Digital Photography

SDI: Student-Directed Inquiry (“You Ask the Questions!”)

It’s back again – the exercise that puts your learning in your hands! This time, it’s BETTER THAN EVER, as we’ll be adding another layer of challenge to this activity!

We’ve all been there: get a textbook assigned to you, read an assigned chapter, and answer a series of questions from a worksheet, activity packet, or from the book’s chapter review questions. This method works adequately for introducing new material, but after a while, it can get old. Book, read the chapter, answer the questions. Lather, rinse, repeat. SDI is an alternate way of discovering relevant new information on a subject or topic that puts the direction of the learning in YOUR hands while allowing for student-led collaboration!

SDI Activity #3:

  • Resource: Using Your Digital Camera (in the Shared Students Drive – High School – Matyska - Digital Photography Folder)
  • READChapter 3:Controlling Sharpness (p.58-77)

Directions:

  • Part 1: Read the Chapter
  • You and your partner should carefully read the given information
  • Part 2: Generate the Questions
  • Using the designated chapter/section of the named/given resource(s), work with a partner and browse the reading.
  • While browsing, find what you believe to be the most critical, important pieces of information. From this information, ask a series of no less than ten (10) questions, and give the correct answer (groups of 3 – increase your questions and answers by 5)
  • This time around, put your answers on a separate page and save them separately – you’ll see why in a moment!
  • Be creative – these can be short-answer, multiple-choice, essay, true/false, or other question format types - you are limited to no more than four (4) of each type of question (in other words, you are not allowed to ask 10 T/F questions)
  • These will be submitted to the instructor electronically to receive credit.
  • You may use gaggle email, MS Word (and attach to an email), or a designated response-space on the instructor’s website. Other methods of submitting your questions may be explored as well.
  • Part 3: Group Challenge!
  • GROUP CHALLENGE: Next, EMAIL JUST your questions to another group! (we'll determine who in class)
  • When you receive questions from a group, answer them, then PRINT your answers and submit them to me!
  • Make sure all NAMES are on the submitted work!
  • Have fun!!!