Digital Photograpy "getting to know eachother"

I thought of an idea for our students to express themselves and share with the class more about themselves. You could have the student take a camera home and take pictures of what he/she does throughout the day. Then have them write an autobiography about “A Typical Day in my Life”. You would have the option of having them do a picture essay or have them write about one picture. I thought it would be a great way to get your students familiar with everyone at the beginning of the year. It would also be a great idea for a diagnostic writing test to see where your students are at at the beginning of the year without them even knowing it!

I also found this really informative website with lots of information about using digital cameras in the classroom and different lesson plans.

http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~toh/image/DigitalCameraUses.htm

Thanks

Cori Forbes