art

**Subject: Art

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 * **Technology**
 * Digital camera(s). Available from most retail stores and electronic stores.
 * **Curriculum Standard: **
 * 6th Grade: Creative Expression and Communication: Explore ways that art- making functions as a means of personal identification and expression.
 * **Description: **
 * Students will use the digital camera(s) to take pictures of scenes/objects/people/etc that they find to be most representative who they are in relation to the world around them. Students will have to use personal discrimination to assure that their chosen photographs can be justified for their inclusion in their project. Students will choose how they want to display their photographs (poster, slide show, collage, etc.).
 * **Supporting research: **
 * In an article titled "In Praise of the Digital Camera in the Classroom," the use of digital cameras works for students in today's world because of "its power to quickly create a visual impression and lasting learning experiences." In another article, "Technology and the Arts," a teacher states that "Technology should not be taught as a separate entity unto itself. In order to learn the technology tools, one should use the other curricular areas as subjects-- the arts are just one of those areas."
 * APA citation: 
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Buchanan, Bruce. (2008). Technology and the arts. //American School Board Journal, 195//(5). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=31534063&site=ehost-live <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Goldstein, Sheldon. (2005). In praise of the digital camera in the classroom. //Media and Methods, 42//(1). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=18535532&site=ehost-live
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tried & True or New & Innovative: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">**TT:** Digital cameras have had a variety of uses in classrooms. Their ability to give immediate results and accompanying editing programs make them attractive for users as well as their improved user-friendliness. While many students may claim to be proficient in utilizing the wide range of applications that digital cameras provide, additional time can be spent refining and truly learning what the different settings can do.

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