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For teaching and learning, the connected camera is an incredible tool, and the Photo Library app adds value that extends far beyond storage space. Using the Photos Library as an ever increasing image resource and a place to review iterations, students can be immersed in a...

    Using Magnification To ‘Make’ I’ve been looking at the art-making potential of the Exo Lab scope over the past couple of weeks. In exploring ideas for the creative classroom, it’s obvious that there is real potential in this device to enhance...

Check out these three innovative ‘making tools’ and imagine the possibilities!     This Cool Pad And Pen Lets You Sketch In 3D Using Augmented Reality GIZMODO “Gravity is a pen and pad that allows to sketch in 3D space using augmented reality. The cool...

Educators, artists, and all kinds of tech-enthusiasts ask me about equipment to get started with their iPads in the classroom, so I thought I’d share five of my favourite creative add-ons for iPad art-making. It was hard to narrow down the picks, but the five tools below...

A remix is a song that has been edited or completely recreated to sound different from the original version. For example, the pitch of the singers’ voice or the tempo might be changed, it might be made shorter or longer, or it might have the voice duplicated to create a...

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...

Check out this amazing gallery of digital prints. Students created lino prints based on images of cut fruit and vegetables, photographed their images and then used a variety of iPad apps in creative workflows to manipulate them. The resulting compositions are diverse and complex....

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...

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...