This practical worksheet for basic level photography, asks students to consider what makes a bad photograph by taking their own deliberate examples according to a checklist. They are then required to make a presentation showing their results. Suitable for stage 4 and 5 Visual Arts or Photography and Digital Media classes. Australian Curriculum.

A complete lesson on using layering and effects in Powerpoint to create a textured face (see preview). This includes an introductory cloze passage and detailed instructions on using the software. A teacher copy of the worksheet with the completed cloze passage is also provided. Suitable for stage 4 and 5 Visual Arts and Photography and Digital Media classes. Australian Curriculum.

Are you an 鈥榦ld school鈥� art teacher who needs a cheap and easy way to get your middle school art students started in computer graphics? Try this simple tutorial out for yourself or use it as a worksheet. See also 鈥楧rawing in Microsoft Word - The Basics鈥� by the same author. The actual drawing, in Microsoft Word,created as a demonstration is included in this package.

20 pages of design templates for a custom day at the beach. Get students to design their own clothing, caps, umbrellas, drink bottles and much more. There are enough resources here to run a full unit in graphic design for middle school design and technology students or you can cherry pick individual tasks such as creating a design for swimwear. Print out the pages for students to work by hand or allow them to copy and paste individual pictures from the Word document into their favorite paint program. A4 size printable pdf and editable word docx provided.

Complete step by step instructions for drawing a wooden box with a hinged lid in 3D using Sketchup Make (Freeware). This resource is an ideal introduction to using the software for project visualization in STEM and mandatory and elective technology courses. The full colour pdf can be supplied to students as a printed handout (not so eco-friendly at 6 pages) or as a digital file for self pace learning. It can also be displayed on a screen for use in more formal teacher directed instruction and includes a number of extension activities

Sweet Home 3D is free software that allows the user to design and furnish buildings in 3D. Part 2 focuses on applying suitable textures and materials to walls and floors . Designed with middle school STEM, high school mandatory technology, and elective design and technology classes in mind, the print ready instructions and practice task are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction.

Complete step by step instructions for drawing a toy train in 3D using Sketchup Make (Freeware). This resource is an ideal introduction to using the software for project visualization in STEM and mandatory and elective technology courses. The full colour pdf can be supplied to students as a printed handout (not so eco-friendly at 7 pages) or as a digital file for self pace learning. It can also be displayed on a screen for use in more formal teacher directed instruction.

Sweet Home 3D is free software that allows the user to design and furnish buildings in 3D. This resource introduces students to the software and its use through practical exploration. Designed with middle school STEM, high school mandatory technology, and elective design and technology classes in mind, the print ready instructions and practice task are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction.

Instructions for creating an Art title page using WordArt, the drawing tools and shape fills in Microsoft Word. This resource will assist middle school art teachers in fulfilling the mandatory programming requirements in Visual Arts to do with the use of Computing Technologies in Visual Arts (Australian Curriculum). It can be presented as a hand out for self-paced learning or kept by the teacher as a resource for guided instruction.

This video was created to compliment a gallery exhibition of works by the author created using Bryce 3D. It briefly explains how this software can be used to create virtual worlds. Detailed video and paper based tutorials on the use of the software for visual arts and multimedia classes are available for purchase from this author's shop at /teaching-resources/shop/kellyocs.

This 8 minute video tutorial in wmv format is designed as a companion to the Creating a Sunset Silhouette in Microsoft Word activity by the same author. It can also be used as a standalone. This activity is recommended for Stage 3 and 4 art classes as a means of meeting mandatory ICT requirements in the Visual Arts syllabus - Australian Curriculum.

This complete lesson activity requires students to make changes to a pre-existing midi file to discover how time signature, instrumentation and notation affect the character of a piece of music. Additional resources required: Internet access for the downloading of a midi file and the free Anvil Studio notation software. This can be used as a standalone lesson or as a companion lesson to 'Music Composition Using Anvil Studio' by the same author.

This 7 page handout details the requirements for the HSC Multimedia - Project Management Folio. The author's experience as both a teacher and a HSC marker in this course have been used to provide clear and practical advice to students on the production of this mandatory document. A template for the Timeline component is also provided in xlsx format.

Anvil Studio is free, feature packed and easy to use Midi notation software. This lesson is designed for teachers of mandatory music to help them engage students in composition using ICT. Previous lessons in the basics of musical notation and composition are assumed. The resource can be used as handout for self paced learning or as part of a guided learning stratagem.

Bryce 3D is a sometimes free and always inexpensive, considering its versatility, 3D landscape creation package. As such it is an excellent tool for introducing 3D image creation and animation to junior high school art and technology students and HSC Multimedia students. This is the eighth in a series of video tutorials demonstrating the basic use of the software. Paper based tutorials by the same author are also available.