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Our Class Galaxy.

nmac January 25, 2015January 25, 2015 art, space No Comments

Click to enlarge. Patrick Troughton (The Second Doctor) said it best: “I always grow a beard when I’m out of work, and you can tell how long I’ve been out of work by the length of my beard.” Similarly; I

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Christmas Decoration Art/Craft.

nmac December 10, 2013December 10, 2013 art, christmas, craft 1 Comment

 The demonstration decoration hanging from the classroom projector. Last week, Mrs Westwood and I were looking at some Christmas art and craft ideas. There was one picture of an item in a book that didn’t have a template available, so

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Interactive Fantasy Roleplaying Narratives.

nmac December 15, 2012December 15, 2012 art, dnd, drama, english, games-based learning, gbl, mathematics 2 Comments

“Roll a D20” “That’s a hit. Roll 2D6” “The door shatters. What do you do now?” If you don’t understand the language above, then you never played the tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons (DnD). So, how do I introduce

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Floppy Disk Art.

nmac November 30, 2012November 30, 2012 art, floppy disk, science No Comments

An activity I have done in the past with my class involves the use of old 3.5″ floppy disks that would otherwise be sitting in a cupboard taking up valuable real estate. My inspiration for this activity came from the

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Can’t Draw? Wrong!

nmac November 13, 2012 art No Comments

That’s right. If you say you can’t draw, then I’m here to tell you you’re wrong. If you can write letters or numbers, then you have the basics of drawing. Sound impossible? Let me introduce you to Steve Harpster. Steve

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Door Decoration.

nmac November 1, 2012November 1, 2012 art, ipad No Comments

Mid this year, I did a block of work as an ICT teacher for students in Kindergarten to Year 2. A personal project I decided to take up was to decorate the computer room’s door with something, because as it

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Getting the Point.

nmac October 29, 2012 art, pointillism, spring 1 Comment

I’d like to share with you a small activity I did with Stage 3 this week. It was an art activity using the technique of pointillism. What is pointillism? Glad you asked. In a nutshell, it’s basically replacing the act

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