Digital+Imaging

=**Digital Imaging**= In this assignment, we were to use Photoshop to create a digital image. We could take photos that we already had and change them using Photoshop. We were to post our before and after pictures here, along with the narrative of how we editied the photos.


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My overall opinion of this assignment is both good and bad. I liked the assignment because I was able to play with a program I have not used before. I liked trying all of the effects and tools that Photoshop has to offer. However, on the bad side, I got very frustrated. I became frustrated when I could not figure what a button did or how to save my layers. Also, it was so time consuming trying to figure out how each effect worked. I felt like I needed a tutoror. I would use this Photoshop assignment as a way for students to interpret a picture. My picture is very symbolic and therefore does not come out and "say" what it means. I would have students think critically about what the possible meanings could be. I would use Photoshop in general to teach students how to follow procedures. By doing step by step editing, students learn how to follow directions, which is very important for life skills. I think this assignment goes with critical thinking and math and science pillars of 21st Century Education. It definitely falls under critical thinking because students have to think abstractly about what kind of picture they want to create. The answer in no way is given to them. Also, by interpretting pictures, students have to use critical thinking. Next, the assignment falls under math and science because students are required to follow procedures while creating their pictures. They have to follow step by step instructions much like in math and science. I would imporve the assignment by showing more examples of how to use Photoshop. I would change the assignment by having the students do it during class time so questions could be readily answered. I would eliminate the use of a lot of complex tools because it just gets more and more confusing. I would expand on the functions of all the important tools that could be used.
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