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Lesson 3: Editing photos

Exploring different effects, filters and editing tools used in transforming the look of photographic images captured.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: What do you remember? and arrange the children into pairs.

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In this unit

Assessment – Computing Y1: Digital imageryLesson 1: Planning a photo storyLesson 2: Taking photos
Lesson 3: Editing photos – Google
Lesson 3: Editing photos – Microsoft*New* Lesson 3: Editing photos – SketchpadLesson 4: Searching for imagesLesson 5: Photo collage
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