What?
We are learning about how to use cameras in the classroom. We searched the internet for information on how they can be incorporated. Then we set out to do our own photo assignment. We took pictures in an effort to teach a certain core curriculum (our group chose Living and nonliving organisms for 3rd grade)

So what?
This is my kind of assignment. I enjoy working with visual things and doing hands on projects. It will be fun for me to be creative and think of objects that others may not have thought of. This process will allow me to become better prepared to edit, upload and work with pictures on the computer. It will also help me to learn patience because I am sure that not everything will run smoothly in transferring my pictures. I also find it nice that in todays world there is easy access to cameras and most people have one of there own. This means that my group can work together on the project but also have the option to take our individual cameras and explore by ourself.

I am glad that we are doing this activity now so that I can begin getting ideas for the future. Each activity that we do broadens my mind to the thousands of resources out there to help me be a good teacher. Photographs are looked at and used every single day, in magazines, picture books, on billboards, etc. I relate to them and so will my future students.

Now What?
I am excited to implement this into my future classroom. It is wonderful that most schools now have equipment that can be rented or borrowed by the students in order to complete assignments. I can use photography to do seating charts and memorize my students faces. We can use photos to discuss a subject, such as taking pictures of clouds when we discuss the different types. The students can use photos to present thing about themselves.

This assignment opened my eyes to a whole other way to teach visually. In the article we read about young students we learned that using pictures allows them to express themselves even while they are at an age where reading and writing don't come naturally. It is an activity that everyone can be involved in, whether they read fast or slow or can add 5+6 doesn't matter. I hope to use all of the technology we learn about over my teaching years.

Video Reflection:
I loved the top 10 things you don't learn about teaching in college. My mom is a teacher at the moment and often time we talk about how the most difficult child is never sick of absent. I guess that is to always keep us on our toes. I have also heard many many teachers say that they would rather go in and suffer through the day sick then get a sub. They say that all the work of making lesson plans for that teacher and getting the class caught back up and in control the next time is so much harder. My roommate is an El Ed major as well and we talked about how constantly you have to be differentiating instruction to keep the kids entertained and also to meet each child's learning needs. We discussed that teachers often don't get the credit or name it deserves; many people thinking we just go hang out with children all day.