Introduce middle and high school students to graphic design using photoshop lessons for beginners. In TechnoPhotoshop, students apply photo editing techniques to create a digital scrapbook. To start, students learn how to use a camera to take high-quality photographs. Once a library of images has been established, the program Adobe Photoshop is used to transform the pictures into scrapbook pages. Ranging from whimsical to wacky, each page is a creative expression of the artist.
Photoshop Activities for Grades 8-12
Ignite student creativity. Teach students how to edit a series of personal photographs to create a spectacular digital scrapbook. Illustrated step-by-step instructions explain how to apply filters, retouch, adjust color, create with layer styles, superimpose images, bend text, and much more!
Teach Photoshop Today
You do not need to be a Photoshop expert to teach the TechnoPhotoshop course. In fact, you too can be a beginner! Get ready to teach Photoshop right away. The TechnoKids course has everything you need. The Teacher Guide includes lesson plans, sample photos, and assessment tools.
Include TechnoPhotoshop in a Media Arts or Photography Course
The TechnoPhotoshop course has assignments that can easily become of a media arts class or photo editing unit. Not only do the assignments introduce photo editing skills, but they also prepare students for future careers in graphic design.
Digital Scrapbooking Makes Learning Fun
A traditional scrapbook is a printed book that has a collection of items arranged creatively on a page. It can be used to share photographs, personal notes, or other keepsakes. The TechnoKids course, TechnoPhotoshop, modernizes this task from using pencils, scissors, and glue into an exciting project that applies digital photography and graphic design tools.
Optional Photo Editing Activities
Differentiate instruction with TechnoKids’ extension activities that explain how to create professional, one-of-a-kind images. Challenge students to blur the background, crop a picture into a shape or word, color one part of a grayscale picture, create a reflection, and more.
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The TechnoPhotoshop course has 21 assignments divided into seven sessions.
Session 1: Digital Photographs
Students learn about digital photography starting with the history of the camera and its connection to artists. Next, they study the parts of a digital camera and consider its benefits when taking photos. Once familiar with a digital camera, they learn how to use it to take high-quality photographs. Students are then introduced to the idea of making a Digital Scrapbook. They study sample scrapbooks to notice their content and layout. Afterwards, students take a collection of photographs that they will use in upcoming sessions to make their own scrapbook.
Session 2: Filtering Fun
Students are introduced to Photoshop photo editing software. To start, they learn about the program environment. Afterwards, they open a picture and experiment with the filters to change the overall appearance of the image. Once familiar with this editing technique, they apply different filters to the same image, and save each version. These images are then used to create a scrapbook page. Each image is arranged using both the Free Transform and Warp modes, to produce an interesting layout. Text is then added to describe the images.
Session 3: Classic Touch Ups
Students are introduced to retouching tools that can be used to make an imperfect photo, perfect! To start, they work with the image touchup to trim the edges, remove red eye, hide blemishes, and recolor the picture. Afterwards, they apply this knowledge to one of their own pictures using at least two retouching techniques to make the photo look better. When this is complete, students create another scrapbook page. This time they learn how to add styles to each layer to create an eye-catching design.
Session 4: Recolor the World
Students learn how to use the Adjustment commands to recolor a photo of their choice. Although, these commands are commonly used to correct poor color quality in a picture, they can also be used to create fabulous artistic effects. Using the transformed photo, students make a third scrapbook page. This time, they learn how to use the Brush Tool to add flair.
Session 5: I Cannot Believe My Eyes!
Students combine pictures to create an unbelievable scene that looks real. To start, they follow the instructions to combine the door and tropic pictures to make it appear that a person is walking through a door into a tropical paradise. This activity has students experiment with various techniques to remove parts of the picture by using the Magic Wand Tool, Rectangular Marquee Tool, Polygonal Lasso Tool, and Magnetic Lasso Tool. Once familiar with each tool they apply their knowledge to create their own unbelievable scene. Using the transformed photo, students make a fourth scrapbook page. This time, they learn how to use Custom Shapes to make the page look super.
Session 6: Be Creative
Students apply their knowledge of Photoshop to create their own unique image. Students now have a solid knowledge of the program including how to resize or warp a picture, add, and format text, apply filter effects, retouch imperfections, enhance the color, change the layer style, paint with the brush, draw shapes, and remove the background to combine two images. They use these skills to create their final scrapbook page. Throughout this assignment are helpful tips and photo editing ideas.
Session 7: Digital Scrapbook
Students transform their scrapbook pages into a Contact Sheet, PDF Presentation, or Web Photo Gallery. Their digital scrapbook can then be shared with family and friends.
Optional Photoshop Lessons for Beginners
Blurring the Background: Trace an object and apply a blur filter.
Crop a Picture into a Shape or Word: Use a shape or stencil to crop a photo.
Color One Part of a Grayscale Picture: Paint over a photo to recolor an area.
In Jail: Combine images to make it appear as if a person is in jail.
Lost City of Atlantis: Superimpose images to create a fantasy scene.
Create a Reflection: Duplicate, flip, and distort images to make a reflection.
Word Cloud: Fill a shape with text.
Photoshop Lessons for Beginners
Use Photoshop lesson plans as part of a media arts, web design, or photography course. Teach essential photo editing techniques by transforming a collection of photographs into whimsical and wacky scrapbook pages. Inspire student creativity with TechnoKids' Photoshop course.
Understand the connection between camera and art
Study the elements of design in a photograph
Capture high-quality digital photographs
Apply filter effects to transform a picture
Retouch a picture to remove imperfections
Adjust the color of a picture
Make an unbelievable scene look "real"
Create with text, layers, brushes, and shapes
Transform a photo using various editing techniques
Create a digital scrapbook. Retouch, crop, warp, and superimpose images with Photoshop for beginners.
4 reviews for TechnoPhotoshop
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I love the TechnoKids Photoshop curriculum. I have been teaching Photoshop since CS2, (2002) and I have to relearn it every year because I only use it during the Spring semester. I have been teaching lessons that are similar to your curriculum but I have never had such a clearly defined program. Mostly I have relied on You-tube videos and my own creativity. My school has tried to send me to classes on Photoshop but every time I have enrolled, the classes have been canceled for lack of enrollment. Photoshop is not intuitive. I have books, notes, and an outline of objectives that I have relied on for years. Thank you for producing a product that is written in language that I understand.
University Liggett School,Grosse Pointe Woods
February 17,2017
Rated 5 out of 5
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I purchased TechnoPhotoshop a few years ago and have thoroughly enjoyed using it!
Oak Run Middle School,New Braunfels
May 19,2016
Rated 5 out of 5
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The experience has been a very good one. Instructions are step by step. The kids are enjoying using it.
Glades Christian Academy,Coral Springs
March 19,2015
Rated 5 out of 5
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I am SO thankful for your products. They are really helping me to provide enrichment activities for my students plus it brings variety to my lessons – new projects and fresh ideas! Love it! Please keep them coming!
Every course includes a schedule. It lists the time recommended for each assignment. Typically, it takes between 30-60 minutes to complete an assignment depending on the grade level. Based on this time frame, a typical course takes between 360-600 minutes to complete. This is about 6-8 weeks if your students have computer class twice a week. However, if your students have computer class every day, a course can be completed in about 2-3 weeks.
How do I decide which assignments to teach?
You may not have the time to teach an entire TechnoKids course. The good news is that TechnoKids offers flexibility. Many courses can be shortened by omitting assignments or lengthened by including skill reviews and extension activities. You can easily adapt the course to suit your schedule. Refer to the Ideas for Implementation section in the teacher guide for suggestions.
Does the course integrate into other subjects?
TechnoKids courses are inter-disciplinary. This means the lesson plans blend computing skills with general content areas such as language arts, geography, or business studies. If you do not have a dedicated digital literacy class, refer to the Technology Integration Suggestions section in each teacher guide for ideas on how you can include the course in other subject areas.
Is the course a subscription?
Yes. When you purchase a course, you have access to the instructional materials for 12 months. After that time, should you want to continue, you will need to renew the subscription.
Is the course online?
Yes. You must sign into TechnoHub to access the course content from your bookshelf. The teacher guide and student workbook for a course are available online only. However, resources such as assessment tools, handouts, course slides, templates, and samples are downloadable.
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