Photoshop Phantoms

I am a little behind in creating this post, but all's well that ends well, right? Well, a couple of weeks ago my class started working with Photoshop. When trying to think of an alliterative title for this post, "phantoms" came to mind. To make sure that title would work logically, I naturally googled the definition. One of the definitions for "phantoms" that thefreedictionary.com brought up was, "something dreaded or despised." BINGO!!

Okay, I didn't really dread or despise working with Photoshop; my usual panic was just very prevalent whenever I thought about it. Even though the program is frequently used at my house, I had never before been the one using it. However, I can now say that I have used Photoshop all by myself.

My lesson learned regarding the elusive phantoms? Well, I figure that many of my future students will also be wary of trying new things. Their new things might not be related to technology--in fact, their "new" things might be actually reading a book instead of waiting for the movie to come out (novel idea, I know--pun intended). My point is that I need to keep in mind the hesitant feelings I had so that I can be a more patient educator when my students are resistant to what I want them to learn. We'll see how well that works!!