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Gorgeous, surreal 360-degree landscapes by Randy Scott Slavin are inspirational. Technically difficult and brilliantly executed, this kind of imagery has been out of reach for most novice photographers, but there is an app that can create a little of this manipulation magic....

The art of Andy Goldsworthy inspires countless opportunities for students to engage with the environment in art-making, but here we present a lesson seed for creating art that merges nature and digital production. Lesson Content: Andy Goldsworthy and the work of land artists...

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...

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...

“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...

Your animation ideas are all here!  Some of these effects are easy to achieve, while other films in this collection are the culmination of countless hours spent moving clay figures and tiny props.  What’s important is that in every clip there is inspiration for teaching and...

When I began teaching Visual Art, animation was a subject that was taught by a technology teacher at our school – it was pretty specialised stuff. The intricacies of using the massive animation suites and high-end programs, combined with the fact that our art rooms...

Let me introduce you to the PBS Idea Channel…and please, get on YouTube immediately if you haven’t watched Mike Rugnetta in these lively clips! They can be great conversation starters in the classroom, and often become those ‘tell me, what do YOU think?’...