The genre of "photo booth" software came about because Apple created a Mac-only application that ships free with Macs called Photo Booth that was a huge success. If so, then this is the quickest and easiest way to use Photo Booth-type software. The rest of this lesson presumes that you have a computer with an attached webcam or built-in camera such as the new iMacs in our computer lab classroom. If not at school, then survey the class about cameras for their home computers. Check with your school media specialist or look in the computer lab and see if they have cameras on each one. Very inexpensive webcams can also be added to any computer, jacked in through the USB port. It is also increasingly hard to find or buy a laptop computer that does not come with a built-in camera, often called a webcam for its use in Web communication. Other options for camera access include having students aim their cell phone cameras at themselves and then sending the pictures to your school email account. It is easy to digitally cut individual pictures out of a group shot to create a class seating chart if needed. If students don't have their own, then just shoot a picture of the entire class.
For example, Walmart and other stores have them in throwaway prices and upward. A digital still camera is one of the cheapest and most effective single pieces of technology to have, teach about and share with a classroom of students. At the same time, there are still students and families that haven't crossed the digital divide and are without. There are so many options for taking a digital photo that it can make just choosing complex. Taking pictures of students can also be a sensitive topic in some schools so check on your school's Acceptable Use Policies for such activities before charging on ahead. Building engagement and motivation is a critical step in any teaching enterprise. There is also no reason that this can't be fun, engaging and door-opening to later creative activity as well. There are numerous ways to build your class photo album and to help those you teach to learn a bit more about the digital world that is all around them. One of the first steps in getting to know your students is learning their names, that is, connecting their faces (and personalities) with their names. ISTE NETS standards for this lesson include Teacher NETS: 1a &b.,2a & b. Photo Booth Thinking Photo Booth Thinking
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