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Educational Resources from a teacher of 30 plus years in a wide variety of subject areas and age groups

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Educational Resources from a teacher of 30 plus years in a wide variety of subject areas and age groups
Making Art in Microsoft Word
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Making Art in Microsoft Word

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3 simple and fun tasks to get your students creating art on computers without the need of additional expensive software. These activities utilise the drawing tools in Microsoft Word and are designed with students in middle school in mind. If you are an 'old school' art teacher who needs to incorporate IT in your teaching program these simple exercises are a great way to start.
Visual Prompts for Creative Writing - Fantasy/Science Fiction (Australian Curriculum)
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Visual Prompts for Creative Writing - Fantasy/Science Fiction (Australian Curriculum)

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This collection of twelve, full color, original digital artworks on two A4 pages is designed to inspire students to write creatively in the Fantasy/Science fiction genres. The pages can be printed as handouts for individual students or projected on a screen for whole class viewing. Individual images can also be used as a resource in developing student skills in interpreting visual texts (Australian Curriculum) Please complete a review if you find this resource useful.
Visual Prompts for Creative Writing - Fantasy/Science Fiction (Australian Curriculum) - A3 Posters
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Visual Prompts for Creative Writing - Fantasy/Science Fiction (Australian Curriculum) - A3 Posters

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This collection of twelve, full color, original digital artworks on two A3 pages is designed to inspire students to write creatively in the Fantasy/Science fiction genres. The pages can be printed as wall posters or projected on a screen for whole class viewing. Individual images can also be used as a resource in developing student skills in interpreting visual texts (Australian Curriculum) Please complete a review if you find this resource useful.
Creating an Art title page in Microsoft Word - Middle School Visual Arts
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Creating an Art title page in Microsoft Word - Middle School Visual Arts

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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.
Bryce 3D - Lesson 5 - Lights and Incorporating 2D Images
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Bryce 3D - Lesson 5 - Lights and Incorporating 2D Images

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This resource is the fifth lesson in the Bryce 3D series and looks at the creation and editing of lights and the incorporation of 2D images as objects and as materials. See also by this author. Designed for use with junior high school art and technology, and HSC Multimedia students, the print ready instructions are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction. Although created using the free version 5 of the software the instructions are compatible with later versions.
Bryce 3D - Lesson 1 - An Introduction to 3D Landscape Creation
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Bryce 3D - Lesson 1 - An Introduction to 3D Landscape Creation

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Bryce 3D is sometimes free and always inexpensive, considering its versatility, 3D landscape creation software. This resource introduces students to the software and its use through practical exploration. See also by this author. Designed for use with junior high school art and technology, and HSC Multimedia students, the print ready instructions are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction. Although created using the free version 5 of the software the instructions are compatible with later versions.
Bryce 3D - Lesson 4 - Trees and Sky and Fog
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Bryce 3D - Lesson 4 - Trees and Sky and Fog

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This resource is the fourth lesson in the Bryce 3D series and looks at the creation and editing of tree forms and atmospheric elements . See also by this author. Designed for use with junior high school art and technology, and HSC Multimedia students, the print ready instructions are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction. Although created using the free version 5 of the software the instructions are compatible with later versions.
Bryce 3D - Lesson 3 - Terrains and Creating 3D Text
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Bryce 3D - Lesson 3 - Terrains and Creating 3D Text

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This resource is the third lesson in the Bryce 3D series and looks at the process of creating and editing terrains, including creating 3D text using the terrain editor. See also by this author. Designed for use with junior high school art and technology, and HSC Multimedia students, the print ready instructions are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction. Although created using the free version 5 of the software the instructions are compatible with later versions.
Bryce 3D - Lesson 2 - Moving and Resizing Objects and Rendering
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Bryce 3D - Lesson 2 - Moving and Resizing Objects and Rendering

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This resource is the second lesson in the Bryce 3D series and looks at the processes of moving and resizing objects in a 3D environment and rendering a still image. See also by this author. Designed for use with junior high school art and technology, and HSC Multimedia students, the print ready instructions are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction. Although created using the free version 5 of the software the instructions are compatible with later versions.
Creating a Rainbow Scratch Picture in paint.net
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Creating a Rainbow Scratch Picture in paint.net

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This is the computer version of an art activity that used to involve colored crayons, black paint and drawing by scratching in the wet paint with the blunt end of a paint brush. Designed for teachers needing to include some computer technologies in their junior and middle school art programs the resource pages can be be used as a student handout or as a reference for guided instruction. The software named in this resource is paint.net (readily available and free ) but the instructions given are easily transferable to any paint or photo-manipulation software with layered transparencies. The zip file included contains a paint.net file that has the colored background and black top layers already created. This could be used as a template for younger students, allowing them to simply draw and have the background colors show through. Please complete a review of this resource if you have found it useful.
Sketchup Make Basics - Wooden Toy Train
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Sketchup Make Basics - Wooden Toy Train

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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.
Industrial Technology - HSC Multimedia Industries - The Project Management Folio
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Industrial Technology - HSC Multimedia Industries - The Project Management Folio

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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.
20 costume/fashion templates -male
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20 costume/fashion templates -male

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20 pages of A3 templates for male costume or fashion design. This collection of correctly proportioned and posed, high quality figure renderings (one to a page) can be printed and drawn over to create costume designs for senior Drama, or fashion designs for Textiles Technologies. (Australian Curriculum). Please contact me via email on kellyocs@gmail.com if you require custom figures and/or poses. Put the words 'fashion template' in the subject line.
Interior Design using Sweet Home 3D (Freeware)
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Interior Design using Sweet Home 3D (Freeware)

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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.
How Do You Feel? Picture Book
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How Do You Feel? Picture Book

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This book has been especially created as an early reader for children on the Autistic Spectrum. It uses a simple emoticon type character to present visual cues for reading emotions. For information about electronic jigsaw puzzles on this theme please email me at kellyocs@gmail.com
Interior Design using Sweet Home 3D (Freeware) Part 2 - Applying Textures
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Interior Design using Sweet Home 3D (Freeware) Part 2 - Applying Textures

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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.