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Class Outline
Orientation
Orientation
Create a Flyer with MS-Word or Publisher
Code Crackers with Excel
Interent Search Skills
Creating Digital Photos
All About Me - Power Point
Greeting Card with Publisher
Photo Journal

Objectives: The Student will …
  1. Safely operate a digital camera
  2. Import jpeg files from camera disk into graphics program
  3. Edit digital photos with graphics program
  4. Import digital photos into multimedia presentation

Directions for using the Mavica digital camera #1

Directions for using the Mavica digital camera #2


Evaluation

Creating Digital Photos Evaluation Rubric
Safely use a digital camera: strap around neck at all times, put away safely and in correct place, handled with care
3
No infractions
2
One infraction
1
Two infractions
Use selection, crop, and scale to edit photos for inclusion in assignment
3
All three operations used correctly
2
Few errors
1
Some errors
Final product shows quality
3
All digital photos show quality
2
Most digital photos show quality
1
Some digital photos show quality

Example at right is
"Devil Brook"
by Courtney R.

Assignment Directions

Take Your Digital Photos

  • Check out one of the cameras to create your photos.
  • You will need a minimum of two photos to use in the Create a Magazine Cover assignment
    • Portrait
    • Action/other
  • With a partner, check out the camera and use an "Assignment" hall pass to find good backgrounds, scenes, etc. for your photos.

Edit Photos

  • When finished with your photos, open them from the floppy to into Fireworks
  • Manipulate/edit your photos
    • Include text
    • Select
    • Crop
    • Resize
  • Save your photos under a new name
    • Example: 7_ralphm_photo_v1

Import your photos into
Publisher or PowerPoint


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