In this lesson, students write their own alliteration-style poems, create a visual illustration of the poems, and publish them using Photoshop Elements. This activity enables students to structure text and visualize ideas in innovative ways, helping them think critically about the concepts as they construct their final products.

<p>In this lesson, students write short scripts and make a podcast in Adobe Premiere Elements. Topical podcasts can be made for most academic subject areas to enable students to explore a line of inquiry and convey meaning through script writing and commentary. Students learn how to creatively express their ideas through this novel medium.</p>

In this lesson, students draw pictures in Photoshop Elements showing how lava moves through the core of a volcano during an eruption. They then create a time-lapse video in Adobe Premiere Elements, using these pictures to replicate a volcanic eruption.

In this project, students, working in teams, begin using Adobe Flash Professional CS6 to create a simple interactive game with basic ActionScript 3.0. When the games are complete, the class will hold a game fair, with each team presenting a game. Students discover ways to use rich media and animation created with Flash for gaming. They develop skills evaluating effective uses of Flash on the web and in gaming, learn about game design, and design and build an interactive game.

In this lesson, students select a poem, identify the poetic devices, sketch a storyboard, and make a video for the poem. By doing this activity, students learn about presenting a story in pictures and about chronological order. They also learn about the importance of storyboards in creating digital movies.

Students will explore the impact of photography on impressionism by taking photographs around the school to turn into impressionist works of art. Students will illustrate their understanding of impressionist-era work through the different imaging techniques they choose to use.

Digital Design: Foundations of Web Design is a two-semester, project-based curriculum that teaches digital communication skills in the context of the professional web design and development process, using Adobe web tools. Digital Design develops four key skill areas: • Project management and collaboration • Design • Research and communication • Professional web-authoring tools

In this lesson, students use Adobe Premiere Elements to write short scripts and make a movie that creates a suspenseful moment. Students learn about techniques used in literature and film-making that create tension, and they employ this knowledge to create scenes that surprise, intrigue, and confound the audience.

In this lesson, students create a visual pun - a play on images where students use two or more images to form a new meaning. Using Photoshop Elements, students combine unrelated images and employ interesting effects to create their visual puns. This lesson helps students use technology to enhance their language arts skills and to improve communication of their ideas.

In this lesson, students turn everyday digital photographs into surrealist-style artwork using Photoshop Elements. This activity helps students enhance their creativity and better understand surrealistic techniques by working with lighting, color, and movement to transform their pictures.

To produce quality images for print, web, and video, students need to understand essential graphic design principles and how digital images are created. Adobe Photoshop CS6 is an image-manipulation tool that can help students analyse, enhance, and edit images. In this project, students learn the basics of photography, image composition, and elements of visual design as they create a collage. Students take photos and gather images from various sources, identifying elements of visual design that reflect good composition.

In a variety of academic subjects and concepts, students can use collages combined with audio clips to convey meaning and understanding by visually representing their ideas and communicating a story. In this lesson, students investigate the architecture of a certain time or place and visually represent the style in a collage.

Logos can evoke immediate associations with companies or specific products. Organisations and corporations use logos to identify themselves and set up brands. A logo should be unique, functional, and versatile. In this project, students view sample logos and discuss colour theory and design principles used in the logos. Students plan, create, and build a logo for use in other publications, such as business cards, menus, or advertisements. Students learn about file formats, resolution, and image size and select appropriate settings for a variety of final product scenarios.

Portfolios communicate accomplishments, works in progress, or personal history. Individuals use a portfolio to showcase their work when applying for a job. Traditionally, a portfolio is a large book or leather case containing design samples. With PDF Portfolios, individuals can share print, design, and interactive work in a variety of ways: e-mail, print, and online. In this project, students create the elements of a PDF Portfolio with Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe InDesign CS6, and Adobe Acrobat X Pro.

In this lesson, students define a word visually using Photoshop Elements and add it to their class visual and audio dictionary. Students analyze a word and construct a visual representation of its meaning, thereby building higher order thinking skills.

Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Design curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Flash Professional CS6. Technical guides include: 1. Overview of the Adobe Flash Professional CS6 workspace 2. Understanding Flask graphic files types 3. How to organize content 4. Symbols, instances, and the library 5. How to use guides and rulers

Use this collection of technical tutorials, from the Digital Design curriculum, to learn how to use Adobe Fireworks CS6. Technical guides include: 1. Overview of Adobe Fireworks CS6 workspace 2. How to create a wireframe 3. How to create a design comp 4. How to prepare photographs 5. How to optimize images 6. How to create a prototype 7. How to create interactive navigation

Students will demonstrate their understanding of abstract concepts through the creation of a visual representation of the concept. In this lesson, students create visual representations of the atom to illustrate their understanding of the atom and its elements.

In this project, student teams use their client-approved design documents for the technical build of a website. Teams will learn about technical features to enhance the look and feel, consistency, and usability of their websites. They will also learn how to conduct technical and usability tests of their client websites and make any necessary revisions. The main focus of this project is for students to develop reusable content, templates, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) based on the page layout described in their design documents and production storyboards.

In this lesson, students investigate the literal and figurative meanings for idioms by visualizing their ideas in Photoshop Elements. These visualizations offer a different way to structure information, which can lead to students being able to identify new connections and draw new conclusions.

In this project, students will use their knowledge of design principles, HTML, and CSS to customise an existing widget. Through analysing widgets and websites, they will learn to identify purpose and audience and to use design principles to emphasise purpose and audience. They will also learn about the phases of web production and about publishing web projects. The main focus of this project is for students to learn and understand how CSS is used to create consistency and allow for easy site-wide changes.