You are creating a lesson using pictures altered with Photoshop. What
other ways can Photoshop be used in your classroom? Is it a program you
can see your students using as part of an assignment?
Being a Business Education teacher, I feel like Photoshop can be very useful in certain Business classes. Right now, I teach all Personal Finance classes and I have trouble thinking of multiple ways that it can be used in my particular class but, we do go over a section on Types of Business and I could see using Photoshop in an assignment where they need to create their own business and need to create their own business logo. I can also see Photoshop lending itself to being a great supplement to projects and lessons in Business classes such as: Marketing, Advertising, Web Design, and Entrepreneurship. Photoshop can be utilized to edit pictures for marketing pitches and enhancing advertisements to change the look of them for a different target market. In a Web Design class, Photoshop can and should be used often to enhance images and edit pictures whether it be blurring imperfections or editing something out of the pictures, it is something that is vital when creating a website. Using Photoshop to make the pictures enhance and match the entire theme of the website is something that can definitely be supplemented in a Web Design class as mini projects or assignments, while the web creation is still the big picture. -Kara McNish
I teach Kindergarten and First Grade Special Education. The lesson that I am currently creating is the best way to use Photoshop in my classroom because it is teacher-created. However, I think that my students can use Photoshop Elements 11 using the “quick” or “guided” section. In my classroom the students learn about the five senses, students can change the pictures using the different tools to enhance the parts of the body they use for that sense. Students in my classroom also learn about the four seasons. The students can use Photoshop to edit a scenic picture to change it according to the season. For example, they can use one picture and change the picture to fit the season by adding snow for winter or leaves for fall. -Jenna Kinkead
I teach second grade students in a general education classroom. For my mini project, I am currently finding ways to implement Photoshop into my science lessons. Specifically, I am focusing on an insect unit that will create ways to point out the basic needs of insects and also deepen understanding of insects’ defenses. I think that Photoshop can be used in all of my science units (solids & liquids, air & weather, and insects). In addition to this, I would love to have my students practice using Photoshop independently to turn pictures of themselves into black & white photos to make them appear older. In Social Studies we discuss famous inventors and different inventions; one invention being the camera. We can then talk about how our technology has changed over the years. Finally, I would love to have my students work in partners or small groups to use Photoshop to create a menu using photographs for a health lesson. After we learn about the food pyramid, students will demonstrate what they learned by creating a healthy, balanced plate of food. I would definitely have to model how to use Photoshop to my students. It is a program that they would eventually be able to use for assignments, but it would be limited. Some of the features are too advanced. With that being said, I feel that this is a wonderful tool that my students would love working with in the classroom!
Hi Everyone, I am currently teaching first grade in a general education classroom. I am working as a long-term substitute to cover another teacher during her maternity leave. For my mini-project, I've decided to focus on an ELA topic-sequencing the events of story in correct order. I think that incorporating pictures I've altered in Photoshop will be a great supplemental tool for my kinesthetic, visual and auditory learners. Basically, I'm going to create a story for each group, and photoshop some pictures for each, and have the students work together to sequence their story in the correct order. I'm sure that there are many other ways to incorporate Photoshop into the classroom. Depending on the age and maturity of the students, teachers can even have their students utilize Photoshop to supplement their lessons. It would be a great way to increase student motivation and interest in a topic! I can imagine that Photoshop could be useful for Science and Social Studies lessons as well. Teachers can alter pictures and include captions and font underneath a given picture and students can make a timeline, or work together to place their pictures under the correct heading. For example, teachers can photoshop different pictures of animals with the animal name underneath and then the students work together to place their given picture under the correct habitat! I'm interested in learning more how other educators might utilize Photoshop in their classrooms! -Dina Discepolo :)
Hello Everyone, I have been teaching first grade for the past four year and have seen how much my students enjoy working with technology and any form of it in the classroom. I currently utilize the Smartboard in my daily lessons and cannot imagine how teachers can teach without it. For the mini-project I have chosen to create a lesson on places and buildings in our communities. My district curriculum focuses on three large units in Social Studies that are focused on communities. Throughout these units, I am always looking for new ways to incorporate visuals into the lessons so that students are more interested in the content being taught. Although, I have not worked with Photoshop in the past, I am looking forward to altering images of places and buildings in our community for students to use as part of a sorting activity. My plan is to alter the images so that only the identifiable building/place (landmark) is visible. By doing this I am challenging students to look at the details in the image to identify what it is, rather than looking at the surrounding place and identifying the image through that. I hope that I will be successful in accomplishing this. For future lessons, I can see myself altering images to use in both science, math and social studies. For example, in math I teach a lesson on patterns in nature – being able to cut away or focus on a specific part of the image will make it easier for students to identify the pattern and then see it applied as a whole. In the beginning of the year I also teach a unit on apples where we complete various activities like identifying parts of an apple. Once again, Photoshop will be something I will consider when teaching these lessons. At this point, since I am not a proficient user with Photoshop and have not had to time to play around with the features. I am not sure if my first grade students would be able to use this program independently. I can see the program being a valuable asset for teachers, however young children would need a lot of guidance and step by step directions to complete any tasks. Unfortunately, my district does not provide a technology block for first grade students. With this said, the only available technology I have to use within my classroom would be school laptops brought into my classroom. Because my students have not had enough exposure with them, I can see this program being too advanced for first graders. I can however see it being used in the upper grades – maybe even incorporating it into Art lessons. I look forward to working with everyone this semester and reading all of your comments and feedback. Kathy Gasienica
I teach 7th grade Earth Science. I am the in-class support teacher. We are currently teaching Earth's Surfaces & Structure. I am doing a lesson on rocks and weathering. In this lesson we will be learning about various types of weather and their effects on rocks. I am using pictures to show different types of weathering; frost wedging, abrasion, water, oxygen, carbon dioxide & acid rain. I can use photoshop to alter or modify photos when adding them to lessons. Students would be able to use photoshop when creating presentations or projects for class. Not to sure how students would be able to use photoshop other than that in science. We have a limitted in of computers in our classroom and any work that requires computers I have students work on in school to ensure all students have access to required technology. Students learn about photoshop in their tech classes.
I am looking forward to learning how to use photoshop and incorporating it in my future lessons.
Hello Everyone, I am actually not a teacher. I am a college admissions counselor and I am taking this class as a final elective for my graduate program. Learning media technologies will certainly help with my career in regards to presentations and reports. Also, getting a crash course in lesson planning will surely help me should I decide to teach part time at the college level. I am creating a lesson plan designed for an individual speech/language therapy session in an elementary school. The goal for the student is to produce the /s/ sound. I will create 5 worksheets in Photoshop. Each worksheet will have a fill in the black sentence. The missing word from each sentence will have the /s/ sound in it. Each worksheet will also have an image of the missing word, the word broken down into syllables, and an image of proper tongue placement in order to generate the /s/ sound. The purpose of these worksheets is to give the student a comprehensive visualization of the word. The student will also be instructed to bring these worksheets home to practice with their parents. These worksheets are also a tool for the parent because it includes an image of proper tongue placement for the /s/ sound, which can be coached to the student by the parent.
As a 6th grade music teacher with a limited time with my students I feel as if there is not a lot of use for photoshop in my classroom. Unless I am using it to make references for my students, the only idea I could come up with is my students using photoshop to create a CD cover for a band they create in class. They can use photoshop to create artwork for their CD covers. But, I think this is not an efficient use of time. Not only would my students have to do most of the work in class taking up significant time in my 10 week cycle. I would have to spend the time teaching them the tools which are not apart of my curriculum. I do think some of the others other technologies we are learning will be more applicable to the classroom though!
Cory Pinto (6th grade general music/Chorus Teacher)
Hi Everyone, I have been teaching Kindergarten for three years. Currently, my students use the SMARTBoard, computers, and iPads. We are very fortunate to have various forms of technology to use in our classroom! My mini-project will focus on the parts of a pumpkin. I teach a Pumpkin Unit every year, and find the students struggle the most with independently labeling the parts of a pumpkin. I plan to edit the image, so students will only be able to see one particular part of a pumpkin at a time, rather the entire image as a whole. In the future, I believe I will be able to incorporate Photoshop in my math, social studies, and science lessons as a whole group. It would be difficult for Kindergarten students to manipulate Photoshop independently, but with teacher guidance I believe they can be introduced to the program for early exposure, but will be not expected to use it. Teaching these subjects with visuals provides a greater understanding for my students. Whether we are studying symmetry in math or parts of a plant in science, I know Photoshop will only help enhance the lesson and make it more engaging to students as well. After taking this course I hope to feel more confident to incorporate the use of Photoshop throughout my lessons!
I have been teaching High School for 15 years. I am currently teaching in a school where there is a very limited technology. Due to the growth of technology I feel it is imperative, as a teacher, to incorporate as much technology in my lesson as possible. Therefore, I view these classes as an opportunity to grow as an educator and give my students optimal learning.
My mini-project will focus on what is global warming and the effect of global warming on the planet, and to touch on the ongoing, global warming debate. I feel Photoshop will help accentuate my lesson and provide visual representation to help the students understand the topic.
I am currently an Instructional Aide 2nd graders at Washington Elementary School in Summit, New Jersey. The teachers use Smart Boards, the ELMO, projector, Ipads, and Apple laptops and desktops.
Most of the teachers on this blog are familiar with preparing a lesson plan. This is a second career for me and I am so excited about learning new things from all of you.
Our school uses the Teacher’s College model for reading and writing.
Although, I have yet to see any of the teachers use Photoshop at my school, I can see how it can easily be incorporated into a lesson.
For my mini-project, I am going to do a science unit on changes in leaves & observation. I will take a leaf in its original state and demonstrate how and why it changes to green, red, orange, yellow, and brown.
I have used Photoshop in my previous career. I tested web applications for 18yrs at various fortune 500 companies. Although the career was quite lucrative, it was extremely stressful and caused a lot of uncertainty in my family.
After I was laid off from Bloomberg in 2012, I decided it was time to do something different. I have always had a passion for children and education. I have 3 children of my own. In between jobs, I became a substitute teacher in the Summit school district where I currently reside with my husband of 20yrs and children ages 21,17,15. I loved every minute of it. I learned so much my from my peers, and I had the opportunity to work in all 5 of the Elementary schools and the principal at Washington decided to hire me as a FT Instructional Aide.
I am so proud to be a part of this Master’s of Educational Technology.
Hi All, I teach at the college level (Ramapo College) and have been teaching writing and graphic design and public relations courses since 2002. I have already completed the MSET program and it's a great program! I am taking this Multimedia Workshop course because I need one more class to complete the MALS program at Ramapo College and then I am done! I use Moodle to teach my courses and find that it works very well for me. Most of my courses involve extensive and intensive writing and Moodle allows me to set up everything from forums, to PowerPoints to and from my students and has a built in test section that works very well with everything from multiple choice to actual paper submission using Turnitin to ensure non plagiarism! I'm not crazy about Google's materials since I believe they work best for K-12 (which I don't teach). I did complete most of an MAT program at William Paterson to become a K-12 teacher back in 2005 but my life took a different course when I became the Director of Publications at Ramapo College. I use Photoshop in my actual full-time job but not in my teaching role. I found the lesson plan assignment using Photoshop to be "interesting" but not of much value to me as a professor at Ramapo but I can certainly see the applications for those of you who do teach K-12. I actually did my mini project or lesson plan using press releases (which I teach in my Writing for Public Relations course) and had the students modify photos for each of five press releases stressing those specific Photoshop tools: blurring, adding a background, changing colors, cloning, etc., which is often needed when adding graphics or photos to press releases in Public Relations.
Being a Business Education teacher, I feel like Photoshop can be very useful in certain Business classes. Right now, I teach all Personal Finance classes and I have trouble thinking of multiple ways that it can be used in my particular class but, we do go over a section on Types of Business and I could see using Photoshop in an assignment where they need to create their own business and need to create their own business logo. I can also see Photoshop lending itself to being a great supplement to projects and lessons in Business classes such as: Marketing, Advertising, Web Design, and Entrepreneurship. Photoshop can be utilized to edit pictures for marketing pitches and enhancing advertisements to change the look of them for a different target market. In a Web Design class, Photoshop can and should be used often to enhance images and edit pictures whether it be blurring imperfections or editing something out of the pictures, it is something that is vital when creating a website. Using Photoshop to make the pictures enhance and match the entire theme of the website is something that can definitely be supplemented in a Web Design class as mini projects or assignments, while the web creation is still the big picture.
ReplyDelete-Kara McNish
I teach Kindergarten and First Grade Special Education. The lesson that I am currently creating is the best way to use Photoshop in my classroom because it is teacher-created. However, I think that my students can use Photoshop Elements 11 using the “quick” or “guided” section. In my classroom the students learn about the five senses, students can change the pictures using the different tools to enhance the parts of the body they use for that sense. Students in my classroom also learn about the four seasons. The students can use Photoshop to edit a scenic picture to change it according to the season. For example, they can use one picture and change the picture to fit the season by adding snow for winter or leaves for fall.
ReplyDelete-Jenna Kinkead
I teach second grade students in a general education classroom. For my mini project, I am currently finding ways to implement Photoshop into my science lessons. Specifically, I am focusing on an insect unit that will create ways to point out the basic needs of insects and also deepen understanding of insects’ defenses. I think that Photoshop can be used in all of my science units (solids & liquids, air & weather, and insects). In addition to this, I would love to have my students practice using Photoshop independently to turn pictures of themselves into black & white photos to make them appear older. In Social Studies we discuss famous inventors and different inventions; one invention being the camera. We can then talk about how our technology has changed over the years. Finally, I would love to have my students work in partners or small groups to use Photoshop to create a menu using photographs for a health lesson. After we learn about the food pyramid, students will demonstrate what they learned by creating a healthy, balanced plate of food. I would definitely have to model how to use Photoshop to my students. It is a program that they would eventually be able to use for assignments, but it would be limited. Some of the features are too advanced. With that being said, I feel that this is a wonderful tool that my students would love working with in the classroom!
ReplyDeleteHi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI am currently teaching first grade in a general education classroom. I am working as a long-term substitute to cover another teacher during her maternity leave. For my mini-project, I've decided to focus on an ELA topic-sequencing the events of story in correct order. I think that incorporating pictures I've altered in Photoshop will be a great supplemental tool for my kinesthetic, visual and auditory learners.
Basically, I'm going to create a story for each group, and photoshop some pictures for each, and have the students work together to sequence their story in the correct order.
I'm sure that there are many other ways to incorporate Photoshop into the classroom. Depending on the age and maturity of the students, teachers can even have their students utilize Photoshop to supplement their lessons. It would be a great way to increase student motivation and interest in a topic!
I can imagine that Photoshop could be useful for Science and Social Studies lessons as well. Teachers can alter pictures and include captions and font underneath a given picture and students can make a timeline, or work together to place their pictures under the correct heading. For example, teachers can photoshop different pictures of animals with the animal name underneath and then the students work together to place their given picture under the correct habitat!
I'm interested in learning more how other educators might utilize Photoshop in their classrooms!
-Dina Discepolo :)
Hello Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI have been teaching first grade for the past four year and have seen how much my students enjoy working with technology and any form of it in the classroom. I currently utilize the Smartboard in my daily lessons and cannot imagine how teachers can teach without it. For the mini-project I have chosen to create a lesson on places and buildings in our communities. My district curriculum focuses on three large units in Social Studies that are focused on communities. Throughout these units, I am always looking for new ways to incorporate visuals into the lessons so that students are more interested in the content being taught. Although, I have not worked with Photoshop in the past, I am looking forward to altering images of places and buildings in our community for students to use as part of a sorting activity. My plan is to alter the images so that only the identifiable building/place (landmark) is visible. By doing this I am challenging students to look at the details in the image to identify what it is, rather than looking at the surrounding place and identifying the image through that. I hope that I will be successful in accomplishing this.
For future lessons, I can see myself altering images to use in both science, math and social studies. For example, in math I teach a lesson on patterns in nature – being able to cut away or focus on a specific part of the image will make it easier for students to identify the pattern and then see it applied as a whole. In the beginning of the year I also teach a unit on apples where we complete various activities like identifying parts of an apple. Once again, Photoshop will be something I will consider when teaching these lessons.
At this point, since I am not a proficient user with Photoshop and have not had to time to play around with the features. I am not sure if my first grade students would be able to use this program independently. I can see the program being a valuable asset for teachers, however young children would need a lot of guidance and step by step directions to complete any tasks. Unfortunately, my district does not provide a technology block for first grade students. With this said, the only available technology I have to use within my classroom would be school laptops brought into my classroom. Because my students have not had enough exposure with them, I can see this program being too advanced for first graders. I can however see it being used in the upper grades – maybe even incorporating it into Art lessons.
I look forward to working with everyone this semester and reading all of your comments and feedback.
Kathy Gasienica
I teach 7th grade Earth Science. I am the in-class support teacher. We are currently teaching Earth's Surfaces & Structure. I am doing a lesson on rocks and weathering. In this lesson we will be learning about various types of weather and their effects on rocks. I am using pictures to show different types of weathering; frost wedging, abrasion, water, oxygen, carbon dioxide & acid rain. I can use photoshop to alter or modify photos when adding them to lessons.
ReplyDeleteStudents would be able to use photoshop when creating presentations or projects for class. Not to sure how students would be able to use photoshop other than that in science. We have a limitted in of computers in our classroom and any work that requires computers I have students work on in school to ensure all students have access to required technology. Students learn about photoshop in their tech classes.
I am looking forward to learning how to use photoshop and incorporating it in my future lessons.
Carla Rodriguez
Hello Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI am actually not a teacher. I am a college admissions counselor and I am taking this class as a final elective for my graduate program. Learning media technologies will certainly help with my career in regards to presentations and reports. Also, getting a crash course in lesson planning will surely help me should I decide to teach part time at the college level.
I am creating a lesson plan designed for an individual speech/language therapy session in an elementary school. The goal for the student is to produce the /s/ sound. I will create 5 worksheets in Photoshop. Each worksheet will have a fill in the black sentence. The missing word from each sentence will have the /s/ sound in it. Each worksheet will also have an image of the missing word, the word broken down into syllables, and an image of proper tongue placement in order to generate the /s/ sound. The purpose of these worksheets is to give the student a comprehensive visualization of the word. The student will also be instructed to bring these worksheets home to practice with their parents. These worksheets are also a tool for the parent because it includes an image of proper tongue placement for the /s/ sound, which can be coached to the student by the parent.
As a 6th grade music teacher with a limited time with my students I feel as if there is not a lot of use for photoshop in my classroom. Unless I am using it to make references for my students, the only idea I could come up with is my students using photoshop to create a CD cover for a band they create in class. They can use photoshop to create artwork for their CD covers. But, I think this is not an efficient use of time. Not only would my students have to do most of the work in class taking up significant time in my 10 week cycle. I would have to spend the time teaching them the tools which are not apart of my curriculum. I do think some of the others other technologies we are learning will be more applicable to the classroom though!
ReplyDeleteCory Pinto
(6th grade general music/Chorus Teacher)
Hi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI have been teaching Kindergarten for three years. Currently, my students use the SMARTBoard, computers, and iPads. We are very fortunate to have various forms of technology to use in our classroom!
My mini-project will focus on the parts of a pumpkin. I teach a Pumpkin Unit every year, and find the students struggle the most with independently labeling the parts of a pumpkin. I plan to edit the image, so students will only be able to see one particular part of a pumpkin at a time, rather the entire image as a whole.
In the future, I believe I will be able to incorporate Photoshop in my math, social studies, and science lessons as a whole group. It would be difficult for Kindergarten students to manipulate Photoshop independently, but with teacher guidance I believe they can be introduced to the program for early exposure, but will be not expected to use it. Teaching these subjects with visuals provides a greater understanding for my students. Whether we are studying symmetry in math or parts of a plant in science, I know Photoshop will only help enhance the lesson and make it more engaging to students as well.
After taking this course I hope to feel more confident to incorporate the use of Photoshop throughout my lessons!
- Jordana Gertler
Hello Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI have been teaching High School for 15 years. I am currently teaching in a school where there is a very limited technology. Due to the growth of technology I feel it is imperative, as a teacher, to incorporate as much technology in my lesson as possible. Therefore, I view these classes as an opportunity to grow as an educator and give my students optimal learning.
My mini-project will focus on what is global warming and the effect of global warming on the planet, and to touch on the ongoing, global warming debate. I feel Photoshop will help accentuate my lesson and provide visual representation to help the students understand the topic.
Maria Cristina La Padula
Hi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI am currently an Instructional Aide 2nd graders at Washington Elementary School in Summit, New Jersey. The teachers use Smart Boards, the ELMO, projector, Ipads, and Apple laptops and desktops.
Most of the teachers on this blog are familiar with preparing a lesson plan. This is a second career for me and I am so excited about learning new things from all of you.
Our school uses the Teacher’s College model for reading and writing.
Although, I have yet to see any of the teachers use Photoshop at my school, I can see how it can easily be incorporated into a lesson.
For my mini-project, I am going to do a science unit on changes in leaves & observation. I will take a leaf in its original state and demonstrate how and why it changes to green, red, orange, yellow, and brown.
I have used Photoshop in my previous career. I tested web applications for 18yrs at various fortune 500 companies. Although the career was quite lucrative, it was extremely stressful and caused a lot of uncertainty in my family.
After I was laid off from Bloomberg in 2012, I decided it was time to do something different. I have always had a passion for children and education. I have 3 children of my own. In between jobs, I became a substitute teacher in the Summit school district where I currently reside with my husband of 20yrs and children ages 21,17,15. I loved every minute of it. I learned so much my from my peers, and I had the opportunity to work in all 5 of the Elementary schools and the principal at Washington decided to hire me as a FT Instructional Aide.
I am so proud to be a part of this Master’s of Educational Technology.
Have a great evening!
Hi All, I teach at the college level (Ramapo College) and have been teaching writing and graphic design and public relations courses since 2002. I have already completed the MSET program and it's a great program! I am taking this Multimedia Workshop course because I need one more class to complete the MALS program at Ramapo College and then I am done! I use Moodle to teach my courses and find that it works very well for me. Most of my courses involve extensive and intensive writing and Moodle allows me to set up everything from forums, to PowerPoints to and from my students and has a built in test section that works very well with everything from multiple choice to actual paper submission using Turnitin to ensure non plagiarism! I'm not crazy about Google's materials since I believe they work best for K-12 (which I don't teach). I did complete most of an MAT program at William Paterson to become a K-12 teacher back in 2005 but my life took a different course when I became the Director of Publications at Ramapo College. I use Photoshop in my actual full-time job but not in my teaching role. I found the lesson plan assignment using Photoshop to be "interesting" but not of much value to me as a professor at Ramapo but I can certainly see the applications for those of you who do teach K-12. I actually did my mini project or lesson plan using press releases (which I teach in my Writing for Public Relations course) and had the students modify photos for each of five press releases stressing those specific Photoshop tools: blurring, adding a background, changing colors, cloning, etc., which is often needed when adding graphics or photos to press releases in Public Relations.
ReplyDelete