WEEK 4 – 22^nd September

7.1 Lesson 3 Where I live – Adding Images

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In today’s lesson you will learn how to;

• Find suitable images for each slide
• Be able to alter the images
• Insert them into a presentation

 

STARTER – Image Cards

Grab a white board, pen and cloth.  Work in pairs. 

1. Open Starter Image Cards and decide which group or groups of people would like each image.  Choose from Teenagers / Older People / Nobody / Everybody. 
2. What makes some images appeal to different audiences?
3. What makes some images unappealing?

It is important to use powerful pictures – positive images will appeal to students and their parents e.g. smiling children, action shots of students doing sport, friendly dinner ladies. 

 

Task 1 Finding Images on the Internet

Use Google Image Search to find images of your local area.  Use keywords and the + sign to narrow your search. E.g. “Shrewsbury” + “River Severn”. 

 

Task 2 Collecting and Saving Images for your Presentation

1. Collect and decide on one image for each of your slides.  NOTE: the maximum number of images allowed per slide is two.  Your images must appeal to all age groups. 
2. When you have found a good images, right click on it and choose Save Picture As.  Give it a name you will recognise e.g. Music Hall.  Create a new folder in your Unit 7.1 Where I Live folder.  Call this subfolder Images or Pictures.  REMEMBER to save all of your images for your presentation in here. 

 

Task 3 Inserting Images into your Presentation

1. Open the slide in which you want to insert the image. 
2. Choose Insert / Picture / From File.  Find the Image or Picture folder.  Find the image and click Insert.  The image will appear on your slide. 

 

Task 4 Editing images

• Crop

To cut unwanted areas off an image, open the Picture toolbar (View / Toolbars / Picture) Select the picture and choose the crop tool.  Click and drag on the picture’s selection handles to cut off the bit you don’t want.  To come out of Crop mode, click on the page away from the image. 

• Resize

To make a picture bigger or smaller, select the picture and click and drag on a corner selection handle.  IMPORTANT if your don’t use the corner handles you will distort the image!

 

TEST YOURSELF

Work in your pairs.  Show your partner the images you have selected.  Constructive criticisms – share you thoughts with your partner, but be mindful of their feelings.  What images do you like?  What images don’t your like? Tactfully suggest one improvement!