photo club with the mobile lab!
Yesterday we had our first mobile lab experience with the photo club. Linda came over to help out- which was awesome- and she, Wendy and I hung out with five of the photo club kids. I'm so glad Linda came, because I think adult's opinions really matter to the kids and as she told them that their pictures were great and showed them how to use photoshop I think they enjoyed the opportunity to hear from another adult who isn't working with them because it's their job. Paige, our volunteer, does that as well- it's very clear to the kids that these people don't have to be here and that's why it's so important that they are.
We put each kid's pictures into their own folder on Wendy's computer earlier, and so Wendy just made CDs for each kid with all of their pictures on it. The kids each had one of the ibooks (oh were they ever excited about that!) and they learned how to put the CD in and find their pictures, and take the five they want for the art show and put them in a folder they created on the desktop.
Then they opened up photoshop, and learned how to edit their pictures- we did brightness and contrast, and also color with hues and saturation. The kids are also very familai with the "undo" action now. They titled their pictures for the show and then we just goofed around in simpletext and made the computer talk.
It was so much fun, and I think the kids learned a lot- and it was very clear that they were proud of knowing how to do something after being shown only once. I showed one of the girls how to save her picture to the desktop, and she said "I'll never remember all that!" and the next thing I know she's on her fourth one, and she's saying, "Roxanne! I did it all by myself!" I stopped what I was doing and told her that was awesome, and I think she noticed that I had stopped what I was doing and took the time to look at her when I said it because she just beamed. It was so amazing.
The kids all took so many amazing pictures that it was hard to choose, and it was also hard to watch them make everyone in their picture blue or change the contrast so the picture didn't look like a picture anymore. But we had faith in the kids- at one point one of the boys said, "you know I think I like it the way it is!" and left it the way it was, and his friend nex to him said, I just changed the contrast a little so you can see detail in the flower". Maybe I shouldn't feel proud of the kids because I really didn't do much except get them the computers and lend them my camera, but I felt like I was about to burst.
I can't wait for the show!
We put each kid's pictures into their own folder on Wendy's computer earlier, and so Wendy just made CDs for each kid with all of their pictures on it. The kids each had one of the ibooks (oh were they ever excited about that!) and they learned how to put the CD in and find their pictures, and take the five they want for the art show and put them in a folder they created on the desktop.
Then they opened up photoshop, and learned how to edit their pictures- we did brightness and contrast, and also color with hues and saturation. The kids are also very familai with the "undo" action now. They titled their pictures for the show and then we just goofed around in simpletext and made the computer talk.
It was so much fun, and I think the kids learned a lot- and it was very clear that they were proud of knowing how to do something after being shown only once. I showed one of the girls how to save her picture to the desktop, and she said "I'll never remember all that!" and the next thing I know she's on her fourth one, and she's saying, "Roxanne! I did it all by myself!" I stopped what I was doing and told her that was awesome, and I think she noticed that I had stopped what I was doing and took the time to look at her when I said it because she just beamed. It was so amazing.
The kids all took so many amazing pictures that it was hard to choose, and it was also hard to watch them make everyone in their picture blue or change the contrast so the picture didn't look like a picture anymore. But we had faith in the kids- at one point one of the boys said, "you know I think I like it the way it is!" and left it the way it was, and his friend nex to him said, I just changed the contrast a little so you can see detail in the flower". Maybe I shouldn't feel proud of the kids because I really didn't do much except get them the computers and lend them my camera, but I felt like I was about to burst.
I can't wait for the show!
posted by rox @ 3:52 p.m.
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