EL Education
El Education: Chickenology: The Art and Science of Keeping Chickens
This manual was written by a group of middle school and high school students in the Maplewood Richmond Heights school district. The students, known as the "Chickenologists", care for the district's flock of chickens. This comprehensive...
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Photoshop Cafe
A site that focuses on Adobe Photoshop tricks and techniques. There are many image examples, tips, and tutorials!
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Planet Photoshop
A tutorial and resource for learning Adobe Photoshop techniques and real-world uses.
University of South Florida
No Strings Attached: Cardinal Directions in the Classroom
If you have access to Kidspiration or a similar program you can use this lesson plan to help teach the cardinal directions. Incorporate digital photography as an expansion idea or create more expansions of your own.
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Xyz 3 D Photography
This site has three different ways to view the images: with special glasses (anaglyph); cross-eyed; and Parallel (look "through" the photos).
Utah Education Network
Uen: Iste Nets: Creating a Heroic Character (Lesson Plan)
This instructional activity sequence, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages students to develop a fully realized heroic character and then, through the use of multimedia software,...
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Galaxy Photography and Digital Imaging
A site for images and how to take images of the night sky. Backed by Meade, a maker of telescopes. Good information on equipment and techniques as well.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Empire That Was Russia, Photographic Record Recreated
The digital revival of the glass plate images of the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I by photographer Sergei Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Very interesting from both historical and technological points of view.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Topography of Fruit
This is an attempt to help students understand contour lines in map-making through the vector of digital photography. This hands-on activity will create an art piece out of fruit that will be analyzed to create topographic maps.
University of South Florida
No Strings Attached: Family Heritage
Young scholars bring in an object from home that represents their family heritage. Students then use cameras and scanners to import their object into the computer. The lesson plan has the young scholars complete a writing piece but you...
EL Education
El Education: A Revitalization Report
In 2008, the ARTWalk 2 Planning Committee in Rochester, New York invited the sixth grade students at Genesee Community Charter School to make a meaningful contribution to the expansion of public art in Rochester. A Revitalization Report...
EL Education
El Education: Iconic: The Black and White of Our Heroes and Heroines
Eleventh grade students at High Tech High Media Arts School in San Diego California are the authors of this book: Iconic: The Black and White of Our Heroes & Heroines. To create this collection of essays each student reflected on...
University of South Florida
No Strings Attached: Geometric Figures
Students will prove their knowledge of geometric shape by capturing photographs of examples within their environment.
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Graphic Greats: Photo Treatment
This resource presents an article about the use of photos in documents.
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Gimp the Gnu Image Manipulation Program
GIMP is an open source software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems and in many languages. This site provides the latest releases, information about the GIMP...