Digital+Photography

Project Goal: I will be teaching a pilot course in digital photography next spring. The goal for this project is to have a finished courset that uses Moodle as the primary organization tool. In order to finish this project there are a few things that need to be tested and decided:
 * 1) Find a good tool for student critiques.
 * 2) Decide on the best applications to use for teaching digital photography.
 * 3) a good editor that will allow for easy movement to professional tools such as Photoshop.
 * 4) A good digital asset management application (DAM), such as Adobe Lightroom, or Apple Aperture.
 * 5) A stitching app.
 * 6) A tone mapping app.
 * 7) Three good student projects that will be alligned to at least three state/district art standards:
 * 8) Using materials, techniques, and processes
 * 9) communication of ideas, themes, and feelings through original works of art.
 * 10) Understanding and using elements of art, and principles of design.
 * 11) Each project will have the following elements:
 * 12) Research about the theme of the project.
 * 13) New techniques
 * 14) Creation of original works
 * 15) Starting with generating ideas on a wiki, and then with a camera
 * 16) Re-working ideas based on feedback,
 * 17) Producing final works which communicate the idea, and making a final print of the work.
 * 18) Critique of the work.
 * 19) Using an online tool for critique of works in progress (WIP).
 * 20) Critique will focus on what can be done to improve the work to better communicate the idea.
 * 21) The project should engage students for 5-6 weeks, in an alternating block schedule, 12-15 classes.