Something New With Technology

"I did something new with technology today."

Today is Sunday June 9, 2013, and to be perfectly honest, no, I have not done anything new with technology today. The only thing that might count, is that I figured out my mother's Wi-Fi password. That took all of 5 seconds and was nothing new. If we expand the title from "new today" to "new this week" than the answer would be "yes, I have learned new things about technology." So, that's what I will be discussing today. 

Currently, I am enrolled in Dr.Abed's EDT 510 Photoshop class (Apple S!). I am LOVING this course! I almost wish I could take it during the real school year, rather than have everything jammed into 5 weeks, but oh well. I am learning so much about this new technology! The first week we learned about selection tools and how to take only 1 part of your picture and select it. There are many different ways that we learned about, my favorites being the magnetic lasso and the magic wand. Last week we learned about changing the colors and making the image look different (by making it opaque or adding a mask). This is a really neat tool. I n the classroom, many of the children are very visual, they need that image to grab their attention, to better help them "see" what you are talking about. Photoshop comes in handy that way because I can create the message I am sending to my students. Other than Photoshop, and of course 514 class, I am taking the summer easy, technology-wise, so that's all that's new on my front. Can't wait to read about what's new with you in your blog!