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  It was visual literacy in action this week at The Kellett School in Hong Kong as a variety of elementary classes explored logo design for packaging. These young learners needed to craft a distinctive design, using a considered colour palette and a combination of shapes, in...

  This week I’ve been collaborating with Year 4 students, and their inspiring classroom teacher and fellow ADE Dan Aivaliotis-Martinez (@martinezgeek). We developed some ideas for teaching and learning that connected Sphero devices with art-making practices – in...

If you’re considering using iPads for animation for the first time but don’t know where to start, my advice is simple – DO start! It’s never been easier to create exciting animated movies in the classroom and there’s some great apps to choose from...

claymation kleɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a method of film animation using adjustable clay figures and stop-motion photography.   In the past, animation production was often too daunting or impractical for many educational contexts. Specialised, expensive equipment was required and...

Green screen film making can be used to create some exciting opportunities for learning in the classroom.   Students can create interviews, presentations, digital folios, creative movies, reflections on learning… and it’s easy to do on an iPhone or iPad. Need some...

Note to teachers:  iMovie makes creating short films easy! iMove is a powerful creative tool for teaching and learning. You can use it for a myriad of applications, such as digital storytelling, narrative, documenting experiences, reflecting on learning…and so much more.  ...

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...

“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...

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...

If you have ever lived with another person and come home to find them in a bad mood, how long did it take you to figure it out? Hours? Minutes? Seconds? Most people say “seconds,” and some can tell before they even enter the same room. That’s how children feel...