Digital Photography

Now Registering: Adobe Creative Cloud Tools for Photography and Images (Ed Tech Tuesdays Pick Five Series)

February 2020Josh Whiting

The next sessions of our GSD Ed Tech Tuesdays professional development series happen this evening and in two weeks. Join us in the library at Granite Connection High School on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 or at the TLC on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 to learn the basics of Photoshop and Lightroom, two tools available to secondary students and staff members as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud.

In this session, you’ll learn the basics of using some of the tools available to GSD educators in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite to enhance, edit, and create images. We’ll cover Photoshop, Lightroom, and more, and discuss some ways you can use these images and graphics to support teaching and learning.

Click here to sign up to attend this or other future GSD Ed Tech Tuesday ‘Pick Five’ Sessions.

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Grant: Best Buy Community Grants

June 2015Josh Whiting

Best Buy provides $2 million in community grants to nonprofit organizations that provide teens with places and opportunities to develop 21st century technology skills that will inspire future education and career choices.

Examples of program activities include:

Computer programming
Digital imaging (photography, graphic design, videography)
Music production
Robotics
Gaming and mobile app development

For full details about the Best Buy grant and to access all the links, please CLICK HERE.

How to Apply

Complete the grant eligibility quiz online at http://www.easymatch.com/bestbuygrant between June 2-29, 2015.
Create a user profile and an organization profile.
Preview the required elements of the grant proposal.
Identify a Best Buy location near you at www.bestbuy.com/storelocator and enter the store or location number in the grant proposal.
Complete the grant proposal by 8 a.m. EDT on June 29, 2015.
Notification date: Sept. 15, 2015.
For more information: bestbuygrant@easymatch.com or 866-625-4350.