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Here are some possible useful things I have found recently on the web: Piktochart allows you to create infographics using templates. Ranges from free to paid version.(video link) Need a portfolio?...
View ArticleGrade 9 Observational Drawings
Grade 9 students have finally completed their first unit on observational drawing. Their goal was to create and draw realistic, interesting compositions in pencil using measured proportions, values and...
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Grade 7 Digital Stories
This is my first year teaching Middle School Technology using the MYP Design Cycle. It is a rather thorough and demanding programme, both in terms of student work, teaching and evaluating. However, I...
View ArticleMiddle School Glitch Art
Before starting our second units in grade 7 and 8 Technology, I decided to incorporate a little bit of art and technology. We made some glitched photography, which you can see below or directly through...
View ArticleUnit Tasks for Students
Following up from my previous post, I’ve also been trying to set up my units with an overarching task, which guides and pushes students to create their final product and overall guides the course of...
View ArticleAdvice for Art Students
What advice do you give to your students of art? Yeah, the list varies, I know. I’ve compiled some ideas from books and sites etc., with Kit White’s “101 Things to Learn in Art School” being the most...
View ArticleArt Think: Ways of Working to Develop Creativity (Design Synectics)
My grade 10 art class are working on a major unit on generating ideas and creativity. To make a long story short, they have to visually represent a theme. They are still currently in the research and...
View ArticleArtful Thinking
Following on from my previous post, my colleagues and I are chugging along the Making Thinking Visible course. We are now entering “Artful Thinking.” It is described as: The Artful Thinking program...
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What Type Are You? Typography Experiment
Grade 9 students have begun their graphic design unit and were asked to create a composition using only the letters of their name. They selected whether to use Photoshop or Illustrator. The purpose of...
View ArticleMash It Up
Now that I have some breathing space, I just wanted to share some thoughts on my grade 8 Tech unit on mashups. Students had to create a mashup of existing content following fair use policy and changing...
View ArticleDiploma
Congrats to the YIS Filmeisters Film Club on their zombie film “Diploma” for winning a gold medal and the Palm d’Or at the Kanto Plains Film Festival 2013, as well as awards for Best Camera and...
View ArticlePerspective – How much time do you really have?
A nice video that puts some things in perspective on how much time we really have. Make the most of it. Thanks to my ex-student Shiho for the tip!
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Flora Photography Set
Not the most exciting post, but if you are interested, I’ve collected my photographs of plants and flowers to use in my drawing units. You can view it in the slideshow below or directly through Flickr...
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Glitched Photo Tut
I’m currently planning out a grade 7 photography/photoshop unit and decided to again use glitched photography from a previous unit I taught, for one of my current class warm-ups. I’ve blogged about...
View ArticleHow to Take Better Photos
I currently find myself teaching a photography unit to my grade 7s. I think I am done refining the unit (for the time being anyway) and am really enjoying it. The students are also super excited,...
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Grade 6 Drawings
I teach over 100 grade 6 students and have finally photographed the work for their drawing unit. Our focus was on natural objects, such as leaves, shells and plants etc. Students were assessed on...
View ArticleGrade 8 Urban Sketching
This work is a bit old now, but I thought I’d share since I have finally been able to photograph some work. Back in September, my grade 8 students were introduced to one and two point perspective...
View ArticlePhotographic Perspective Play with Gr7
As I trudge ahead with my grade 7 unit on photography, one fun activity we did was to play with forced perspective. We looked at some examples here and here, and then students were put into small...
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Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop Tutorial
Here’s another resource I made for my grade 7s on how to create a double exposure effect within Photoshop (as pictured above). The work of Dan Mountford, Christoffer Relander, Jon Duenas, Florian...
View ArticleCeramic Slab Plate Tutorial
My grade 6s are busy creating slab plates. First of all, they selected a Global Concern activity from school to promote as one of our guiding questions was “How can we create art that will raise...
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