Week 3 :: Head Displacement

v    Objectives

Students will be able to copy and paste layered graphics to create unique pictures.

v    Standards

Students will use PowerPoint’s selection tools (wand, shapes, freehand, etc.) to highlight a shape, copy it, and paste it in front of another picture to create something new as the two pictures meld into one.

v    Anticipatory Set

“Always keeping in mind appropriate use of the computers, let your imaginations run wild with this project.  Today we are going to put a famous person’s head onto a robot’s body.”

v    Teaching

a.     Input

Explain the Selection Tools and the Arrange feature.

b.     Modeling

From the internet, get a picture of a robot and a picture of a famous person.  Drag them both onto the slide.  Copy the picture of the robot and paste it again on the slide, then trace around the famous head, copy/paste, and move it into position over the robot.

c.     Check For Understanding

Have students raise their hands if they can see the selection tool.  Have students get a picture of a robot, then right click and hover over Arrange until everyone in the row has proven they know how to do Arrange, then the whole row can go on.

v    Guided Practice/Monitoring

Students mimic the head displacement of robot+famous person.

v    Closure

“Just be very careful not to overstep the bounds of acceptable use.  No swim suits, and no switching heads of people you know without their permission.”

v    Independent Practice

For the Student Portfolio, one slide should be the robot head displacement, but then another one or even two slides can be full of student-modified pictures.  Think creative!