Ottawa University
Professional Education Program
Summer 2005
Syllabus for Digital Cameras for the Classroom
Course Number: EDU 57112-AB
Credit Hours: One
Prerequisites: None
Date & Time: June 24; 8:30am-5:30pm
Location: Mesa
Attendance: Attendance is mandatory.
Instructor: Michael Mann, teacherz@cox.net, (480) 664-9161

Course Description: 

Learn to use Digital Camera technology to create presentations for your classroom. Students must bring their own Digital Camera.

Course Materials: 

Digital camera and manual

Course Objective: 

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to take pictures with the digital camera, download them into the computer, modify them and use them with other applications.

Course Methods and Procedures: 

Students will be guided through a variety of hands-on activities that will give them the skills necessary to use a digital camera and the photographs taken with one.  To complete the credit hour, students will practice taking photos and printing them in different application programs. 

Course Outline:

Getting Started

  • Digital Camera Basics
  • Identifying the parts
  • Basic operations:  playback and recording

Advanced operations

  • How to change menu settings
  • Various recordings
  • Various playbacks
  • Editing

Using photos in the computer

  • Downloading photos
  • Editing photos
  • Saving photos to a file
  • Retrieving saved photos
  • Turning your photos into a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint.

Ideas using digital photos in the classroom

Edit digital photos and graphics using Adobe Photoshop Elements, Windows Apps and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Evaluation/Outside Project: 

Students will be graded on completion of all in-class practice activities and completion of 7 hours out of class practice activities. The outside project is a requirement described on page 7 of the Ottawa University catalog.

Student Handbook:

Students should refer to the Ottawa University Handbook for all University regulations.

Disclaimer:

Course content and schedule may vary from this outline to meet the needs of a particular group of students.  The instructor will explain the rationale for any variance as it occurs.