Photoshop

I have had Photoshop for awhile now and I really like it. I was first introduced to it in another technology class and we got to play around with it in there also. In the classroom, I would use this photo editing program to make an "ABC book". I would have my students partner up and would give each pair a digital camera. They would each be assigned a letter and would be asked to take a picture in the classroom of anything they wanted that started with this letter. When everyone was done with this, I would have them upload it onto computers in the media center. I would already have a Photoshop account on the screen so that we didn't have to deal with setting up each student with an account. I would demonstrate all of the different options for editing their photos and then let them explore and edit their own photos. All of this would probably take a few days to complete. I would then compile all of their final edited photos into one album and show it in front of the class on a slideshow. Everyone would have a chance to talk about their picture and what options they used for editing. This type of activity could also be shared with parents by making the slideshow public.