The program that says ‘pro’ more than any other is Adobe Photoshop. Believe it or not, there are a whole list of skills easy enough for a fifth grader (maybe even fourth, but I haven’t had time to test it yet).
Over the next months, in this series, I’ll show you how to teach Photoshop skills appropriate for fifth grade and up. The list includes:
- Photoshop artwork–already live
- Photoshop actions–already live
- Photoshop basics
- Photoshop filter and rendering tools
- Photoshop starters–auto-correct with the auto-correction tools–those quick fixes that make a photo look cleaner (coming up)
- Photoshop crop tool–with the lasso and the magic wand
- Photoshop clone tool– within a picture and to another picture
- Photoshop–change the background (put yourself in front of the Eiffel Tower or on top of Hoover Dam)
- Photoshop tools–add custom shapes
- Photoshop–start with Word (a little dated but still useful)
I’ve provided links, but they aren’t live until publication. These can be adapted to other art programs like Canva. Here are examples of the type of project students can create:
Over the next months, I’ll show you how to do these skills. Don’t worry–they’re not nearly as hard as people say they are!
–These projects are included in the lesson plan collections, 55 Technology Projects VI and II. We also offer a Photoshop bundle with the most popular
Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work:
https://forms.aweber.com/form/07/1910174607.htm
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
