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Using ICT to manipulate and reconstruct abstract images
in Art and Design
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Curriculum    
     
The project informs the following National Curriculum requirement
 

Investigating and making art, craft and design
Pupils should be taught to:

  • investigate, combine and manipulate materials and images, taking account of purpose and audience
  • apply and extend their experience of a range of materials and processes, including drawing, refining their control of tools and techniques
  • experiment with and select methods and approaches, synthesise observations, ideas and feelings, and design and make images and artefacts.
Accommodation and facilities
   Students had to carry out most of the activity in ICT suites that had to be booked in advance. All the software needed was already on every PC due to the college subscribing to the Microsoft Schools Agreement
   
Skills issues
  The main learning issue was to develop their ICT skills and confidence needed to get the project off the ground. Fortunately the ICT technical and teaching staff at the college were very supportive and run a Microsoft Education Research Centre offering Microsoft training to all staff free of charge
     
Scheme of work
   About seven hours of work was required and the project was managed in one lesson per week over the period of half a term.
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