND WITH THE DIGITAL CAMERAS Taking Picture Editing Picture (Camera- Computer) Activities

8. TAKING A PICTURE Set –up (Auto focus, red eye, manual, flash, etc) Changing Image Size and Resolution Digital Zoom Video settings and Stitching (Panorama) Setting up the camera to take at least 32 pictures.

9. EDITING A PICTURE CAMERA –Zooming in –Deleting one/ all COMPUTER –USB connection –Computer software (Canon Zoom Browser, Adobe Photoshop, Imaging, etc)

10. ACTIVITIES Measuring Things Sending a message to our friends in Africa Video- Presenting yourselves Classroom Picture (If time) Classroom Video (If time)

11. SENDING A MESSAGE EXAMPLE- 1

12. SENDING A MESSAGE EXAMPLE- 2

13. WORDS: ENG-ZUL-SWA-SPA EnglishIsizulu (S.Africa) Kiswahili (Kenya) Madagasy (Madagsc) Spanish HelloSawubonaJamboManao ahoana Hola FriendUmnganerafikinamanaamigo Thank you Ngiyabon ga ahsanteMisaotraGracias Good byeHamba kahle Kwa heriVelomaChau

14. VIDEO Greeting (Jambo, Hi, Hola, Zulu/Malagasy) NAME (First Name) What you like (Sport, play instrument, read) Looking forward to meet you Bye