Eleventh week

I have always wondered how I can exploit my knowledge of photography to teach students. Thus I would like to reflect on this. I have found some important points in the internet.

Five Reasons to Teach Digital Photography

An increasing number of teachers are introducing digital photography into the classroom because it provides hands-on lessons in a subject with real-world applications.

There are a plethora of reasons for integrating digital photography into daily curriculum, with the top five being:

1. Digital photography helps teach fundamental decision-making skills. Once students get their hands on a camera they must make conscious decisions in regards to lighting, angles, subject matter and a host of other factors.
2. Digital photography is the gateway to other artistic endeavors. A student who enjoys taking pictures may also learn to appreciate other forms of art, including painting and architecture. In addition, students who excel at digital photography may also do well with videography and photo editing.
3. Learning the basics of digital photography helps students better understand the media images that they are bombarded with everyday.
4. The benefits of digital photography are not limited to a single subject. Students can use digital cameras to take pictures of ancient artifacts for history class or snap shots of living organisms for science class.
5. Digital photography teaches children about the importance of respecting a variety of objects and subject matters.

Tips for Teaching Digital Photography to Students

Before you start passing around the camera, you might consider showing students samples from photography books. Then, spend a few minutes discussing how the images inspire outstanding photography. Once you introduce the subject matter, you can move on to camera basics and fundamental photo techniques.

Camera Basics

If you are using an elaborate digital camera, consider sticking to the basic features when first introducing the device to students. You don't want to overwhelm children right away. Rather, review the essential parts of the camera and save the more advanced elements for future lessons. Some of the basic lessons to teach include:

• How to hold a camera
• How to turn the camera on and off
• How to insert and remove the camera's memory card
• How to use the viewfinder
• How to snap a photo

Tenth week

This week, we continue working on the second module. We were also given extra work which are:


Task 1 : Choose a song, and then edit it by isolating the chorus of the song to make it in a ringtone. The song could either be a Malay, Mandarin, Hindi or an English song.


Task 2: The next task is to cut and paste two songs together and make it sound nice.


Task 3: The third task is to edit a song and to change the quality of the song to make it sound better. The editing must be done for the song ‘dua insan’ sung by siti and M.Nasir. The intro needs to cut out the clapping sound and the end of the song, cut out the clapping sound as well as the introduction of the singers.

Ninth week

This week, we received our second module on Photo editing. We were instructed to search for Adobe Photoshop CS3 version and also 8GB pen drive for storage.

I am quite excited about this module as I am interested in photography. I do not know much about photo editing and only know several editing software. Thus, this software will expose me to the techniques of photo editing and also to the various software such as Photoscape and Photobucket. I also made some exploration on the internet regarding photo editing.

Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they be digital photographs, traditional analog photographs, or illustrations. Traditional analog image editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such as an airbrush to modify photographs, or editing illustrations with any traditional art medium. Graphic software programs, which can be broadly grouped into vector graphics editors, raster graphics editors, and 3d modelers, are the primary tools with which a user may manipulate, enhance, and transform images. Many image editing programs are also used to render or create computer art from scratch.

Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop. The CS rebranding also resulted in Adobe offering numerous software packages containing multiple Adobe programs for a reduced price. There are two versions of Photoshop: Basic and Extended, with Extended having extra features available. Adobe Photoshop Extended is included in all of Adobe's Creative Suite offerings except Design Standard, which has the Basic version.