rewinding the learning...

Here's a link to some artwork a 4 year old was kind enough to have sent me from one Kindergarten - together with a message ( name removed ) - "This is .....'s picture about a girl inside a present - who is .........! There is an......who is 6 who is going to open it!!! I like my picture". Receiving this means the art work process gets revisited by a whole range of stakeholders in the learning- it has the potential to be assessed by the child, the teachers and the family.....offering opportunities for multiple voices in the learning process as well as perhaps the documentation. check it out!

animated drawing...

With the keen emphasis on revisiting learning and the opportunity to share what you were thinking about and how you might have achieved this.... we could consider animated drawing sites. SItes such as art.com allow children to create art work with the added bonus of an 'undo' and 'do over'. it also allows them to replay how the painting was constructed. You can email the finished painting to anyone... home or the office for keeping. I am not great at drawing with a mouse... I like using my pen tablet for this ( or I bet it's great on an interactive whiteboard). art tools not as great as art rage... .but the replay advantage could be great. try out tate paint,slimber, or art pad. ( there are others too ) This sample is from artpad take a peek....

3d sculpting on an ipad?

http://ictece.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/ipad%20apps%20for%20young%20children

Here's a link to a Kindergarten teachers blog from up north as she explores ipad apps for Kindergartens - it's hard to imagine using an ipad to sculpt! check it out!

Discovery artists....

Thanks to the team at Discovery Kindergarten who have allowed us to put a photostory into our blog showing a group of 4 year old children using their Mimio interactive whiteboard. Today they have been using 'Artrage' free demo software to create large scale work.

Thinking about ... ICT to create or display art!

I've had lots of discussions with teachers this week about art and ICT- ICT to create art or record the process of making the work, ICT to reflect on what happened and create stories about it. I see Botany downs Kindergarten has recently created a blog just to display art. Great idea! click the link below.... http://bdownsart.blogspot.co.nz/ I have also been reading an article by Lisa Terreni about art and Interactive whiteboards that was interesting... I like using a really good digital art programme but haven't spent much prolonged time with the whiteboard. Here's a link to the article on line... http://education2x.otago.ac.nz/cinzs/file.php/8/Terreni.pdf

Try out some art programmes....click once on the entry to make it bigger....