The real basics of opening an image in photo shop

I have poured through books and videos looking for the easiest ways to teach photo shop to my students. One sunny afternoon in tiny Ada, Okla. where I teach mass communications within the ivory towers of East Central University, I began putting together some pages to help teach the basics of all basics. Since blogging is the coolest way to reach people besides texting, I thought I would begin uploading these pages. It's supposed to be fun, not complicated. Like I said, really basic and humble stuff