students investigate how to editphotos and understand the ethics of photo-editing in regard to photo-journalism. In this photo journalism lesson, students examine photos and photo spreads in various sources to identify editing...

Students familiarize themselves with photo editing and montage techniques. They create a montage that tells the viewer about themselves.

Students determine how to use a digital camera, edit the photos using PhotoShop Elements, and how to make a PowerPoint presentation. They use the PowerPoint as a digital portfolio which is an archive of their work. Finally, they write a...

In this lesson, PhotoStory 3, students create a story board of an original poem through the use of PhotoStory 3 presentation. Students write a poem and use it to develop their storyboard. Students publish and share their storyboard. ...

Begin this activity by asking third graders to bring from home pieces of cloth that represent something important to them. (Have extras for students who need them.) They reflect on important events in their lives, compose narrative...

Students use computers to create CD covers for their music groups. They search online for images they associate with their local reality, practice manipulating them in photo-editing program, measure size of compact disc case, and create...

Students take photographs of people and things that impact their lives. In this photojournalism lesson plan, students learn how to use a photo to tell a story and present their project.

Students write and direct digital stories to be presented to their classmates. In this digital stories lesson plan, students can use camcorders, microphones, headphones, storyboards, and more. Students edit their story and present it to...

Students practice photo manipulation and combination in order to create new images. Using composite photos, students mix them together to produce new photographs. They conceal stitch lines to create realistic forgeries of composite images..

Learners create a photo essay. In this lesson encouraging self-expression, students view and reflect upon photo essays. Then, they go out into the community and create their own photo essay complete with captions. Learners publish their...

Focusing on the differences between traditional Hopi government and the Hopi Tribal Council, this resource is a good addition to your unit on Native American culture. Learners conduct Internet research, analyze primary source photos, and...

High schoolers compose an abstract work of art on the computer, enlarge it, and paint (or draw) it. They seek out inspiration from their natural world. Students find and photograph a picture with interesting visual imagery. They load the...

Students explore their community. In this picture taking lesson plan, students visit different places in the community. Students take pictures at each place they visit. Students use adjectives to describe the pictures they took and write...

Students discuss current events and importance of understanding historical context for events today. They research current event and its historical context, and plan, shoot, and edit iMovie video essay using AppleWorks storyboard.

Students collect photos of immigrants coming to the United States. They write fictional journal entries for one of the photographs.

Bring life to your next California geography lesson with this great project! Learners design a three-dimensional wall relief map of California, painting and decorating regions using a variety of materials and labeling major geographical...

Model real-life structures with mathematics. A project-based lesson presents a problem situation requiring classes to develop a function to model the St. Louis Arch and the Rainbow Bridge in Arizona. They create their models by...

Ninth graders discuss the aspects of culture and what makes them unique. In small groups, 9th graders use digital cameras to take photos. Groups use their pictures to create a PowerPoint presentation storyboard of their culture.

Students explore using photography as an editorial enhancement. In this photography lesson, students discuss the captions of samples of photos and crop their own photos to use with a writing piece.

Students create a bulletin board using a digital camera. In this creative arts lesson, students take photos of one another's faces and eyes. Students try to match the eyes to the face.

Young scholars create a photo essay and present it to the class. The students bring photos to use for their essay and develop a story using the photos. The young scholars write captions including characters, setting, and plot for each...

Students reflect on the experiences of young people involved with civil rights activism They analyze journalistic photographs and how to use a digital camera and basic digital photo editing techniques.

Inspired by magazine photos, your young writers hone word choices to create a meaningful haiku. Charged with brainstorming 100 words associated with a photo of their choosing, they whittle their list to the top 10%, make three sentences...

Here's a fun way to incorporate technology into your curriculum. E-mail each of your class members a picture and 10 questions about the photo. Individuals then imagine the story behind the image and e-mail back their responses. Although...