Assessment: Selfie de Milo
Ask students what apps or services they or their friends use to manipulate selfies after they’ve been taken. Make a list of students’ suggestions on the board and briefly note what each one is most useful for (some are good for adding filters, for example, while others specialize in removing blemishes.) Make sure to include a few that work with uploaded photos as well as camera phones.
If students don’t name any you can have them look for other tools at https://alternativeto.net/category/phots-and-graphics/photo-editor/?feature=photo-retouching.
Have students access the student chapter Selfie de Milo and explain the assignment to students: they are to find a photo or other image at least 50 years old (possible sources are provided on the assignment sheet) and manipulate it, using the tools and techniques of their choice, to fit the “selfie aesthetic.” Students then annotate the final image to show why and how they manipulated it.
(Note that because the listed resources are galleries of historic art, some images include nudity or graphic content. If you prefer you can curate a collection of images for your students to choose from instead.)
You can assess students’ work with the Assessment Rubric.