Graphics Purpose and Creation

 
1. Purpose for the original collection of graphics that I created
The purpose of the original collection of graphics was to identify an example of a mathematical
reasoning problem that could be used in an elementary classroom.
2. Target Audience
The target audience for the math problem would be teachers or students who are looking for a
more challenging problem to solve using multiplication.
2a. Why the Target Audience appropriate for the graphics collection
The target audience is appropriate for the graphics collection because it is helpful to have an
example of a reasoning problem to refer to when planning lessons. 
3. Process for each photo:

Part 1:
I first chose to use the photo taken with my iPhone 11 Pro as my original. I sent the photo from
my phone to laptop through Apple Airdrop.
I used Adobe Photoshop to edit my photos. This is an application that requires a monthly
subscription that I use to take photos of my family. It is very beneficial for editing photos of any
kind. 
 
To open a photo: 
When the application is first opened, the screen is blank and there is an open button on the right.
Click the open button and a new window will pop up. I clicked on my documents and then
clicked select and clicked on the correct picture and selected open at the bottom of the window.
The main screen of the page will become your photo. 

 
To resize the original image:
 
Using Adobe Photoshop repeat the open photo directions in part one to open the original photo.
Once the original photo has been opened, in the toolbar at the top click on the word image and
then choose image size in the dropdown. A window will pop up with a box for height and length.
Type in the numbers 8.9 x 6.7 (these are the conversions needed for a photo that is 640 x480)
and click ok. Go to file, save as and a new popup window will open. Change the file name to
“Resized” leaving the format as a JPEG then click the location that you want the photo to be
saved. I chose the desktop folder. Then click save in the pop-up window. 
 
 

To crop the image:

 
Using Adobe Photoshop, repeat the open photo directions in part one to open the original photo.
Once the original photo has been opened, click on the crop tool that is the fifth option down on
the left toolbar. It resembles a picture frame.  Click the picture where you want to begin
cropping. A dotted line will show up around the picture. Drag the corners around the part of the
photo that you want to show. Once the preferred area is selected, click the checkbox to the far
right of the top toolbar. This should create a new image with the desired crop you performed. Go
to file, save as and a new popup window will open. Change the file name to “Cropped” leaving
the format as a JPEG then click the location that you want the photo to be saved. I chose the
desktop folder. Then click save in the pop-up window. 
 
 
To add black and white to the image: 

Using Adobe Photoshop, repeat the open photo directions in part one to open the original photo.
Once the original photo has been opened, in the top toolbar click image and then adjustments. In
the drop down click black and white and then click ok in the popup window. Go to file, save as
and a new popup window will open. Change the file name to “original_adapted” leaving the
format as a JPEG then click the location that you want the photo to be saved. I chose the desktop
folder. Then click save in the pop-up window. 

Part 2:
I scanned the mathematical reasoning problem used in my original photo using the iPhone app
Genius Scan. First open the Genius Scan App and hold the phone over the document you are
scanning. Click the round button to scan the document. The document will be saved as a PDF.
Select the image of the saved PDF on the iPhone and using AirDrop, send it to a laptop. Once the
laptop receives it, double click on the PDF to open it.  Go to file, save as and a new popup
window will open. Change the file name to “scanned” and change the format from a PDF to a
JPEG in the dropdown menu. Then click the location that you want the photo to be saved. I
chose the desktop folder. Then click save in the pop-up window. 
 

To resize the scanned document:

 
Using Adobe Photoshop repeat the open photo directions in part one to open the original scanned
photo. Once the photo labeled “scanned” has been opened, in the toolbar at the top click on the
word image and then choose image size in the dropdown. A window will pop up with a box for
height and length. Type in the numbers 8.9 x 6.7 (these are the conversions needed for a photo
that is 640 x480) and click ok. Go to file, save as and a new popup window will open. Change
the file name to “scanned_adapted” leaving the format as a JPEG then click the location that you
want the photo to be saved. I chose the desktop folder. Then click save in the pop-up window. 

Part 3:
Using the Paint application on a windows computer, I opened up a new document by going to
file and then new. I then chose the open paint 3D option to the right of the top toolbar. This
opened a new window with additional paint options. I started by keeping the original white
background. I then chose the 3D library at the top and typed education in the search bar. I chose
the chalkboard and it opened in the white document. I then clicked on brushes in the top toolbar.
I chose the marker option under the brushes tab and used my finger on the touch screen to write
and number one and “Find the Given” followed by a math problem ____+ 6 = 6. Go to file, save
as and a new popup window will open. Change the file name to “paint_adapted” leaving the
format as a JPEG then click the location that you want the photo to be saved. I chose the desktop
folder. Then click save in the pop-up window.

To resize the paint JPEG:

 
Using Adobe Photoshop repeat the open photo directions in part one to open the paint photo.
Once the original photo has been opened, in the toolbar at the top click on the word image and
then choose image size in the dropdown. A window will pop up with a box for height and length.
Type in the numbers 8.9 x 6.7 (these are the conversions needed for a photo that is 640 x480)
and click ok. Go to file, save as and a new popup window will open. Change the file name to
“paint_adapted” leaving the format as a JPEG then click the location that you want the photo to
be saved. I chose the desktop folder. Then click save in the pop-up window. 
 
 
Part 4:
To find a picture from an outside source, I typed mathematical reasoning into the search engine
on unsplash.com/photos and found an image that worked for the theme used on the website. The
picture of a clock shows mathematical symbols and reasoning skills would be needed to read the
clock correctly (Yi, 2020). I right clicked on the image and chose save as in the dropdown menu
and a new popup window will open. Change the file name to “outside” leaving the format as a
JPEG then click the location that you want the photo to be saved. I chose the desktop folder.
Then click save in the pop-up window. 

 
 References

Yi, W. (2020, April 13). Retrieved from Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/Bfrk9RCOhRE