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Clip Art for free Check out openclipart.org!  This site is a wonderful resource for teachers as their diverse collection of clip art can be used by anyone for any reason…and it is all for free!  Copy, modify and distribute (even for commercial purposes), without the need to...

This collection of resources is all about the diverse lessons you can create to teach contour drawing for an understanding of line, outline, form, space, and many other visual devices and tools for art-making. What is contour drawing? A contour is the line which defines a form or...

A nice little lesson starter if you are using Photoshop in the classroom and you have a sense of humour – Rhett and Link sing their ‘Photoshop Song’. “Now this is a nifty optical illusion trick: You’d think that the photo above is stitched together...

Chicago Sun-Times Lays Off Entire Photo Staff, Will Give Reporters iPhoneography Training The Chicago Sun-Times, one of the remnants of traditional paper journalism, has let go its entire photography staff of 28 people. Now its reporters will start receiving “iPhone photography...

How do you teach creativity in your classroom? To get you thinking, Robert Sternberg and Wendy M. Williams have created ‘Two Dozen Tips For Teaching Creativity‘. The list can help you to assess your pedagogical practice and generate ideas for teaching and learning in...

Here’s a great lesson seed…  Ask students questions about the importance of art or the role of art-making in their life. The clip below inspired a variety of individual investigations in my classroom to answer the question, ‘What does art mean to me?’....

Looking for a new way to create engaging presentations or a tool to collate pieces and sections of information visually? Want an interesting way to explain a process or deliver step-by-step instructions? What about a visual way for students to record a learning journey or...

Every four years Lutheran Education Australia and schools across the country gather.  On September 30, they will meet to explore the theme of ‘Transforming mind, body and heart in Lutheran Education’ “During the conference there will be presentations and...

“When you make a film, you usually make a film about an idea.” Sydney Pollack   How can you use iMovie in the classroom? Well, you can use it for just about “…everything from slow motion videography to documentation, to presentations and everything...