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While the concept of mixing media is certainly not a new idea in Visual Art, working with a seamless combination of digital tools and traditional art-making processes is still a fairly recent proposition in many art education programs. Considered instructional design can produce...

  This week I’ve been collaborating with Year 4 students, and their inspiring classroom teacher and fellow ADE Dan Aivaliotis-Martinez (@martinezgeek). We developed some ideas for teaching and learning that connected Sphero devices with art-making practices – in...

  In this increasingly visual world, inspiring and empowering students with skills to produce quality, original imagery is crucial. The ‘connected camera’ is a huge win for educators in this regard, as students can begin to increase their photographic skills,...

Here’s a creative workflow that mixes traditional tools and techniques with technology, and brings art to life!     Portraiture as a starting point for a creative workflow This example comes straight out of a Year 6 classroom, where students have undertaken a...

Although there are many creative apps available, their quality and usefulness in an educational context can vary. Finding them can be difficult, as many websites listing apps do so indiscriminately. These massive lists can be fun to explore, and no doubt contain some winners, but...

We love the possibilities for student content creation using Book Creator, so we were thrilled to be asked to write a post for their blog. While it is really easy to drag and drop images, text and more into the pages of these digital books, a little design ‘know how’...

If you’re considering using iPads for animation for the first time but don’t know where to start, my advice is simple – DO start! It’s never been easier to create exciting animated movies in the classroom and there’s some great apps to choose from...

The concept of mixing media is certainly not a new idea in Visual Art, and I am always talking about the value of creative workflows that combine digital tools and traditional art-making products and processes. If tasks and techniques are always separated and labelled...

Lately I’ve been watching my students, fascinated by memes, remixes and mash-ups, repurpose all kinds of imagery in their work.   I’m keen to harness this creativity and leverage these starting points to explore changes in visual impact, aesthetics and meaning of...

This post is my second instalment for arts educators this Christmas season, a collection of ideas and resources inspired by ice and snow! HUFFINGTON POST: “An artist by the name of Lita Albuquerque has christened Antarctica’s barren lands the best way she knows how...