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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...

I love the concept of kids making art on the iPad, but limiting their creative tools to drawing and colouring on mobile devices is also limiting the creativity. And, using just one app can mean that students are missing out on half the fun and a lot of the learning. A powerful...

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...

The concept of mixing media is certainly not a new idea in Visual Arts, however across curriculum areas in schools technology and ‘digital tasks’ are often separated from the ‘hands-on’ learning opportunities. In many classrooms and studio space even mobile devices, perceived as...

Our Year 7 students created some many amazing monsters using the Daily Monster app I blogged about some of the work and the learning happening in the classroom – check out the post here if you missed it.  I was so excited when Stefan Bucher, the ‘Monster Maker’...

  There are two versions of Let’s Create Pottery avaliable – this link is for the full app.           And this is the free app, which is a great place to start. If you just want to explore the concept of a throwing a pot on a wheel or...

I’ve noticed that every time teachers using iPads in their classrooms get together the camera roll opens up and there’s instant and enthusiastic conversation about apps, ideas and examples.  I’m sure that this is in part due to the need to learn about this new...

    Sometimes the best apps are not on the App Store in the education section.  Check out collage apps!  These little ‘photo organisers’ that function like digital album pages, are usually found on instagram and collections of selfies abound!  Sure, these...

Note to teachers:  iMovie makes creating short films easy! iMove is a powerful creative tool for teaching and learning. You can use it for a myriad of applications, such as digital storytelling, narrative, documenting experiences, reflecting on learning…and so much more.  ...

What is colour?  Let’s ask some people who should know… Crayola! “Color is the aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of light being reflected or emitted by them. To see color, you have to have light. When light shines on an object some colors...