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Zou, Xueli; Dietz, Eric; McGuire, Trevor; Fox, Louise; Norris, Tiara; Diamond, Brendan; Chavez, Ricardo; Cheng, Stephen – Physics Teacher, 2008
Since Robert Millikan discovered the quantization of electric charge and measured its fundamental value over 90 years ago, his oil-drop experiment has become essential in physics laboratory classes at both the high school and college level. As physics instructors, however, many of us have used the traditional setup and experienced the tedium of…
Descriptors: Photography, Physics, Laboratory Equipment, Motion
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Hartnell-Young, Elizabeth; Vetere, Frank – Curriculum Journal, 2008
This article explores a notion of "personalising learning" which puts the learner at the centre, supported by mobile technology and teacher mediation. It reports a small study in the Northern Territory of Australia, with indigenous students who were given mobile camera phones to capture aspects of their everyday lives and bring them into…
Descriptors: Photography, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship
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Ventress, Andy – Mathematics Teacher, 2006
Students analyze a photograph to solve mathematical questions related to the images captured in the photograph.
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Aids, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
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Button, Clare – Tech Directions, 2007
A pinhole camera is a camera without a lens. A tiny hole replaces the lens, and light is allowed to come in for short amount of time by means of a hand-operated shutter. The pinhole allows only a very narrow beam of light to enter, which reduces confusion due to scattered light on the film. This results in an image that is focused, reversed, and…
Descriptors: Photography, Science Instruction, Learning Activities, Light
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Vieth, Ken – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2006
People influence lives in many ways. Through the author's desire to encourage high school students to reflect on the influential people in their lives, he developed this three-dimensional project in which they create a celebratory three-dimensional structure that shares their impressions of themselves and those who have influenced them. This…
Descriptors: Values Education, High School Students, Sculpture, Photography
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Lancaster, Ron; Sandefur, Jim – Mathematics Teacher, 2006
Students are asked to analyze a photo of a beer stein, computing volumes and areas based on the photo.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Visual Aids, Measurement
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Marquez-Zenkov, Kristien; Harmon, James A. – English Journal, 2007
Kristien Marquez-Zenkov and James A. Harmon encouraged urban students to take photographs that illustrate the purposes of school, factors that support success in school, and barriers to success. The authors analyzed students' photos and written reflections on the photos to form recommendations regarding teaching approaches that encourage students'…
Descriptors: High School Students, Urban Schools, Photography, Academic Achievement
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Stitzer, Michael S. – Tech Directions, 2005
In this article, the author addresses the key steps of scanning and illustrates the process with screen shots taken from a Macintosh G4 Powerbook computer running OSX and Adobe Photoshop 7.0. After reviewing scanning procedures, the author describes how to use Photoshop 7.0 to manipulate a scanned image. This activity gives students a good general…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Photography, Visual Aids, Reprography
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Lott, Debra – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2006
Each school year, the author's intermediate art students look forward to this unique self-portrait assignment. Chuck Close's photorealistic portraits are the inspiration for this assignment. The lesson incorporates technology using digital cameras and an image-manipulation computer program. The lesson is introduced with a brief overview of Chuck…
Descriptors: Portraiture, Studio Art, Artists, Painting (Visual Arts)
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Obringer, S. John; Coffey, Kent – Journal of Technology Studies, 2007
A survey instrument to determine school policy and practice regarding cell phone use by teachers and students was developed using a literature review, a panel of experts, and then a pilot study with typical respondents. The survey was mailed out randomly to 200 high school principals representing all 50 states. The return rate was 56 percent with…
Descriptors: High Schools, Photography, Discipline, School Policy
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Sherwood, Catherine – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2006
This author relates how she came upon the idea of using an image-editing program to virtually install monumental sculptures into real-life landscapes in her desire to bring technology and sculpture together in her art class. In this article, she describes how she made her class create tabletop-sized sculptures and photographs of digital…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Teaching Methods, Sculpture
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Lancaster, Ron; Sandefur, Jim – Mathematics Teacher, 2005
Students analyze a photograph to solve mathematical questions related to the images captured in the photograph.
Descriptors: Photography, Secondary School Mathematics, Visual Aids, Problem Solving
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Kinloch, Valerie – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
This article describes how two African American young adults engage in learning and activism in their Harlem community through employment of art forms. Observations on the reversal of learning--from adults to young people in classrooms and young people to adults in the community--are critiqued.
Descriptors: Adult Learning, High School Students, School Community Relationship, Interviews
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2011
This document presents the proceedings of 16th Annual Research Forum held June 15, 2011, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included herein are the following 25 action research papers: (1) The Effects of Prompted Math Journaling on Algebra 1 Students' Achievement and Attitudes (Heidi I. Arnold); (2) Group Work and Attitude…
Descriptors: United States History, Listening Comprehension, Photography, Current Events
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Mollhagen, Nancy – School Arts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2004
In this article, the author states that she has always loved self portraits but most teenagers do not enjoy looking too closely at their own faces in an effort to replicate them. Thanks to a new digital camera, she was able to use this new technology to inspire students to take a closer look at their inner image. Prior to the self-portrait…
Descriptors: Photography, Nonverbal Communication, Portraiture, Art Activities
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