Photoshop


 Created by Christina Smith


Chiefland High School


Subject Area: Business and Technology
Grade Level: 11-12

Lesson Summary


Lesson is designed a piecemeal lesson. Piecemeal lesson is a method of designing a system in which each component of a system is developed independently. Student will work independently, choosing a chapter from the Photoshop CS6 book, work through the lesson and create a shorten lesson for that particular chapter. Then we will put it all together. Then students will practice the shortened lessons created by other students. The final outcome is to take Photoshop CS6 Industry Certification test.

Learning Objectives and Computer Functions


This lesson plan uses 14 objectives.

Objective 1: Lesson 1: Exploring Photoshop

Objective 2: Lesson 2: Getting to know the workspace.

Objective 3: Lesson 3: Taking Advantage of Adobe Bridge

Objective 4: Lesson 4: Photoshop Basics

Objective 5: Lesson 5: Making the Best Selection

Objective 6: Lesson 6: Painting and re-touching

Objective 7: Lesson 7: Creating a Good Image

Objective 8: Lesson 8: Getting to Know Layers

Objective 9: Lesson 9: Taking Layers to the Max

Objective 10: Lesson 10: Getting Smart with Photoshop

Objective 11: Lesson 11: Using Adobe Photoshop Filters

Objective 12: Lesson 12: Creating Images for Web and Video

Objective 13: Lesson 13: Introducing 3D

Objective 14: Lesson 14: Photoshop CS6 New Features

Problem Nature

Understand Photoshop to pass industry certification.

Problem Data

Notes on Using Data

Students work individually through a different lesson, collect data from the lesson, and generate a shortened lesson plan.

Problem Statement

Students need to understand the tools used to create and edit images in Photoshop.

Data Manipulation Instructions

The learner uses computers at an intermediate to advanced level.

Integration Strategies

The student integrates technology using Photoshop and Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

Organization Strategies

Students will develop organizational strategies in preparing a visual add for a lesson from the Photoshop book that they worked through.

Elaboration Strategies

Students experience of creating a visual aide for working through Photoshop lessons. Students will review other students work so they may learn Photoshop concept.

Results Presentation


Students present their movies to the class.

Activities Before Using the Computer

  1. Students will proofread the Photoshop book and choose chapters they wish to do.
  2. Students sign up on a sign in sheet.

Strategies to develop students’ attitudes towards the problem, motivation, and overall mindfulness:

Students are excited about choosing their own lesson and creating a shortened lesson, they would prefer to learn with a quick tutorial then doing the whole book.

Activities While Using the Computer


Students will work at the computer

  1. Students will work through the activities in the Photoshop CS6 book.
  2. Students will create a shorten visual aide lesson from what they learned.

Activities After Using the Computer

Students will put the lessons together to be used on the high school website.

Supporting Activities

Instructor supports students through the process of working with the tools in Photoshop for each lesson. Students also support each other because students creating each lesson are in different classes.

Assessment

Students will be assessed:

Evaluation by instructor and other students in working through the student made shortened visual aide assignment.

Included in the assessment

An evaluation is how user friendly and easy the lesson flows that the student creating. Does it contain all the steps to complete and learn the lesson.