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Digitalized!. Sherri Miller, ITRT smiller@gc.k12.va.us Eric Postman, ITRT epostman@gc.k12.va.us. Digital Tips & Tricks. Digital Image Sources. Digital cameras Scanners Office clipart/graphics Internet websites. Digital Cameras. Look your subject in the eye Use a plain background
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Digitalized! Sherri Miller, ITRT smiller@gc.k12.va.us Eric Postman, ITRT epostman@gc.k12.va.us Digital Tips & Tricks
Digital Image Sources • Digital cameras • Scanners • Office clipart/graphics • Internet websites
Look your subject in the eye Use a plain background Use flash outdoors Move in close Move it from the middle Lock the focus Know your flash’s range Watch the light Take some vertical pictures Be a picture director Digital Cameras: Top 10 Tips 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 Source: www.kodak.com
Picture Quality Settings • Pixels- the smallest part of a digital camera’s sensor (mega= 1 million) • The larger the megapixels, the larger the file size • change settings on camera • reduce size in software • file formats • jpg (smaller) • tiff
Zoom In • Optical Zoom • the lens physically extends to magnify the subject • Digital Zoom • crops an image and magnifies the result of the cropping • image quality is sacrificed
Shooting Modes • Landscape: outdoor scenes at a distance • Macro: ultra close up of small objects • Portrait: close up shots/head & shoulders • Action/Sports: freeze action with a faster shutter speed • Night shot: a slower shutter speed when it’s dark • Panoramic: shoot several pictures and stitch them together to create banners 1
Other Features • Flash settings • Shutter speed • Aperture • Self-timer
Flash Settings • Auto: camera decides when to flash • Flash on/Fill Flash: • turns flash on even in good lighting • use outdoors to eliminate harsh shadows • Flash off: • turns flash off even in low lighting • use for sunsets, etc. … be careful of camera shake • Red-eye reduction: • gives an extra flash to minimize red-eye 1
Shutter Speed • Shutter speed is the time in which the shutter is held open to allow light to reach the imaging sensor. The greater the denominator, the faster the speed. • A 1/125 setting means the shutter curtain opens and closes within one hundred and twenty fifth of a second while 1 means a one full-second the shutter opens up during exposure to absorb the available light source.
ISO • ISO is roughly equivalent to film speed. What ISO denotes is how sensitive the image sensor is to the amount of light present. • use a higher ISO to take pictures in low light without flash, such as in a museum or at sunset (e.g. ISO 400) • use a lower ISO to achieve a motion blur (e.g. ISO 100)
Aperture • Aperture is a hole or opening through which light is admitted • the smaller the aperture number (e.g. f/1.4), the greater the opening, and the larger the depth of field (background is in focus) • the larger the aperture number (e.g. f/16), the smaller the opening, and the smaller the depth of field (background is blurred)
Scanners • consider purpose when scanning • dpi = dots per inch • file formats • bmp • tiff • jpg • gif Source: www.jdhartsell.com/scanning.html
Functions • Edit graphics • Auto correct • Brightness and contrast • Color • Crop • Rotate and flip • Red eye removal
Functions • Working with files • Resize • Compress pictures • Rename pictures • Sharing pictures • E-mail pictures • Export pictures
To Open • Go to
Standard Toolbar Picture Shortcuts Menu Bar Preview Area Formatting Toolbar Picture Manager
Views Thumbnails
Views Filmstrip
Views Single Picture
Photo Printing Wizard • Open My Pictures folder • Select photos • use CTRL key to select several pictures at once • Under Picture Tasks, click Print the Selected Pictures
Photo Printing Wizard opens • click Next • Picture Selection • choose your picture(s) • click Next • Printing Options • choose your printer • click Next
Layout Selection • choose print size/layout • choose Number of times to use each picture • click Next (at this point, the photos begin to print)
PowerPoint and Word • To browse for pictures on your computer, go to menu bar • INSERT PICTURE FROM FILE navigate to desire file • Or, click icon on drawing toolbar • If drawing toolbar is notvisible: • VIEW TOOLBARS select (check) DRAWING
PictureToolbar More contrast Less contrast Crop Line style Compress pictures Format object Insert picture Reset picture Color More brightness Less brightness Rotate left 90 Text wrapping Set transparent color
Picture Toolbar • Insert Picture – another method of importing graphics • Color –change to grayscale • Contrast –improve contrast • Brightness –improve brightness • Crop –cut out unwanted edges of picture • Rotate –make a vertical picture horizontal (or vertical horizontal) • Line Style– format line thickness
Picture Toolbar • Compress pictures– change file size • Text wrapping– available in Word only; change graphics from in-line to floating • Format object– access many of these and other formatting options • Set transparent color– eliminate visible background • Reset picture– revert to original form
Clip Art Sites • Pics4Learning - http://www.pics4learning.com/ • United Streaming (go to “Learning Tools”) - http://www5.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm • Awesome Clipart for Educators - http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/ • Discovery School Clipart Gallery - http://school.discovery.com/clipart/ • Education Clipart – http://www.kamsart.com/clipart/free-clipart-Education.html • Clipart Public Domain Images - http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/clipart.html • The New York Public Library Picture Collection - http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/clipart.html • Teacher Created Resources Free Educational Clipart - http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/clipart.htm
Image Searching • Open search engine (e.g. www.google.com) • Click on IMAGES link • Complete your search • Click on image to open in full size (requires additional steps in some search engines) • Right click and COPY (to paste) or SAVE PICTURE AS… (to insert from file)
story or poem illustrations news story of school events common/proper nouns book noun/verb book photo journal of field trips sequencing of events alphabet book creative or descriptive writing prompt I Spy book A Day in the Life of… trading cards English
scavenger hunts (numbers, patterns, shapes, etc.) measuring growth clocks angles perspective geometric shapes writing prompts for story problems create a pictograph 3D objects Math
brochures goods/services wanted posters family tree photo essays class photo time capsule posters careers/community helpers scavenger hunt – (architectural design, historical figures, etc.) virtual tour Social Studies
stages of development (plants, mold, etc.) parts of a flower cloud types five senses steps in an experiment nature walk visual dissection visual periodic table field trip photo essay scavenger hunt (simple machines, matter, etc.) classifications (rocks, minerals, etc.) Science
Resource Classes • show art perspectives • photo postcards • musical instruments • photo book of colors • art history • culture brochures • architectural scavenger hunt • good/poor form for physical education game
seating charts for substitutes classroom organization (jobs, lunch, etc.) to illustrate the steps in a procedure classroom activities for class newsletter student portfolios slide show for parent’s night web pages Other
Digital Cameras in theClassroom • Quick – Get the Digital Camera! - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech148.shtml • Smile. Digital Cameras Can Make Your Day - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech147.shtml • Kodak Lesson Plans - http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/edu/lessonPlans/ • PowerPoint games - http://208.183.128.3/tutorials/PPT-games/ • Click! Using a Digital Camera in the Elementary Classroom - http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/pix.html • Using Digital Cameras in the Classroom - http://www.wacona.com/digicam/digicam.html • Going Digital in the Classroom - http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/digital/goingdigital.htm
Resources • GCPS digital imaging resources - http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/edtech/digim.htm • Getting the most from your digital camera - http://www.danscamera.com/Learning/going_digital/index.html • Digital Photography - http://www.apte.com/dp/index.cfm • HP online courses (for free!) - http://h30240.www3.hp.com/?mcID=HHO2 • Kidz Online: digital imaging videos - http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/video.asp?UnitQry=Digital%20Imaging • HP Quick tips for scanning photos - http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/organize_archive_photos/tips/10_tips_scanning.html
Resources • Kodak gallery for sharing photos online - http://www.kodakgallery.com/Welcome.jsp • Shutterfly gallery for sharing photos online - http://www.shutterfly.com/ • PhotoPlus 6.0 (free photo and image editing software) - http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/ • Microsoft Photo Story 3 - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx