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Photo Journal June 4, 1999
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We have photo journals from 1993 to 1999. We read and look at the photo journals to learn about changes in the pond habitat. |
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From 1993 to 1998, our pictures of the pond were taken with a regular camera using color print film. After the film was developed at the photo shop, we would look at them and use the computer to write sentences to go with each picture.
The pages look like this:
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Now we use a digital camera to take our pictures at the pond. We put the digital images onto our computer and look at them as a slide show. We talk about what we would like to write about the pictures. We use our writing program to create a photo journal with words and digital images. Sometimes we write the sentences for the pictures together as a whole class. Our sentences are typed on the computer in a writing document. We use a large font on the computer screen so the everyone in the class can see the words. Sometimes Mrs. Rennebohm Franz types the words and sometimes one of the children does the typing. We revise and edit the sentences. The printed sentences with the digital images are printed and made into photo journal booklets. We can print several color copies of the field trip photo journal for small groups to use in reading lesons and for our classroom library. We can send the photo journals as attachments in our email to schools around the world and we can put our photo journals into web pages. Here is the cover of a photo journal made with digital images.
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