DOCUMENT CAMERAS – THE MODERN OPAQUE PROJECTOR
Mr. Price Owen, who was my History teacher, loved his opaque projector at Lakewood High School in the 1970s. I enjoyed it when he would put something on there and we would all squint and try to read the information from a book or document. My most vivid memory was that his room was chilly and we all wanted to sit next to the projector for warmth. It wasn’t until I was in my 30’s that I realized that the stories he told and the documents he showed us were from his own life and time in the military. I also remember doing a county map of every county in Colorado using a single page from a document and making it into a poster. These are the memories that students carry with them into the world beyond school. The new age of opaque projectors is a document camera and a projector. This combination is found in schools all over the country. How does this provide an opportunity for teachers to advance learning to new levels? I find an interesting twist to this because I believe the answer goes right back to Mr. Owen. He would bring things of his from World War II and showed us documents and books that were a direct connection to the History he was teaching us every day in class. It is one thing to read about these little pamphlets they gave soldiers to prepare them for foreign countries but it something completely different to … Continue reading DOCUMENT CAMERAS – THE MODERN OPAQUE PROJECTOR
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