Display the pages of a book or a worksheet.
* While working with very young children, use the document camera to model concepts of print, such as tracking from left to right.
* Increased effectiveness in communicating to large group information from a book. Example: A page from a book can be displayed and viewed by all students to ensure they are on the correct page and paragraph.
* Display storybooks on an entire wall so that students can read along with the teacher.
* Display a picture to have student write about it.
* Phonics instruction
* Display books when class sets are not available.
* Use document camera to teach context clues and the meaning of unfamiliar words. It is easy to show and see words around the subject word.
* Text feature lesson: Table of Contents, Glossary, Index, etc.
* Picture Walks
* Preview a Selection: Titles, Graphics, Captions, Differences in Type Sizes, etc.
* The document camera has replaced the need for expensive “Big Books”.
* Use Wikki Stix, highlighting tape, highlighters, etc. to point out features of writing.
* Dictionary Skills: Teachers can model dictionary usage, layout, etc. by placing a dictionary under the camera.
* Point out parts of speech from a magazine. Cut and place in the word you are talking about
· Display Student Work/Model Work
* Display student work for evaluation by teacher or classmates.
* Immediate feedback is given to student by displaying work.
* Model the steps included in a math concept.
* Great for extemporaneous demonstrations.
* Display music books and sheet music. Helps with music reading skills. Students can read with the teacher and know exactly what she is talking about within the music.
* Display and critique student work for Six-Trait Writing.
* Students as teachers.
* Students can share their own published books. Illustrations in children’s books improve greatly when they know their peers are going to look at their work.
* Visual for slow learners, easy for them to follow along when the camera shows exactly what teacher is doing.
* Display newspaper articles.
* Document camera provides an effective filter to the barriers presented by giving oral directions when working with ELL students.
* Show slides or negatives using the negative feature.
* Show maps for Social Studies.
* Go over tests with students to show the correct answers.
* Social Studies: Interactive Notebooks
* Modeling note-taking.
* Compare graphs.
* Display emerging work of students to raise the standard of production for the group.
* Color-code writing samples.
* Making Words: Use letters to spell words from vocabulary or spelling.
* Show more or less
* Show sorting
* Display Geometry Projects, State Projects, President Projects, etc. while students are presenting them.
* Teacher does a “think-aloud” while grading writing papers.
* Teacher can model writing: organization, handwriting, conventions, etc.
· Use the Zoom feature to display small text or intricate graphics.
* Directs students’ attention to specific text or elements of a drawing or illustration.
* Reading measurements on a ruler.
* Drawing arcs using a compass.
* Using a protractor to make angles.
* Reading a calculator.
* Showing parts of leaves and flowers during a plant unit.
* Watch chemical reactions during a lab experiment.
* Enlarging text for students that are visually impaired.
* Dissecting: fish, frogs, worms, etc.
* Owl pellets: show the types of things students will find when they dissect their own owl pellets. Leave display on document camera so they can compare.
* Enlarge directions, workbook pages, and worksheets.
* Display the details of coins.
* Read a thermometer.
* During a health unit, read ingredients and dietary information on packages of food.
* Display pictures of historical events as a class discussion is taking place.
* Showing political cartoons in current world problems discussion.
* Observe fish scales or salmon eggs.
* Display timers.
* Display flash cards for math challenges.
* Multiplication Bingo
· Use the Freeze feature to display a document or three-dimensional object.
* Freeze to show the first steps in a math problem, then finish it with kids so they can check their work and start correctly.
* Teacher can freeze the pane and then take the book or materials and walk around the room with them.
* What’s Missing Memory Game: Place several objects under the document camera and use the Freeze feature. Take one item away. Unfreeze the camera and have students guess which object is missing.
* Students can draw the background scenery for a play or skit they will perform in class. Move the projector at a 45 degree angle to the wall. Project the drawing onto the wall, angling it behind the actors. The image will naturally distort, but the overall effectiveness is well worth it.
· Display three-dimensional objects to increase visual interest during instruction. This lessens the time spent passing items around to view and gives student a good look at these objects.
* Folding Origami
* Geometry solid figures
* Patterns
* Show and Tell
* Pattern Blocks
* Unifix Cubes
* Show step-by-step planting of a seed. Observe that seed daily as it grows into a plant. Journal the growth of the plant.
* Coins: Teaching money problems.
* Show Symmetry.
* Spinners
* Base Ten Blocks
* Show instruments and how they work.
* Art Artifacts – show details on artifacts
* Paintings
· Capture notes and instructional materials on the computer.
* Capture still and action shots to record demonstrations ahead of time for use during class.
* Capture steps of an experiment. Walk through experiment then have kids take the notes and pictures captured and do the experiment themselves.
* Capture instructions for review and for student who are absent.
* Saving images to the computer saves scanning time.
* Capture and compare the results from different groups of students.
* If reviewing for a test and students are absent, capture the notes and print. This way they have a copy of the oral discussion so they can study.
* Capture and print copies of notes for resource students who tend to have difficulties taking notes of their own.
* Capture student’s work that is not in electronic form and add to their portfolio.
* Capture pictures of students, student’s work, notes, etc. and add them to a web page.
* Capture pictures or documents for PowerPoint presentations
· Create temporary displays.
* Graphs
* Charts
* Word Walls
* Vocabulary Words
* Science Lab Set-Ups
* Daily Journal Prompt
* DOL
* Morning Messages
* Classroom Rules
* Centers
* Daily Schedule
