Free Lesson Plans for Teachers: Cell Phone Pictures

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Cell Phone Lesson 1
The Camera

Today, nearly all cell phones have built-in cameras. Since, most students have access to cell phones
and enjoy using them, teachers can certainly assign students homework assignments that require them
to take pictures. Even if schools prohibit students from turning on cell phones during the day, students
can still access these phones during the day if they post them to flickr, after they take them.

So, you might be asking what's the point of asking students to take pictures for homework.

Students could take pictures in response to questions that require critical thinking. Examples follow:

If you had to show somebody from Mars one site in your neighborhood that you think best
represents the neighborhood what site would you show them? Take a picture of this site and
be ready to explain why you chose it.

Students might be reading a novel in which a particular place is mentioned. Ask students to imagine that they
were going to change the place. Instead of using the place in the novel, students would insert a real place from
their neighborhood into the story. They could take a picture to show the site they would insert. Students
should prepare to explain why they chose this site.

Everybody uses math in real life. However, students often don't stop and think about how they use it. They
might take a picture of a scenario in which math is really being used.

Students could also be prompted to think critically when they look at pictures. They might consider:

What does the picture show?

What can we say about the people/places/things in this picture? Why can we say this?

If students could change one part of the scene in the picture, what would they change? Why?

How might somebody else describe this picture? What parts of the picture would support the other description?

Pictures can be used to create stories.

For example, what is happening here?

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