Is Seeing Believing?

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Is Seeing
Believing?

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

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Update slide template so it has a more fun and friendly feel.

Have monster holding up as sign with the EQ.

DSN: Have monster holding
up as sign with the EQ.

Why do people

alter digital photos

and videos?

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Learning Objectives

Recognize that photos and videos can be
altered digitally.

Identify different reasons why someone might alter
a photo or video.

Analyze altered photos and videos to try to
determine why.

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To change the way something
looks, sometimes using a computer
or other digital tools

Alter

KEY VOCABULARY

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● Why do you think

this photo was altered
this way?

● What was the person

who altered it trying to
accomplish?

OBSERVE + ANALYZE IMAGE

This is what happens when you
put food coloring in a lemon!

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To cause someone to
believe something

Persuade

KEY VOCABULARY

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More obvious

Less obvious

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Directions

1.

Review the image and decide what was
altered in your photograph.

2.

answer the questions

3.

Be prepared to share your group's ideas with the class.

ACTIVITY

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OBSERVE + ANALYZE IMAGE

Open Ended

What was altered in this image?

Open Ended

Why do you think this image was altered?

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OBSERVE + ANALYZE IMAGE

Open Ended

What was altered in this image?

Open Ended

Why was this image altered?

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Video: "How to Change Your Shirt"

Pair-share:

●

How was this video altered?

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Why do you think Zach King
created this video?

WATCH + DISCUSS

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Video: "How to Hitchhike"

Pair-share:

●

How was this video altered?

●

Why do you think Zach King
created this video?

WATCH + DISCUSS

Open Ended

What do you think about altering photos?

Is it OK to do?

How does it make you feel when you see photos that are clearly altered?

Exit Ticket

Before you submit this lesson...

On a half sheet of paper, please answer the following questions...
1. What have you learned about clickbait and photo altering?
2. Why do companies use clickbait and photo altering?

I will know you are done when you get out the lined sheet of paper...shhhh....don't tell the others!

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