Subject Matter: Inserting data in digital pictures. Geotag photos, geotagging
Grades: Upper elementary to college, Tech, Multimedia

Location, Location, Location
Location may not be “everything” in photography. Composition, focus, exposure and a tack sharp image are still king. When using images to tell a story, for school projects or being on vacation, knowing the images location helps make a story come alive. Continue reading…

Subject Matter: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Grades: High school to college, Multimedia

Excellent Learning
Richard Harrington, in Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4, provides an excellent learning platform for beginner and intermediate Photoshop users. He provides comprehensive, yet engaging explanations. Continue reading…

Subject Matter: Using play cards and the card game “War” to teach Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division and Fractions
Grades: All ages

War Party
This math game has probably been thought of, but I haven’t seen it on the Internet. Here’s a simple, yet competitive way to motivate students to learn math. Play individually, as teams, or one side of the classroom against the other. Continue reading…

Subject Matter: Creating Claymation Movies Using PowerPoint and Videos to teach STEM; Combine science, art and technology
Grades: Upper Elementary to High School

What’s Your Story?
I’m writing a hands-on, elementary grade science issues for Science Weekly. My topic is the Science of Movies. Yet, how do you teach this topic when every schools may not have available classroom video cameras? Movies are just individual pictures on frames that flash by at very fast rates (typical speed is  24 frames/second). To teach how movies are created, and allow students to create their own movies, teachers can demonstrate using clay animation. Continue reading…

Subject Matter: Create, Remix and Share Music
Grades: Ages 7-12

Keep Clam with Music
Ok, here in the Northwest we say “Keep Clam” (our version of Be Cool). Yes, it’s a northwest thing (Puget Sound stuff, home of Jimmy Hendricks & Pearl Jam). Sibelius is definitely clam on music, since they have various software programs to engage students in learning music. Continue reading…

Subject Matter: New update of Adobe Creative Suite (illustration, web design, video and photo editing software)

Grades: High School to college, Marketing, Design, Technical

“Eye Burning” Functions in CS5
Adobe just released Creative Suite 5, with this software’s focus on improving the connection to creative business design and solving the challenges of endwork results. CS5 combines and enhances content creation, analysis, and optimized delivery of the end result. Continue reading…

Subject Matter: A Visual depiction of HDR
Grades: High school to College, Marketing, Nonprofits, Digital Photographers

The Wow Factor in Pictures
In the book A World in HDR by Trey Ratcliff, the author takes time to share the experience of creating and capturing each image in high dynamic range (HDR). This book not only provides vivid pictures, but describes the experience and how to create opportunities to capture stunning imagery. This book is a page turner, not only because of the pictures, but the story power behind each image. Continue reading…