Working with Graphics and Discussion of Jesse Miller/Jeff Hopkins

Great speaker, educational, interesting, but also created anxiety
Challenging to consider photos that other people take of us and where they might end up with social media
Kids must be so careful starting Facebook and Youtube video as it follows you everywhere in your life; it’s easy to lose control when you forget your passwords
Beware of how technology is being used with facial recognition
Question the larger implications of facial recognition programs – the information is collected for for future projects
Consider where your photos are being stored – like on Icloud which does not have the privacy security as it is in the states, Canada has better security
Think about children and consent with photography – are children really aware of what they are consenting to?

The first few weeks is asking what inquiry is, exploring what this is…
Book recommended: Diving into Inquiry by Trevor Mackenzie
Look at inquiry as an opportunity – we get to choose what we are interested in – Indigenous way of teaching lines up with Inquiry process
Inquiry is starting a process and shouldn’t end when the course is over

Using power point instead of photoshop
Photoshop and illustrator are universal but cost, not really accessible, need a license
Software listed on slides of options for vector or jpeg; https://edtechuvic.ca/edci336/category/michael/
Freeware – software asks you to pay when you get to a certain point
Power point – good alternative to photoshop or Gimphoto
pixlr – photoshop tool in the browser
#MakeSlidesFunAgain

Right click – to make into a jpeg, export as a picture
Save as gives many options for saving such as jpegs, not just slides
Double click on photo – borders, rounded, artistic effects, can put text on it, crop it, basic things you can do really quickly, make images more interesting
Shape tool to create logo – vector tool – maybe get your learners to make a logo
Highlight shapes – right click – save as image
Smart art – import shapes – quick ways to create graphics
Creative commons image – brought in and put shapes over the top to reflect ways to engage learners

Sample Image worked on in power point below (pencil crayon image: Photo by Kelli Tungay on Unsplash):

Prisma – freeware – then have to pay to have high quality
Mirror Lab
8Bit Photo
Comica – learning plans – use for students to make text or literacy, make panels, in comica or power point
Inspiraton and tools from Bryan Mathers .com – commonsense media – check out the fabulous mixer machine – #artwork
www.bryanmmathers.com

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