Califone Point Click and Learn
Posted by Keirsten Dungan on 6th Mar 2014
Califone Point Click and Learn with the AV2
If Ansel Adams was able to make black and white landscape images to teach others about nature, conservation and the environment, using photographic images as an educational aid can also serve to pique a student’s interest in language learning and literacy.
Snapping pictures of memorable life moments is a favorite pastime of many people so capturing visual lessons for your students by utilizing the AV2 can be no different. Recognizing the subject matter shown in a variety of images can help students make the connection between a picture and its word description. Several card programs showcase important vocabulary terms critical to a student’s knowledge in life on flash-card types of material for specialized learning. The AV2 enables you to convert their educational experience into more of a flash-enabled interactive arena. Accompany your students and the AV2 on a field trip or on a simple outdoor excursion around the school. Use the camera feature on the device to take pictures (in jpeg format) of what students observe in their surroundings for use as new vocabulary words that they can later identify with during their ESL and ELL applications. Taking the techphysically out of the classroom can be an eye-catching way of making learning how to read fun for your students. You can link the visual imagery of the words students learn with the application of their real world experience.
The camera on the versatile AV2 can also be used to compile numerous pictures of literacy projects that students work on throughout the school year. The assortment of pictures, or even videos, can later be turned into a portfolio of sorts, or even as a book that they create filled with their own collection of words and images, for students to be able to share with family and friends. There’s no doubt that a picture is worth a thousand words and the ability for students to learn those words using the AV2 and its camera can mark a special moment in their achievement.
