1. Digital Cameras: Who Needs Film Anymore? Regional Technology Academy August 4, 2004 Livington ESA, Dewey Lab Instructor: Elson Liu http://www.geocities.com/liuelson/RTA.html

2. Snapshots Find 3 other partners and select one of the available cameras (one you brought or one on the table). Have a partner take a “biographical picture” of you – in a pose or in an environment that describes something about you. Each person should use the camera at least once.

3. Snapshots: Debriefing How was your experience in using the camera? How did the difficulty / ease of taking a snapshot compare with your expectations? How was this similar to using a regular film camera? Different? What strategies did you try in order to learn how to use the camera? Did some things seem intuitive? Confusing?

4. Shopping: Choices Characteristics of a digital camera: –Resolution (Megapixels)Megapixels –Size (Ultracompact, Compact, SLR)Ultracompact –Zoom (Optical, Digital) –Battery types (Proprietary, AA) –Memory Card (CF, SD, Mem Stick, xD)CF, SD, Mem Stick, xD –Interface (Disk, Dock, USB, TV/Video)Disk, Dock, USB, TV/Video –Controls (Snapshot, Program Modes, Manual) –Cost ($80 - $8000)

5. Shopping: Resources Digital Camera Websites –http://www.cnet.com/http://www.cnet.com/ –http://www.dpreview.com/http://www.dpreview.com/ –http://www.dcresource.com/http://www.dcresource.com/ Manufacturer Websites Price Comparison Websites –http://shopper.cnet.com/http://shopper.cnet.com/ –http://www.pricegrabber.com/http://www.pricegrabber.com/ –http://www.ebay.com/http://www.ebay.com/

6. Step 1: Preparation Not film – Memory card Batteries Key controls: –Power –Zoom –Flash –Shutter –Delete

7. Step 2: Taking the Picture Mandatory, cannot be corrected: FFF –Focusing –Framing –FlashingFlashing Useful, but correctable –White balanceWhite balance –Exposure Keep or Delete?

8. Step 3: Loading to Computer Connecting Camera to Computer –Install Software FIRST –Connect cables –Power on computer –Power on camera Software download, or… Copy and Paste

9. Step 4: Printing Inserting into Microsoft Word Basic options –Size / Stretch –Cropping Printing –http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

10. Classroom Integration Kathy Schrock’s Gadget Guide: –http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/gad gets.htmlhttp://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/gad gets.html Manufacturer Websites –http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/plus/c hapter5/lessonPlans.shtmlhttp://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/plus/c hapter5/lessonPlans.shtml –http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/less ons/main.htmlhttp://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/less ons/main.html

11. Editing and Publishing Editing –“Auto-Fix” –Brightness & Contrast –Color –Effects Publishing –Printed –PowerPointPowerPoint –Posted to Web (2)Posted to Web2

12. Wrap-Up: Q & A Instructor: Elson Liu http://www.geocities.com/liuelson/RTA.html