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MAY

2018

Camera for Compositions FTW!

Yes, I still get excited about the potential of the connected camera in the classroom. I guess in part my excitement is because when I was at school (back at the dawn of time), the arts faculty had two. Two. For the whole of the subject. Now, my students have access to...

MAY

2018

Layers

‘Tra-digital’, from the combination of traditional and digital, is a way of describing a mixed media approach that combines both technology and ‘hands-on’ tools and techniques. It seems to be useful term for explaining the potential cross-over, the blurry...

APR

2018

Simple Hologram Animations

Creating animations that can be viewed in three-dimensions is exciting stuff! We’ve produced hologram viewers using perspex/plexiglass and the laser cutter, and there are endless animations to access online that work with iPhones, iPads and these kinds of viewers. ...

APR

2018

Designing a Hologram Viewer

We’ve been exploring some pretty exciting concepts in the Design Technology workshop this term. In this project, student were given the challenge of working out how to create a hologram viewer so that they could explore this emerging technology. For this group...

APR

2018

Animating Images and Moving Montages

I’ve been playing around with my own photographs and the Plotaverse app for a while. It’s a quick way to bring life to images, as sections can be ‘animated’ through an easy process. Simply mask off areas to remain ‘still’, and draw...

FEB

2018

Surreal Collages

Superimpose is one of my favourite apps to use for the ‘cut and paste’ stuff I need to do quickly and easily. It’s a pretty powerful tool, full of many tricks and intricacies, but most of the time I use it with students due to it’s simple...

FEB

2018

iPhoneography Hunt

We love using our iPhones to develop ‘active looking’. Using our lens as a window on the world we are learning to really see. This class was asked to construct images of the natural world that represented a strong connection to one of each of the elements of art;...

JAN

2018

Collaborative, Crazy ‘Selfie Selfies’!

Paper and scissors can be used to combine and collage images, and there are a myriad of apps that allow you to cut and paste digital pictures together too. Here’s a spin on these familiar techniques in the form of a creative challenge for students. During a lesson that...

JAN

2018

Combine Your Student Videos

In my workshops, or the classroom, we often explore new tools and make short experimental clips with video. It’s important work because of the process, but the finished products are often small or ‘informal’, like the wonderful wave rider below. At...

JAN

2018

Learning with Light: iPhones, Flashlights and Photography

Here’s a few shots from some lessons in my Year 8 classes as we learned about the expressive qualities of light and line by using a wire sculpture, collaboration and our technology. Let’s kick it off with some images of the students using their devices to take some...

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Camera for Compositions FTW!

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