1) Children today are growing up surrounded by technology and social media. 'Selfies' and posts to Instagram are a constant part of today's culture. Kids are already engaging with digital photography and already understand it as a means of self-expression. It would just be a matter of switching their minds into 'art mode' by looking at examples from other artists and getting them to play around with photo editing tools.
2) A big part of teaching art is to get children to think more about observing the world. Most older children already have access to digital cameras through their phones. Even cheap flip phones come with digital cameras these days. Getting kids to start noticing and documenting moments on their daily walks and then discussing them in class is a great way to get children engaged in digital photography as an art form.
3) A good next step would be getting children working with fancier digital cameras. There would be an introductory class on manual settings and lenses. Then the children could be encouraged to take the same photos with the digital cameras that they had taken with their phones. The discussion afterwards comparing both photographs would be a really interesting would and would push the students even more towards understanding the artistry that goes into making quality digital photographs.
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