100 Ideas for Data Projector and Document Camera

Ideas for the classroom from Umatilla-Morrow teachers
  1. Demonstrate math manipulatives
  2. Show visuals for science experiments
  3. Modeling of the physical process of writing - hand movements
  4. Art - Modeling
  5. Audio visual resources from internet
  6.  Whole class participate in practice state test
  7.  Isolate new vocabulary
  8. Show and Tell
  9. Book Reports
  10. Highlighted good vs bad grammar in writing
  11. Showing selected DVDs or Videos
  12. Going over tests
  13. Glyphs
  14. Graphing, charts, tables
  15. Showing science experiment results
  16. Creative writing - add a line
  17. Use Visor to go over practice tests/problems highlighting one item at a time
  18. End-of-Year video showing progress of work
  19. As an overhead projector
  20. Step-by-step math problem solving
  21. Displaying student work
  22. Comparison activities using split-screen
  23. Slide show presentations
  24. Class Web-Quests
  25. Vocabulary & Decoding/Comprehension with box feature
  26. Storyboarding
  27. Displaying class agenda/schedule
  28. Read-aloud
  29. Modeling note-taking
  30. Mapping and group editing
  31. Teaching before computer lab visit
  32. Fluencing
  33. Battle of the Books to show questions
  34. Live web-cams
  35. Coins and manipulatives
  36. Reflections and tesselations
  37. Art - show steps (teacher can work on next step while students work)
  38. Demonstration of AR
  39. Magnifying insects
  40. Bridges Math
  41. Side by side with project, or interview, and an outline of what is being talked about
  42. PIP, a finished project to look at as a model while going through directions
  43. Demonstration with doc camera doing project, no more big semicircle watching the teacher
  44. Visor for predicting outcomes while looking at passages of text or picture books
  45. Video streaming (United Streaming and online videos), online disections, microscopes
  46. Freezing images so kids aren't bumping and moving the visual
  47. Sequence of pictures, time lapse, to demonstrate progression.
  48. Adding visuals to note outlines.
  49. Paperless handouts.
  50. Showing hands-on tasks.
  51. Compare and Contrast.
  52. Step by step instructions.
  53. Recording speeches. 
  54. Group editing.
  55. Displaying fragile items or print photographs.
  56. Freeze screen if papers keep falling off.
  57. Record student speeches or presentations.
  58. Choral reading.
  59. Playing DVD's.
  60. Science slides.
  61. Cloze activities.
  62. Math regrouping activities with manipulatives.
  63. Labeling activities - project on a white board and label images.
  64. Prediction activities.
  65. Power writing activities - adding to category.
  66. Display maps, charts, gaphs, images from textbooks.
  67. Sharing a 3D process.
  68. Visualization of verbage.
  69. Instant feedback on student work.
  70. Use split screen for before/after.
  71. Dissecting flowers.
  72. Using visor for critical reading and following directions.
  73. Clamation slide shows.
  74. Using box to single out paragraphs or individual words.
  75. Handwriting technique.
  76. Descriptive writing activities using image as writing prompt.
  77. Puppet shows.
  78. Box vocabulary words in contexts.
  79. Travel interactively using Google Earth, Oregon Trail
  80. Picture books with read alouds
  81. Projecting of actual objects, like an animal heart
  82. Maps, directions, examples
  83. Visual keywords for reading, keypoints, outlining
  84. Side by side, student work and live action editing
  85. United Streaming, zooming in on the video itself
  86. Math manipulatives
  87. Rubric next to writing using split screen, and scoring the example
  88. Read alouds
  89. Sharing student solved problems and probing why's from student centered approach
  90. Sharing web resources from other countries
  91. Randomly selected homework being displayed
  92. How to use calculators, rulers, and other tools
  93. Timer with doc camera doing 5 minute activities
  94. Powerpoint Jeopardy
  95. Student taught lessons
  96. Creating letters
  97. Math Games demonstrations
  98. Use Picture in Picture for ESL or ELL Students. Show image in small picture and have them write the correct name under the camera.
  99. Side by side comparison showing improvement in student’s work – Split Screen
  100. Freeze screen to get websites up without pop-up interference
 
 
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