Learning goal:

      I can search for digital images, save them, and use the images in a project.

       Novice: Searching for Digital Images

      This lesson covers searching for digital images, saving them, and using the images in a project. Students will use voice and choice to select the best resource to create a project. The purpose of searching for digital images, saving them, and using the images in a chosen project is to provide students with an authentic opportunity to share their voice through digitally enhanced projects. Students can use these skills in all types of multimedia projects in all content areas. We encourage students to collaborate in groups as they learn a new app, website, or program.

       Process: Searching Online for Images

      To complete the following six lesson steps, we recommend you use a search engine; our favorite is Google (www.google.com). If you prefer, you can adapt this process for use with a variety of other options including Microsoft Bing (www.bing.com) or Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com). In the tech tips, we have included other student-friendly search engines.

      Use a search engine to complete the following six steps for this lesson.

      1. Tell students to open the search engine and search for a curriculum-related topic.

      2. From the results screen, have them select Images to display only images.

      3. Students can narrow the search if needed using more specific terms or filter features, and then they can select an image.

      4. Tell students they should not save by right-clicking the image from this screen. This could result in a low-resolution image that may look pixelated or fuzzy when placed in a project. Instead, they should first click on the image so that it expands to fill most of the screen.

      5. Once students click through to the larger image, they should right-click on and save this high-resolution image. On a tablet, students should hold their finger on the image and save it.

      6. To address copyright issues, students should also copy the image’s web address and paste that link into a document for recording project resources.

       TECH TIPS

      Students can use the following additional search engines.

      Following are instructions for saving images on different devices.

       Connections

      You can apply this lesson to different content areas in the following suggested ways.

      • English language arts: Groups of students can create a retelling of a picture book from a different point of view. The students make the ebook with digital images they have found online.

      • Mathematics: Groups of students can search for pictures of real-life examples of three-dimensional shapes.

      • Social science: Students can search for a primary-source document, saved as an image, and insert this image into a project. These examples can be used in a final project.

      • Science: Students can search for images online to illustrate a science topic.

      • Art: Students can search for, save, and insert into a presentation different images from one artist.

      • Physical education: Students can search for images specific to a sport or activity they do in class. They can play the slideshow of images on a screen outside the school gym so other students in the school can see them.