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I’ve blogged about the value of tracing before… Working digitally over a photograph gives students an opportunity to really ‘learn to look’. Here are three lesson seeds that expand on the idea that tracing is terrific!       IDEA 1: Super Silhouettes...

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  I’m regularly asked for my thoughts on technology and our youngest learners – the best apps, the best devices, and how much time should children spend on their iPads. And yes, there’s a lot to talk about as parents navigate concerns about new and...

Transforming Art Lessons with iPad – September 2015 Guest Blog Post by Cathy Hunt  

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...

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...

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...

Welcome to Christmas and my collection of some of my favourite festive posts, resources and ideas for the season! In Australia it’s 40 degrees outside, so there’s nothing like an open fire in the air-conditioned studio to really get into the spirit of the season! This...

I am a huge Kathy Schrock fan.  Who isn’t?  Her work with Bloom’s Taxonomy inspires me to think about higher order thinking, creativity, teaching and learning in new ways.  My favourite ‘Kathy moment’ was seeing her Bloom’s cogs (below), visualising...