May+Conference+Handouts

[|ricksphototips.pdf]
The photo tips where intended on how to take photos using an iPad, but, overall, they are great tips on how to photos in general. The tips in here were short and concise which would be great when sharing photography tips with students. I was very surprised that the information in the handout said that the iPad 2 only has a .7 megapixel camera. I couldn't believe with today's technology that they would even attempt to install this low a megapixel camera into the iPad. I questioned this so much that I looked it up online. From the Apple website, the stated that the iPad has a 5 megapixel camera. A little conflicting information on this handout. At the end of the handout, Rick Reece did a great job of summarizing all of the information on the slide.

[|Digital Field Trips.pdf]
On the Digital Field Trips page where 7 of the top virtual field trips. Several of the sights such as Google Art Project and Smithsonian I have used before. Others such as Google Sky (http://www.google.com/sky/), Panoramas.dk (http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders/colosseum.html), The Oxford University Museum of Natural History (http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/universitymuseum/#), National Museum of the United States Air Force (http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-pkg.html), and Inside the White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactive-tour). Two of my new favorites from this list were Google Sky and National Museum of the United States Air Force. Both of these tools would only be loose connections to art but both really great tools to share with other teachers. At the end there were some helpful hits on digital field trips. Have a goal in mind was one of the best tips out of all. When I have used Google Art Project in my class, I made a scavenger hunt to focus the students and have them give me feedback on what they were finding.