This summer I had the opportunity to spend 4 weeks in Plymouth, England teaching the first three courses of the Educational Technology program.  You can read more about the Plymouth, England program under the Certificate News category.  As part of my experience teaching this summer I had the opportunity to meet 15 incredible educators that are teaching in schools all across the world.  This interaction provided me with so many great new ideas and technologies that are available for teachers to use.  One of those ideas, Cameras Interactive, was presented to the class in one of our Sharing Tech Tips, News and How To’s session by Jon Bennett.

According to the website,

“Cameras Interactive aims to help novice photographers grasp the main concepts of SLR photography.

The Flash-based Virtual Camera gives users hands-on experience operating a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera. Four tutorials explain focusing, aperture, shutter speed and exposure.”

When you go to www.camerasinteractive.com you will click on the Virtual Camera link. This will pop up a new window that has a camera lens and shutter speed dial.  You can walk through each of the four tutorials and test out what you have learned through the demos.  At the end of the four tutorials you can try out all of the skills you have learned on sample photos.  You will learn about focus, aperture, shutter speed, and exposure.

This is a great tool to teach students (as well as yourself) how to take great photos.  Best of all you don’t need a camera for every student.  They can try out taking photos virtually instead.

-Carrie Albin, Outreach Coordinator and Editor

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