Judi Lewis, Library Director
Moses Brown School, Providence, RI
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From: Curt Lieneck <clienec@ucls.uchicago.edu>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:53 pm
Subject: Re: Digital cameras
Our experience has been that when everyone owns equipment, no one does. After fair warning, IT gave up running a loaner pool of cameras, laptops, etc. af because we spent so much time getting things back. I bit the bullet and provided every lower school homeroom teacher with a decent camera.. The need for still cameras in Middle and High School for cameras seems much less pronounced; the computer department, not IT, now keeps a set of Flip video cameras for sign out, and departments who do have the need find ways to meet it from their own budgets.?
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Our Lower School teachers have enjoyed the Canon SD1100 series and we have found them pretty reliable. Kids use the Flip video cameras a lot, too.?
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Curt Lieneck?
Director of Information Technology?
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools?
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On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Bernadette Roche wrote:?
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> We do the same...we purchased 10 cameras for about $80 each at the > start of this year. My biggest issue is keeping track of them. Has > anyone found a good procedure for this??
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> Right now, teachers are supposed to sign out the camera on a > clipboard, but I have had one camera go MIA that was never signed > out. It's just too easy to come in and grab one "real quick." My > students are better at signing out than teachers.?
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> I'm toying with the idea of purchasing a camera for each teacher > that they are responsible for, just like their laptops. That way > when one goes missing or is damaged, I know who is responsible.?
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> Bernadette Roche'?
> Technology Coordinator?
> Oakhill Day School?
> bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org?
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> -----Original Message-----?
> From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> ] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig?
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:04 AM?
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> Subject: Re: Digital cameras?
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> I found that digital cameras that we truly let students use down to > kindergarten, have a lifespan of about 12-18 months. I have > purchased cameras from $50 up to $500 and they all seem to have the > same lifespan when I give up control and let kids use them.?
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> I buy 10 low-end (about $75) cameras at the beginning of each school > year. (This is the third year I have done this.) A resolution of > 4-5 megs is all that is needed for grades K-8. They can be signed > out by students and teachers. Each camera has a 2 gig memory card > and a card reader. I also keep a supply of about 20 AA batteries > charged for them to grab. Students and teachers can take the > cameras home for up to a week if they need them for a project. They > can also take them on field trips.?
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> Once I was able to let kids use the cameras when and where they > needed them, I find they are used all the time. Projects have > become so much more "their own." All the cameras I bought this year > also have a movie feature. Kids as young as 2nd grade have figured > out on their own how to use it, and were able to download and add > these videos to their projects.?
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> It is April, and I still have seven of the original ten working. > (Two of the cameras I will send in for warranty repair. The other > one was dropped, so the warranty is voided.) The only thing I will > change next year, is I will buy 4 gig memory cards as the movies > take up a lot of space on the cards.?
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> So, my recommendations: 1. Buy cameras under $100. 2. Buy large > memory cards. 3. Buy lots of rechargeable batteries and keep them > on hand. 4. Truly let the kids use the camera; they will amaze you > at what they can do with it.?
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> Renee Ramig?
> Seven Hills School?
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> -----Original Message-----?
> From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Laurie > Yalem?
> Sent: Fri 4/3/2009 8:47 AM?
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> Subject: Digital cameras?
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> We are looking into purchasing several digital cameras for use in > K-8 Art?
> classes. Don't need many bells and whistles. Any suggestions for > ones?
> that you've used that have held up well or what we should look for??
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> :) Laurie?
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> Laurie Yalem?
> Technology Coordinator?
> Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities?
> 1021 Municipal Center Dr.?
> Town & Country, MO 63131?
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