Technology Professional Development
Offered through GJUHSD

Digital Media Academy - Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements
June 18 - 20, 2007
8:30 - 3:30

Presenter: Sara Martin
Adobe Education Leader and Digital Media Academy Presenter
Technology Coordinator and Instructor
Hart-Ransom School
Modesto, California

Class Description

Learn photo and video editing, basic design, and ideas for great student projects that are aligned to state standards.

Participants will receive a copy of both software programs.

This is a hands-on workshop!

Monday, June 18:

Photoshop Elements Basics

 

Digital Images

 

Integrated Lessons and/or Personal Projects

Topics covered:

  • Selection Tools
  • Layers and Shapes
  • Text and Filters
  • Styles and Effects
  • Drawing tools
  • Digital Art

Tutorials:

 


Topics Covered:

  • Digital Images
  • Photo Editing
  • Digital Picture Repair
  • Digital picture Art/Filters
  • Composite Pictures
  • Changing psd file formats

Files needed:

Tutorials

 

 


Topics Covered:

  • Lesson Integration Ideas
  • Practice with lessons
  • Personal Integration Project
  • Questions and discussion

Files needed:

Tutorials:

Tuesday, June 19

Digital Pictures: Handling, organizing and using

Topics covered:

  • Taking, downloading and organizing pictures
  • Quick fixes and editing digital pictures
  • Printing and creating thumbnail pages
  • Digital Creations-Slide shows, albums, photo books, greeting cards and photo galleries
  • Creating picture galleries

Projects:

  • Taking pictures and/or using pictures brought from participants
  • Using those pictures to create slideshows, albums, etc
  • Combine photos into composite, or collage projects
  • Your "shoe" highlighted
  • "Put yourself in another picture"
  • Bookcover

Tutorials:

Wednesday, June 20

Creating Multimedia Projects with Adobe Premier Elements

 

 

 

 

 

Topics Covered:

  • Starting new projects
  • Importing files
  • Creating a Slide Show
  • Title Screens
  • Video Effects
  • Animations
  • Transistions
  • Narrations
  • Background Music
  • Creating DVDs. QuickTime Movies, and Windows Media Videos (WMV)

Files Needed:

Projects:

  • Culminating Project: Create a standards-based video presentation that integrates still pictures as well as video clips (from United Streaming and other sources) that can be used in your classroom (or locus of control) to instruct and /or demonstrate a concept.

Photoshop Elements Links

 Adobe Digital Kids Club-Lessons and Activities


Integrating Technology in the Sixth Grade Curriculum-Website developed in Educational Technology Masters Program

Sara's Portfolio

 
Contact Sara Martin