Digitally, Differently, and Dynamically

Handout for the District 47 iPad Workshop

I was asked to do an iPad workshop for the art teachers of District 47 in Crystal Lake today. I was able to show them a bunch of creative ways to make art with their students digitally to explore concepts differently and demonstrate understanding dynamically. (The numbers on the sheet refer to my 175 STEAM art ideas found here.)

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Discussing how students photograph their physical art to create with it digitally

Teachers learned to use green screen

Teachers posed as superheroes

Exploring blend mode

making silhouettes

Monochromatic Triptych

Layering and drop shadow

Teachers learned how to do stop-motion

They made a short monster dance video

Teachers used iMotion HD to create stop motion animations in small groups. The app can be set to manual mode and display a "ghost image" of the previous shot so you can make small changes to create the illusion of movement. The app converts your series of images (we took 30 pictures and set the frame rate to 10 frames per second) to a movie file. I made it into a gif with ezgif.com

I demonstrated our "Animating Ourselves" technique with one iPad and full class engagement