Useful ways to incorporate the Chromebook or iPad Webcam

Chromebooks and iPads come with a built-in webcam that your students may or may not have discovered and tried out some selfies.  There are more useful and educational ways to incorporate it in the classroom, some of which our awesome teachers are already using.  Try out some of these ideas:

Idea	Useful for	Resources
Journaling / Blogging / Scrapbooking	Art, English / Language Arts, History	Insert a snapshot in Google Docs
Video conferencing	Author visits, interviewing specialists in a field, connecting with other classrooms from another school	Mystery Hangout Calls Virtual career fair Adopt a Soldier
Steps / stages in a process, such as a science experiment	Science, English / Language Arts, Art, Math	Pitch drop experiment
Document camera	All classes	Using a webcam for a document camera
Making screencasts and instructional videos for our students (Flipped Classrooms, included)	All classes	10 Flipped Classroom Tools You've Never Used

The webcam doesn’t have to be your webcam.  There are lots of webcams around the internet that record footage that can be used and discussed in your classroom!  Just imagine a lesson where students observe clownfish and document their symbiotic relationship with anemones.

If you need more ideas or need help getting started, contact your librarian!