Classroom
visualizers can become transformative tools for visual teaching and learning. If
we are going to get really effective at using document camera, consider the
following highly effective instructional practices:
- Fill your screen with large images. When showing pictures, photos, graphs, charts, or other visuals in class, be sure to fill the entire screen with your visual. Small visuals don't grab the brain's attention. Full-screen visuals do.
- Add color. Use color to show organization, relationships, hierarchy, or key concepts/vocabulary. But watch out! Moonlighting directly above your projection screen can wash out even the most vibrant colors.
- Add the creative storytelling. Some of the most effective teaching I have seen with document cameras is when the teacher combines a large immersive image with gifted storytelling. The multiplier effect is phenomenal. Try it out.
- Involve your students. Can you get your students to use the document camera more than you do in the classroom? Think about it. How could you do that?
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