Course | Beginning Photoshop for Teachers

Instructor

Jennifer Hair

Jennifer Hair, M.A., is an experienced business and visual arts teacher with over 18 years of experience in the secondary classroom. She is passionate teacher educator who loves sharing her love of personal and professional development, students and integrating technology in real-world learning situations. She specializes in using social media for professional development, web technologies, and everything Adobe Creative Suite.

Catalog Description

Adobe's Photoshop program has become a mainstay to create and edit graphics as well as create and manipulate images. It's fun to use, and it can turn the most amateur photographer to a professional with just a few clicks of the mouse. This course will take a look at the basic yet powerful features of Photoshop. Even as a beginner, there are vast possibilities. Participants are encouraged to use their own images for project creation. If you've wanted to start using Photoshop but didn't know where to start, this is the course for you! Online and self-paced.

Learning Goals and Outcomes:

• Create activities that incorporate highly dynamic instructional techniques into the classroom
• Create lessons and activities that will promote interactive learning
• Explore and actively engage in the use of Photoshop and its use in education.
• Further utilize and increase working knowledge of Photoshop, develop skills in editing and altering photographs through a basic understanding of the toolbar, layers, and adjustments panel
• Analyze considerations of Photoshop for classroom use by creating, designing, and developing appropriate projects in Photoshop.
• Discover and explore educational resources dedicated to the future of visual
• Publish original designs

Credit

3 hours graduate credit through Colorado State University - Pueblo.

Credit may be available for this course and may vary by country or institution. Please verify eligibility with Connected Classroom.

Course Access Info

Once registration is complete, you will receive a welcome letter from the instructor within 48 hours with access codes and instructions for the course. If you do not hear from the instructor, please email Connected Classroom.

Cancellation Policy

A 20 USD processing fee will be assessed per person for cancellations received after registering for the course. Refunds are not issued after access to the course has been provided. Please e-mail Connected Classroom.