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IWB symbolThis icon indicates resources that can be used effectively with an interactive whiteboard

Projects
 This section contains themed art projects that use ICT: stop frame animation for digital video; e-sketchbooks; art sleuths internet search activities; site specific art; digital video (including material on video art); graphic design - club flyers; cultural identity; mixed media collage; T-shirts; Rousseau - digital postcard.

Flyer front  Flyer back

Lesson ideas for Interactive WhiteboardsIWB symbol
These are illustrated ideas for whole lessons, lesson starters and plenaries, including interactive jigsaw puzzles - Perspective in Renaissance Painting; Symbols in Aboriginal Art; Self-Portraits: Vincent and Paul with quiz, worksheets and interactive jigsaw puzzles; Preparing a Stencil for Silkscreen Printing; Using colour; Visual Literacy - Reading Artwork. Download my Promethean ACTIVboard flipcharts to use or adapt.

Visual literacy   Silk screen printing  Colour

New: Flashpoints is a series of interactive Flash introductions to specific artworks.

Interactive Exercises: Hot Potatoes IWB button
Make differentiated interactive resources for your departmental website or school intranet - or use my example exercises on Holbein, Aboriginal Art, Arcimboldo, the Fauves, Cubism, Chris Ofili and Edward Hopper (exercises plus 2 interactive jigsaw puzzles).

Edward Hopper CubismArcimboldo 

Image Manipulation
There are tutorials on using Adobe Photoshop, Jasc Paint Shop Pro or Adobe PhotoDeLuxe, with information about education discounts for Photoshop CS, Paint Shop Pro and Serif PhotoPlus: Getting organised! - optimizing images, making contact sheets, file formats and batch processing; Image Text: Make a Poster - create composite images from Layer Masks and add type; Make a Virtual Gallery - use a wizard to create a gallery automatically; Using Photoshop for Layout.
Animation
 In this section find help with planning a project, including a digital video project using stop frame techniques, links to useful sites, and tutorials on making animations in Jasc Animation Shop, Adobe ImageReady, Serif DrawPlus and Macromedia Flash. New additions include: Animate Text; Animate a Sequence of Images or Drawings; Make a Simple Flash Movie; and How to Make an Animation with Serif DrawPlus vector based software. There is also a project on stop-frame animation.

  Animated gif - Swifty picture font 

PresentationsIWB icon
These can now be downloaded as zip files. Examples include The Fourth Plinth Project, Site Specific Art, , Embedding ICT in  Art & Design, Cubism, Holbein & Anamorphosis, Rousseau [Visual Literacy], Cultural Identity - 3 Black British Artists, Graphic Design - club flyers, Repeat Patterns, Electronic Postcards, Aboriginal Art.
Multimedia Tutorials
How to make slide shows using PowerPoint for PCs, or AppleWorks for Macs.
Other Tutorials
Tips on photographing and scanning artwork, graphics in Word, how to make a resource bank and more.
Art LinksIWB icon
Useful websites organised into Portal sites, Interactive sites, Galleries and Sculpture Parks, Teaching and Learning, Professional Associations, Animation, Digital Video, Useful Free Downloads and Last, but absolutely not least ... The links are updated regularly.
Gallery
 In this section I document some of my themed art room installations from 1990 to 2000 with examples of pupil outcomes and ideas for related digital work.
About
 About the site, copyright information, contact details and profile.
Site specific
House, Grove Road E3, Rachel Whiteread, 1993 [photos RKM]

 

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