April 10th (Day 2)

I absolutely loved how we started class today. Looking at all of the different photographs and attempting to figure out if they were photo shopped or not. I had no idea that photographs could look so real and yet be completely fake. Since I am not that used to working with computers I was honestly really surprised. It was quite interesting to me to look at the photos and try to look for the clues that shows whether or not they are authentic. I was unaware of all the clues and tells when looking at a photograph. Then, when we went over photo shop I was unbelievably overwhelmed. Never before have I used the program and I never imagined there could be so many options and things available to us. However, I am really excited to mess around with it and discover for myself each of the tools it offers. A lot of what we went over also really resided with me for when I have a classroom of my own. For example, all of the magazines that may have pictures that are not real in them. As a teacher I want to make sure I am giving my students the correct information, so I now know I need to watch out for that and use the correct resources. Before this class I never would have thought this way, and now I am glad I have all of this information!