CUMBRIA ADULT EDUCATION
Lesson Plan 1
The Photographic Process
Title:
Tutor:
Adrian John
Subject:
ICT
Course:
Digital Photography
Date:
9/25/2013
Time:
18.00 – 20.00
Location:
Abbotsmead CDC
Session:
1 out of 6
Code:
ABC 85
Broad aims
Students should have an understanding of:
 The complete digital photographic process
 Common faults in pictures
 What makes a good picture
Smart objectives
Students should be able to:
 Spot differences in resolution
 Describe the points in the digital photo process where the image is changed
 See what might count as a technical fault in a picture.
Methods and materials to be used
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Presentation
Group work
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Oral questioning
Pair work
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Class discussion
Role play
Interactive Plasma
Computer programs
Laptop/Desktop
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Photographs
Pdf Exercise
SD Cards and Readers
Time
Activities
Resources
Before
Set up laptop and check interactivity
Set up tripod and camera
Make sure picture is showing on screen
Get documentation ready
Give out name labels for identification
Sort out money
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One-to-one
Practical work
Individual tasks
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Own Cameras
Reference materials
Web Site
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Learning Checks
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Time
Activities
Resources
Learning Checks
18.05
Welcome
Induction checklist
Summarise course plan and
objectives
Powerpoint
18.10
Summarise lesson plan and
objectives
Powerpoint
18.20
Ask each member of the group
to say something about
themselves and why they want
to be on the course.
The group!
None!
18.35
Expo
The Photographic Process.
Powerpoint~
Camera
Tripod
Computer
Printer
Individual questions and
responses.
19.00
Break
Tea and Coffee
Biscuits
19.10
Group work – round robin
Comparing resolutions of
different pictures.
1) Sort them into order of
sharpness.
2) Looking for problems in
pictures
3) What makes a good picture
Make notes.
4) Which is the best of these
two pictures.
Prepared copies
Individual questions and
of pictures in three
responses.
different
Group responses.
categories.
19.30
Group work
Feedback from each group
19.40
Initial Eval
Form from forms
central
19.50 –
20.00
Summarise lesson
Say what we are doing next
lesson.
Powerpoint
After
Go through things with individuals
Assess current level.
Reflection and critical evaluation
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This is not looking too good. I’ve prepared this course to be about manipulating digital
images. This group – to a woman – want to find out about their cameras and how to use
them.
One member of the group was very confident and a little too noisy for some people. This
caused a bit of negativity from some people.
I will have to completely rewrite this course to fit the group!
I abandoned the initial eval for this reason as it seemed irrelevant.
June 2012
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Lesson Plan 2
Title:
Using Your Camera
Tutor:
Adrian John
Subject:
ICT
Course:
Digital Photography
Date:
2/10/2013
Time:
18.00 – 20.00
Location:
Abbotsmead CDC
Session:
2 out of 6
Code:
ABC 85
Broad aims
Students should have an understanding of:
 Compromise between depth of field and shutter speed.
 Creative use of shutter speed and depth of field.
 Selecting different picture modes on your camera.
Smart objectives
Students should be able to:
 Find different picture modes on the camera
 Set their camera to take a portrait
 Set their camera to take a landscape
Methods and materials to be used
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Presentation
Group work

Oral questioning
Pair work

Class discussion
Role play
Interactive Plasma
Computer programs
Laptop/Desktop

Photographs
Pdf Exercise
SD Cards and Readers
Time
Activities
Resources
Before
Set up laptop and check interactivity
Set up tripod and camera
Make sure picture is showing on screen
Get documentation ready
Give out name labels for identification
Sort out money
18.00
Welcome
Go over new plan for sessions.
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One-to-one
Practical work
Individual tasks
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Own Cameras
Reference materials
Web Site
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Learning Checks
PowerPoint
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Time
Activities
Resources
Learning Checks
18.10
Go over plan for today.
PowerPoint
18.15
Basics of photography
Use the room as an example of
a camera and ask what is
happening to the light,
imagining the window as a pin
hole and then as a lens.
18.35
Look at examples of pictures in
PowerPoint and ask what can
be said about aperture and
shutter speed.
PowerPoint
19.00
Break
Tea and Coffee
Biscuits
19.10
Examine own cameras and find
menu options for Portrait and
Landscape modes.
PowerPoint
Students find these modes on
their cameras.
19.30
Demo of depth of field
Set up room to take two
pictures. One with narrow depth
of field. One with large depth of
field.
My camera and
tripod. Computer
and card reader.
Comments and questions
during discussion.
19.50 –
20.00
Summarise lesson
Say what we are doing next
lesson.
Remind about break next week.
PowerPoint
After
Go through things with individuals
Comments and questions
during discussion.
Responses to questions and
contributions to discussion.
Reflection and critical evaluation
The group seemed a lot happier with the new plan and the feeling at the end of this
session was a lot more positive. I’ll do a first eval next lesson – though it seems a bit late!
Observed next week it seems. That should be fun. It seems that I got a 3 for my iPad
course last Autumn. Nice to find out 8 months later.
Noisy individual a lot quieter this week. Still a bit too loud though and overconfident.
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Lesson Plan 3
Title:
Using Your Camera– Part 2
Tutor:
Adrian John
Subject:
ICT
Course:
Digital Photography
Date:
16/10/2013
Time:
18.00 – 20.00
Location:
Abbotsmead CDC
Session:
3 out of 6
Code:
ABC 85
Broad aims
Students should have an understanding of:
 Focusing and exposure.
 ISO settings.
 Picture saving formats.
 Colour balance.
Smart objectives
Students should be able to:
 See how to select different options on their camera
 Give examples of situations where colour balance may be a problem
 Change the size of picture their camera takes
Methods and materials to be used
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Presentation
Group work

Oral questioning
Pair work

Class discussion
Role play
Interactive Plasma
Computer programs
Laptop/Desktop



Photographs
Pdf Exercise
SD Cards and Readers
Time
Activities
Resources
Before
Set up laptop and check interactivity
Set up tripod and camera
Make sure picture is showing on screen
Get documentation ready
Give out name labels for identification
Sort out money
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One-to-one
Practical work
Individual tasks
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Own Cameras
Reference materials
Web Site
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Learning Checks
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Time
Activities
Resources
18.00
Welcome
Summarise lesson plan and
objectives
Powerpoint
18.10
Recap on last weeks ideas.
Use photo of Jack Nicholson to
see what they have understood
and remind them of the ideas
Powerpoint
Comments and answers made
during discussion.
PowerPoint
Comments and Questions.
Individual checks and
discussions.
18.25
Focussing options on your
camera. Expo how point of
focus can be changed.
Metering options
Learning Checks
Two stage shutter release on all
cameras.
18.45
Look for focussing options on
their own camera
Own cameras
19.00
Break
Tea and Coffee
Biscuits
19.10
Group work. Same as before.
Problem pictures.
Printed photos
and copies on
PowerPoint.
19.25
Expo:
Picture sizes
Colour Balance
PowerPoint
19.30
Group work.
Find out how to set focus,
colour balance, metering and
size options on your own
camera.
Learners own
cameras and my
camera for demo.
19.55 –
20.00
Summarise lesson
Say what we are doing next
lesson.
PowerPoint
After
Go through things with individuals
Discussions with groups and
individuals.
Discussions with groups and
individuals.
Reflection and critical evaluation
This seemed to go OK.
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Lesson Plan 4
Title:
Camera Feedback
Tutor:
Adrian John
Subject:
ICT
Course:
Digital Photography
Date:
23/10/2013
Time:
18.00 – 20.00
Location:
Abbotsmead CDC
Session:
4 out of 6
Code:
ABC 85
Broad aims
Students should have an understanding of:
 The information that their camera gives them about a shot they have just taken
 Optical and Digital zooms
Smart objectives
Students should be able to:
 Interpret a histogram
 See exif data
Methods and materials to be used
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Presentation
Group work

Oral questioning
Pair work

Class discussion
Role play
Interactive Plasma
Computer programs
Laptop/Desktop



Photographs
Pdf Exercise
SD Cards and Readers
Time
Activities
Resources
Before
Set up laptop and check interactivity
Set up tripod and camera
Make sure picture is showing on screen
Get documentation ready
Give out name labels for identification
Sort out money
18.00
Welcome
Summarise lesson plan and
objectives
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One-to-one
Practical work
Individual tasks

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


Own Cameras
Reference materials
Web Site
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Learning Checks
PowerPoint
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Time
Activities
Resources
Learning Checks
18.15
Find information that their own
cameras give while taking and
after taking a picture.
Own cameras
Students report back on how
their cameras.
18.40
Histograms. What is is and an
explanation.
19.00
Break
Tea and Coffee
Biscuits
19.10
Group exercise
Looking at histograms and
trying to match them up to a set
of pictures.
Photographs and
note paper.
Responses while circulating.
19.40
Plenary
Ask each group to give their
responses. Record these on the
flipchart and compare answers.
Flip chart,
students own
responses.
Q + A and responses from
groups.
19.50 –
20.00
Summarise lesson
Say what we are doing next
lesson.
PowerPoint
After
Go through things with individuals
PowerPoint
Individual responses to
questions.
Reflection and critical evaluation
Everybody managed to find the feedback from their own cameras. Denise camera would
not do histograms, but she was able to see the exif data.
Histograms were hard for most people and a lot of people got the wrong idea to start with
(most notable Jeff) Most were getting there by the end, though the plenary proved very
useful, there are still a lot of students who have not quite got this difficult concept.
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Lesson Plan 5
Title:
Basic Photo Editing and Sharpness
Tutor:
Adrian John
Subject:
ICT
Course:
Digital Photography
Date:
6/11/2013
Time:
18.00 – 20.00
Location:
Abbotsmead CDC
Session:
5 out of 6
Code:
ABC 85
Broad aims
Students should have an understanding of:
 How software can alter digital images
 How to see what extra information (exif) is stored with every photo that they take.
Smart objectives
Students should be able to:

Methods and materials to be used
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Presentation
Group work

Oral questioning
Pair work

Class discussion
Role play
Interactive Plasma
Computer programs
Laptop/Desktop

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
Photographs
Pdf Exercise
SD Cards and Readers


One-to-one
Practical work
Individual tasks

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
Own Cameras
Reference materials
Web Site
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Time
Activities
Resources
Before
Set up laptop and check interactivity
Set up tripod and camera
Make sure picture is showing on screen
Make sure that software is up and running
Have SD Cards and card readers ready
18.00
Starter
What do you think this is for?
Colour correction
Show them the colour correction
cards
cards and ask them to think
about what they might be for.
Learning Checks
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Time
Activities
Resources
18.10
Welcome
Summarise lesson plan and
objectives
PowerPoint
18.15
Chessboard Problem
Hand out chessboard picture
and ask for comments about
squares A and B.
Hand-outs with
chessboard
picture and
PowerPoint
18.30
Basic photo editing.
Introduction to Picasa
Interactive Plasma
screen. Picasa
software
18.45
Students working in six groups
examine photos and do some
cropping, white balance
manipulation. Examine exif data
and histograms.
Pictures saved to
accessible area
on network.
Desktop
computers with
Picasa software
available
19.00
Break
Tea and Coffee
Biscuits
19.10
Answer the question about the
colour correction cards.
Colour correction
cards
19.20
Introduce ideas about
sharpness
PowerPoint
19.20
Continue working with Picasa,
exploring ideas about
sharpness. Seeing what affect
edits have on pictures.
Pictures saved to
accessible area
on network.
Desktop
computers with
Picasa software
available
19.50 –
20.00
Summarise lesson
Say what we are doing next
lesson.
PowerPoint
After
Go through things with individuals
Learning Checks
Individual responses and
questions.
Discussions with individuals
and with groups.
Individual responses and
questions.
Discussions with individuals
and with groups.
Reflection and critical evaluation
Some card readers were very reluctant to work with the Windows 8 computers in the
room. This made it hard for some learners to access their photos from their camera. I
need to get better ones so that they will actually work.
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More positive feedback from this session. People seems to enjoy it and appreciate what
they had done.
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Lesson Plan 6
Title:
Summary and Multiple Shot Options
Tutor:
Adrian John
Subject:
ICT
Course:
Digital Photography
Date:
13/11/2013
Time:
18.00 – 20.00
Location:
Abbotsmead CDC
Session:
6 out of 6
Code:
ABC 85
Broad aims
Students should have an understanding of:
 What different kind of multiple shot may be available on their camera
 What has been covered on the whole course
 Considering the shots they are taking and how to allow for different situations
Smart objectives
Students should be able to:
 Select a multiple shot option from their menu
 See what sort of situations are likely to cause problems for exposure or colour
balance or shutter speed.
Methods and materials to be used

Presentation
Group work

Oral questioning
Pair work

Class discussion
Role play
Interactive Plasma
Computer programs
Laptop/Desktop


Photographs
Pdf Exercise
SD Cards and Readers
Time
Activities
Before
Set up laptop and check interactivity
Set up tripod and camera
Make sure picture is showing on screen
Chocolate cakes
18.00
Starter
What do you think this is for?
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One-to-one
Practical work
Individual tasks
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

Own Cameras
Reference materials
Web Site
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Resources
Colour correction
cards
Learning Checks
Comments and questions
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Time
Activities
Resources
Learning Checks
18.05
Welcome
Summarise lesson plan and
objectives
Powerpoint
18.15
Multiple shots
Discuss the different types of
multiple shots available.
Powerpoint
Individual responses.
18.30
Look at own camera and see
what the options are for multiple
shots. Try some out.
Upload pictures onto the
desktops to see what they have
taken and discuss
improvements.
SD Cards and
Readers
See pictures taken.
See cameras in different
modes.
19.00
Break
Tea and Coffee
Chocolate cakes
Chocolate éclairs
Individual responses.
19.10
Answers to starter about the
colour correction cards.
Discussion about this.
Colour correction
cards
19.20
What do you need to be careful
of?
Students are in groups
according to the camera that
they have.
Print outs of
Look at a selection of
photographs
photographs and see what
might make them difficult to take
well. How would they correct for
this on their camera.
19.50 –
20.00
Summarise lesson
Say what we are doing next
lesson.
After
Go through things with individuals
Individual and group
responses
Powerpoint
Reflection and critical evaluation
This was a pleasing session. They enjoyed looking at the pictures and considering what it
was that might make them hard to take. They felt that this was useful.
New card readers were a lot better. Though still a few problems.
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They are working very well in groups. It is interesting to see different partnerships
forming. Also good to see that several (Jane, John particularly) are starting to experiment
for themselves.
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