Final Media Project: Teaching Students how to Use Digital Photos for the Lego Project Cherie Post

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Final Media Project Teaching Students how to
Use Digital Photos for the Lego Project Cherie
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The Lego Project teaches students to--

• -- Create something with Legos
• -- Write clear instructions on how you did it
• -- Use specific descriptive details
• -- Incorporate visuals with written materials
• -- Communicate with others on the team

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Pictures add a lot

• Here is one of my students projects from this
  semester.
• We used my digital camera to take the pictures.

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Advantages of Using Photos

• Many students feel self conscious about their
  drawing abilities
• Pictures are more colorful
• Pictures are more accurate
• You can take pictures of multiple views to help
  reader get a better understanding of how to
  assemble the Lego kit

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Obstacles to Using Photos

• Many students do not have experience working with
  digital photos
• Some have experience with only one specific
  software package
• Many have limited access to computers outside of
  class.
• So it has to be easily learned and quick to do!

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My suggestions

• Save all pictures as .jpeg, because it seems to
  be the easiest format to work with

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Use a simple program

• Try Paint
• You can find it under Accessories, on the list of
  programs from the start bar
• Paint is great for beginners, because it has a
  much simpler look, fairly easy to use tools, and
  does a pretty good job

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Refer to my Handout
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Open and Edit your Picture
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The original picture
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Now edit your picture
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Insert the picture into text and make any final
changes (resize)
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Here is my final picture