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Computer Science

Ma whero ma pango ka oti ai te mahi

With red and black the work will be complete - refers to different people or groups of people cooperating and working together

Image manipulation is when images are enhanced, manipulated, altered or modified in a way that's pleasing to our eyes or to obtain a certain effect for certain reasons/goal objective we have in mind. Basically, it is anything that changes an image from its original state.

You can use free software like Gimp or pay for the likes of Adobe Photoshop, that professionals use. Some things you could do are removing blemishes on a face, changing backgrounds, smooth out rugged areas, cropping, changing to black & white, combining multiple elements etc.

You can do some cool things!

Beauty Standards

Task 1

Learn Gimp


Task 2

Mini Project

Digital Nameplate

Task 3

Major Project

Digital MihiMihi

NZ CURRICULUM

Digital Technologies | Progress Outcomes

Designing and developing Digital Outcomes FOR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

At the end of this topic students will have had the opportunity to cover;

  • make decisions about creating, manipulating, storing, retrieving, sharing, and testing digital content for a specific purpose, given particular parameters, tools, and techniques PO2

  • understand that digital devices impact on humans and society and that both the devices and their impact change over time PO2

  • identify the specific role of components in a simple input-process-output system and how they work together, and they recognise the "control role” that humans have in the system PO2

  • select from an increasing range of applications and file types to develop outcomes for particular purposes PO2

  • follow a defined process to design, develop, store, test, and evaluate digital content to address given contexts or issues, taking into account immediate social, ethical, and end-user considerations PO3

  • identify the key features of selected software and choose the most appropriate software and file types to develop and combine digital content PO3

  • understand the role of operating systems in managing digital devices, security, and application software and are able to apply file management conventions using a range of storage devices PO3

  • understand that with storing data comes responsibility for ensuring security and privacy PO3