Lance Grimsley

This is a beginner level photo editing tutorial that students love. This lesson uses the free online photo editing program Pixlr. Check it out at www.pixlr.com. In this lesson, students will create the word Fall and make it appear to be made of leaves. This includes an update for the most up to date version of Pixlr!

In this lesson students will learn about Richard Montanez, the janitor who created Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The lesson includes a video about Montanez with questions. After learning about Montanez, students will visit Frito-Lay's website, then they will design a Lay's chip bag using a step by step tutorial. Students will then give a short presentation to the class about the chip flavor they created and why they think it will be successful. The lesson is provided as a link to the Google Slides Presen

This lesson teaches students how to cut out out a specific image from a background and then use that image to create a poster. This is a great lesson for teachers who want to create great looking presentations!. The students will find an athlete, musician or celebrity and remove them from the background. Then they will create a poster from that image. The students can take what they learn and then use it to make better presentations. My students love the results of this lesson and you will too!

This might be my students favorite lesson. In this lesson, students take an image with a head shot and put the face on another image. I typically have my students use their own face or the principals. Students love the results. This is a great lesson to introduce layers to students using the free editing program Pixlr. The lesson is provided as a pdf and with a link to the editable Google Slides Presentation. This is a step by step tutorial and no prior knowledge of Pixlr is required. Teachers o

In this lesson, students take an image and turn it into a silhouette. This lesson is similar to the old iPod ads from 2000-2011. This is a great lesson to introduce photo editing basics with the free editing program Pixlr. The lesson is provided as a pdf and with a link to the editable Google Slides Presentation. This is a step by step tutorial and no prior knowledge of Pixlr is required. Students could create fun posters with these for language arts, social studies, etc. This is updated for the

This tutorial teaches students how to use wand tool to remove a solid background with the free online photo editing program Pixlr. This is a great tutorial for TPT sellers as well. Have you ever found the perfect image, but can't get rid of the background? This tutorial will show you how. This is a step by step guide. Even a first time user should be able to follow along. This will definitely improve the look of student made presentations if they follow this tutorial. The tutorial is provided as

In this lesson students will create internet memes using the free online web editor, Glitch. Students will follow a step by step guide modifying html to create a meme. Students do not need prior knowledge to complete this assignment. The lesson is provided as a pdf and with a link to the Google Slides presentation. This would be great as a html practice lesson and definitely a great intro lesson.

This is a bundle that includes the following lessons from my Teachers Pay Teachers store: 1. Creating Inspirational Quote Posters with Adobe Spark 2. Creating a Biography with Adobe Spark 3. Creating a Video with Adobe Spark Adobe Spark is an amazing resource for creating multimedia including flyers, videos, and interactive web pages. Each lesson provided in this bundle contains a detailed step by step guide to help students of all levels create great looking projects with the help of Adobe Spa

In this lesson students will create a video from their Google Slides Presentations. This is a great project for students using Chromebooks, however this can be done with any computer. This is a step by step tutorial that teaches the students how to download the Google Slides Presentation, convert it from a pdf to jpg images, and then use those images to make a video. The free online movie maker program includes a wide range of royalty free music for the students to include in their video. The tu

This Final Cut news broadcast template includes an animated background, which can be looped, a dropzone, which is fully customizable with an image or video, and an opening news intro with background music. This is great for student broadcasts and TPT sellers who want to make a video showcasing their products. This is perfect for keyed footage. The template comes with a guide on installing and using the template. It is provided as a pdf and as a word document with a link to the fully editable Goo

This is a great lesson for students and teachers who want to learn how to make infographics. Students will look up Thanksgiving facts and create infographics using the free online program Piktochart. This is a step by step guide for all levels of learners. The tutorial is provided as a pdf and with a link to the Google Slides presentation. My students love making these and typically end up making them for their other classes as well. This is also a very fun seasonal lesson. It could easily be ad

Students will love creating these inspirational quote posters with the free online tool, Adobe Spark. This is a step by step tutorial that students of all ages can complete. Adobe Spark is one of my favorite online tools! The tutorial is provided as a pdf and with a link to the Google Slides Presentation that is fully editable. These look great when finished! My students love making these. This lesson could also be used by TPT sellers to make amazing posters for your products.

This tutorial uses free tools to created an animated pixel art gif. Students will create pixel art then animate it. This is a fun easy lesson that students will want to keep coming back to. Teachers, you can use this to create pixel art for your lessons as well!

Did you know you could create keyframe animations with iMovie? Keyframing is a powerful tool to get images to move across the screen without having to use stop motion. iMovie has the ability built in. This tutorial is a step by step guide to making a keyframe animation. All the needed files are provided. The tutorial is provided as a pdf, powerpoint, and with a link to the fully editable Google Slides Presentation. The Google Slides Presentation includes an animated preview of what the video wil

This lesson uses MIT's block based programming tool Scratch. Students will use Scratch to recreate a song using sheet music. This is a perfect lesson for all users of Scratch and a great introduction to music theory. Advanced students could take the project further by adding animations. This lesson is also perfect for any music teacher. My students love this lesson!

This is another one of those lessons I wish I had when I first started working with presentations and images. This lesson teaches students how to make quick gradient backgrounds using the free online photo editing program Pixlr. Plain colored backgrounds just look so boring compared to these gradient ones. It is such a simple thing but it makes such a difference. The lesson comes as a pdf and with a link to the fully editable Google Slides presentation. This is a step by step guide for anyone to

In this lesson students will learn how to use Adobe Spark to create really cool videos. Adobe Spark is a free easy to use tool for making all types of multimedia. The focus of this lesson is using the video maker. The tutorial is provided as a pdf and with a link to a Google Slides Presentation which is fully editable. This is a great lesson for TPT sellers who want to start incorporating videos in their lessons. Adobe Spark provides music and icon searches to use in your videos for free. The vi

This is a fully customizable lower third for Final Cut Pro X. The school logo can be easily changed as well as all of the colors and text. The lower third is animated and moves in from off the screen left. This is great for introducing those on camera. This lower third is very easy to use and it comes with a step by step guide so that anyone with basic Final Cut knowledge can install and use it. Final Cut is the best software for the price! This is would be great for TPT sellers as well.

You can create some great videos with iMovie, but when it comes to text effects iMovie is lacking. With this tutorial students will learn to use Keynote to create text effects that can be imported to iMovie. The effects can also be applied to images and shapes as well. There are many possibilities unlocked with this tutorial. The tutorial is provided as a pdf, and with a link to the Google Slides Presentation. The best part about these programs is that they both come free with new Macs. This wou

This is a Final Cut Pro X Quiz Question Template. This is great for student broadcasts. The template has an animated drop zone that lowers with sound effects. Knowledge of using green screen footage with Final Cut is required. Students will record a quiz question and create an image for the drop zone. This is very professional looking and a great addition to any broadcast. It is very easy to use and a step by step tutorial is provided as a pdf and Google Slide presentation. This could be edited