8PVI - Photo Editing

List of 10 Good Ideas:

Harry S Truman and the Japanese surrender
Ronald Reagan over a tax chart
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the interstate-highway system
Thomas Jefferson and Louisiana Purchase
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
James Madison and the War of 1812
Theodore Roosevelt with the Panama Canal
Woodrow Wilson with prohibition
Herbert Hoover with the Stock Market Crash/Great Depression
FDR with World War II

Planning Questions:

I am working by myself on this project.
I will need pixlr, a computer, and an iPad.
I plan to create edited photos of the U.S. presidents in a place/photo that relates to their presidencies.
My project will have people guessing what the presidents did by where they are.

Reflection:

Using pixlr, I created presidents of the U.S. in different places/settings because it was a fun and creative way to express historical events. I set this up so that when people see these pictures they will have to guess what the given president did. What the president did relates to where they are.
During this process, I learned how to use pixlr editing. I learned how to cut out photos and turn them into png's. I also learned how to add these png's to different photos and how to crop the photos and resize the images.
The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Global Collaborator because I am sharing my project with people. These people try and guess what each president did to end up where they are.
A challenge I overcame on this project was cropping the presidents. I was able to do it by zooming in and delicately cutting them out. Abraham Lincoln was especially difficult because it was a black and white photo and the white was very visible when contrasted with Lincoln.
Given a chance to do this again, I would change how fast I cut the presidents out. The reason why I would change it is because there are pieces of the surroundings still attached to all the presidents. If I had taken more time I could have done this more carefully and minimized the clips of their surroundings.
Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the Digital Multimedia CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to careers in photo editing.

Daily Log:

Day I:

I started the daily log, list of 10 good ideas, and planning questions.

Day II:

I finished my planning questions, list of 10 good ideas, and editing the U.S. presidents. I added them in and added their captions. I also started my reflection.

Day III:

I finished my reflection and made sure all images were public.

Day IV:

Added the video and turned in.

The Presidents of the U.S.A.

16th POTUS Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Presidential Term: (1861-1865)

34th POTUS Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)

Presidential Term: (1953-1961)

26th POTUS Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

Presidential Term: (1901-1909)

3rd POTUS Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Presidential Term: (1801-1809)

Answers:

Abraham Lincoln is over a Civil War battleground. Lincoln lead the United States through the civil war and to victory over the C.S.A.
Dwight D. Eisenhower is over the interstate highway system. Eisenhower signed the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956.
Theodore Roosevelt is over the Panama Canal. Roosevelt helped the Panamanians gain independence from Colombia and soon after built the canal allowing ships and commerce from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the isthmus.
Thomas Jefferson is in New Orleans. Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 for $15,000,000. New Orleans was included in this deal.

Video:

FullSizeRender.MOV

Page updated

Report abuse