3.3 Digital Cameras, Digital Camcorders and Mobile Devices

Introduction

Look at a photograph of your grandparents. Most probably it is a black and white photograph taken by a professional photographer in a studio using a large camera.

Fast forward to your childhood when photographs were taken using portable cameras and film-rolls.

Now return from your nostalgia and look around at what modern day youngsters use to capture their moments. You would see them capturing high definition images using their smart phones and uploading them instantly onto the cloud using high speed internet connections.

In the next three sections, you will see how these youngsters are able to do this so easily only using a few pieces of technology. You will also gain insight into how these technologies work and how they integrate to provide a new medium for expression, teaching and learning.

This section will be presented in three parts as illustrated in the table below:

Title

Text Resources

Media Resources

Digital Cameras and camcorders

Choose Your Camera
http://www.diigo.com/annotated/18172974d
1577c08474c9bc7840cef28

 

Digital camcorders (digital video cameras)

Flash Memory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory

Choosing a Camcorder
http://www.videojug.com/interview/choosing
-a-camcorder

Mobile technologies

How WiFi Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network.htm

Clod Computing Explains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
QJncFirhjPg

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this section, you should be able to:

  1. Describe the application of digital cameras and camcorders in the effective delivery of content.
  2. Discuss the implications of mobile devices for teaching and learning.

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