» Applying ICT to Art

SECTION 1: TEACHER SUPPORT NOTES

• 8 GENERALGUIDELINES FOR TEACHERS
• 9 APPLYING ICT TO OTHER CURRICULUM AREAS
• 10 USING THE INTERNET IN CLASS
• 11 POTENTIALPROBLEMS OF APPLYING ICT
• 12 GUIDELINES FOR WEB-BASED HOMEWORK
• 13 GENERALWEBSITES FOR ART
• 14 ARTPROGRAMMES OF STUDY
• 15 ICT PROGRAMMES OF STUDY

SECTION 2: WORKSHEETS TO AID COMPUTER-BASED RESEARCH

• 21 RESEARCH 1: WHAT’S ON THE NET? Students become acquainted with the main Internet applications..
• 23 RESEARCH 2: SEARCH ME! This page aims to provide students with an introduction to using search engines, focusing on the different techniques available and on how search engines compare with CD-ROM.
• 25 RESEARCH 3: INTERNET AND CD-ROM Students make a systematic comparison between information gathering on CD-ROM and Internet, and thereby make their own assessments of each.

SECTION 3:WORKSHEETS APPLYING ICT TO ART KEYSTAGE 3

• 31 REPEAT PATTERNS By designing simple patterns in Paint and using copy and paste, students generate a wrapping paper design.
• 33 21st CENTURY LOGO Students use Paint to design a logo for a school.
• 35 GARDEN FOR THE BLIND Through modifying the design of a garden, using Paint or Word, students make it suitable for blind people to use.
• 37 POPCULTURE – CD COVER Students design and draw a CD cover in Word or Publisher.
• 39 LINE MEN – FIGURE WORK Using the draw toolbar in Word, students make a stick figure with given body proportions.
• 41 PORTRAIT WORKSHEET Ahandout is produced for younger children, to teach portraiture.
• 43 USING FONTS Using Word, students write a paragraph about themselves – experimenting with different font size and colour to create different ideas.
• 45 DESIGNING FONTS Design considerations are reinforced through designing fonts in Paint.
• 47 WEBSITE DESIGN – RESEARCH Students compare three different websites, looking at layout, colour and general design.
• 49 WEBSITE DESIGN – LAYOUT Students copy and paste images from CD Internet sources and experiment with layouts in Web Editor, Word or Publisher.
• 51 WEBSITE DESIGN – DECORATION Colour, borders, patterns and clipart are used to improve the visual stimulation of the students’web pages.
• 53 WARHOLRESEARCH A handout sheet on the art of Andy Warhol is produced in Word or Publisher.
• 55 WARHOL – IMAGE MANIPULATION Students produce six revisions of a copied image.
• 57 COLOUR THEORY By using Paint to produce a colour wheel, students recognise hot and cold colours.
• 59 MOMA AND THE TATE Students pay a visit to a gallery on the World Wide Web and compare the ease with which they were able to find information.

KEYSTAGE 4

• 61 ART HISTORY Students create a sheet on a given artist, by copying and pasting information from an online encyclopedia into Word or Publisher.
• 63 SKETCHBOOK WORK AT GCSE By manipulating an image students can record the stages of development.
• 65 PROJECT PAGE – GCSE Students scan in work and create an introduction page for a project, explaining their work, materials and methods.
• 67 THE CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE Students design a Christmas card that challenges the usual stereotypes.
• 69 INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTURE After browsing through a sculpture tour on the World Wide Web, students review the work they have seen.

71–93 SECTION 4: SHEETS PROVIDING GENERAL ICT SUPPORT