Embedded Files
Jump Start By Finding An Image
Jump Start By Finding An Image
Find an image from your favorite digital photo archive or from your community members.
Here are some suggestions of California-centric places to start your search:
Calisphere - https://calisphere.org
Tessa - https://tessa.lapl.org/
Online Archive of California - https://oac.cdlib.org/
USC ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries - https://one.usc.edu/
San Francisco Public Library - San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection - http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/
Save Your Image
Save Your Image
*Screenshot in macOS: Cmd + Shift + 4. You can clip the file to save File is saved on your desktop. *Screenshot in Windows: Windows Key + PRTSCN (usually located between F12 and Scroll Lock key) . You will save the entire screen as a PNG and the file is saved in your Pictures > Screenshots folder.
On an iPhone, to make a screenshot depends on the age of your phone. There are 3 possibilities: is off button + left volume button, off button + home button or hot button + left volume button.
On an Android, there are also multiple possibilities: holding down the off button will bring up the screenshot option or holding on the power and volume buttons at the same time.
Introducing Crayola Color Camera App (Android/iOS - FREE)
Introducing Crayola Color Camera App (Android/iOS - FREE)
You can download this free app and select Crayola Colors of the World.
Click the +
Select the Orange option, Import a photo from your device.
Play with the settings to get your desired outcome.
Save the image or send it to print to a printer.
Crayola Color Camera + Calisphere demo (1:30)
For Further Exploration
For more detailed coloring pages, you will have to consider using photo editing software. We create coloring pages using photo editing software because we start our work using photographs and we're building our drawings on top of the photographs themselves, pixel-by-pixel.
Photopea
Photopea is a free cloud-based photo editing software. You don't need to have an account to use; however, you can create an account and login through Google account.
You will have to save your file on your computer. Photopea does not automatically save your file. Photopea saves the file in PSD format which works with both Photopea and Adobe Photoshop.
You can export your image file from Photopea as PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, and other image formats.
Photopea is accessible here: http://photopea.com/.
Photopea
For this exercise, you will be using Photopea to create a simplified black and white image that could be used as a coloring page.
There are two basic steps to this exercise. You will learn how to open an image as a layer. You will also learn how to manipulate the image so that it becomes a simplified black & white image that can be printed out and colored.
There are written instructions below, as well as a video that shows the process. (Note: The Somervilles are misidentified as the Dunbars.)
(See finished project to the left.)
Another Free Software Option (GIMP)
Another Free Software Option (GIMP)
GIMP is a free cross-platform photo editor available for macOS, Windows, and more. If you have access to computers, you can consider installing GIMP on them.
Included below are the video instructions on how to get started as well as tips and tricks.
GIMP is available here: http://gimp.org.
Publishing a Coloring Book
Publishing a Coloring Book
If your students are super enthused about the coloring book idea, you can DIY it and make it using Google Docs or Microsoft Word. Here is a website with free booklet templates for Microsoft Office. https://anatomicair.com/book-templates
However, if you are going to get it professionally printed, here is a short video on what you need to do to get your images and text ready to print and what to do to get a file ready for a print shop.
The link for Scribus is here: https://www.scribus.net.
Spreadsheet Database of the Octavia Lab's Hidden Heroes Project
Spreadsheet Database of the Octavia Lab's Hidden Heroes Project
Common Core Alignment
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Evaluate an author's premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.
Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
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Research to Build and Present Knowledge:
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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Comprehension and Collaboration:
Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
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Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
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