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Personal mobile devices are the future and tablets are entering, perhaps pouring, into schools around the world. But as educators recognise their power as tools for teaching and learning across subject areas and years levels, it’s time to ask some questions – what are...

“According to the theory of left-brain or right-brain dominance, each side of the brain controls different types of thinking. Additionally, people are said to prefer one type of thinking over the other. For example, a person who is “left-brained” is often said...

What is iPhoneography? iPhoneography is the art of creating photos with an Apple iPhone and images are both shot and processed on the iOS device. Photos can be edited using different graphics application, or not, and a variety of formal and experimental techniques are employed to...

Okay, so the cats are cute.  I’ll let you decide whether or not this is art, because this clip brings me to another point… As a Visual Arts educator using technology in the art room, I spend a lot of time prattling on about how iPad art is a lot more than simply...

Mark Brumley is an educational technology leader working to enhance the education of 21st Century learners.  In this post, originally published on Teach Amazing, Mark explains that in the 20th Century the “Three R’s”, reading, writing and arithmetic generally provided a solid...

” Color theory encompasses a multitude of definitions, concepts and design applications – enough to fill several encyclopedias. However, there are three basic categories of color theory that are logical and useful : The color wheel, color harmony, and the context of...

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...

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...

Watch these short videos to see the potential of the iPhone in film making. This site has collected an inspiring showcase of 15 extraordinary examples of what you can achieve – use them in your classroom to explore a variety of techniques and visual devices. And just for...

On Assessing Creativity – Yes you can, and yes you should! ” The naysayers are quick to say that you cannot measure creative thinking. This is silly… We can and do measure anything: critical and creative thinking, wine quality, doctors, meals, athletic...