Intouch: Contemporary Art in Primary Schools
We aim to use the latest technologies to advance art education in Australia and InTouch is an innovative resource for creative learning.John Kaldor
Kaldor Public Art Projects has worked with the New South Wales Department of Education since May 2010 to develop InTouch: Contemporary Art in Primary Schools, our first resource for use on interactive whiteboards. Conceived as an engaging way to present our art projects, the 80-page pilot resource focuses on the recent 19th Kaldor Public Art Project, War and peace and in between, created by Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney from October 2009–February 2010.
Interactive whiteboards are a key part of the new ‘digital classroom’ and this pedagogically innovative resource will help fill an important gap in art education software. InTouch allows for multiple modalities – while some learning is teacher-mediated, much of the resource is aimed at student-led learning, both individually and in small groups.
On the completion of the pilot for InTouch, additional programs based on the 1st Kaldor Public Art Project, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Wrapped Coast from 1969, the 7th Project by Richard Long in 1977 and the 20th Project by Stephen Vitiello, The Sound of Red Earth, 2010, will also be developed. New South Wales teachers will be able to download the programs from the NSW curriculum website.
image above: Primary school students at North Sydney Demonstration School work with InTouch, led by teacher Laetitia Kilpatrick, one of the authors of the resource.
below: A screenshot from the resource.
Partners:
Interactive whiteboards are a key part of the new ‘digital classroom’ and this pedagogically innovative resource will help fill an important gap in art education software. InTouch allows for multiple modalities – while some learning is teacher-mediated, much of the resource is aimed at student-led learning, both individually and in small groups.
On the completion of the pilot for InTouch, additional programs based on the 1st Kaldor Public Art Project, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Wrapped Coast from 1969, the 7th Project by Richard Long in 1977 and the 20th Project by Stephen Vitiello, The Sound of Red Earth, 2010, will also be developed. New South Wales teachers will be able to download the programs from the NSW curriculum website.
image above: Primary school students at North Sydney Demonstration School work with InTouch, led by teacher Laetitia Kilpatrick, one of the authors of the resource.
below: A screenshot from the resource.
Partners:
