This was created as a visual support for a brief discussion around Creativity in Education with Tim Kitchen for an Adobe catch-up on May 15th. Problems with sound prevented its presentation so I now update it with some explanatory notes for anyone interested.
Educare: 'to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically especially by instruction' . Webster
A teachers work is to draw out and foster the inherent qualities and talents of the student.
SCHOOLS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO ENABLE CREATIVE ENDEAVOUR
Sir Ken Robinson
Anna’s Body of Work ‘Year Zero’ was the first time a student presented with a BOW concept that could only be effectively realised as a large format print. The problems encountered in constructing the work pushed both the creative and technical boundaries for herself as a student and myself as her technical support.
In conjunction with a local printer the rip requirements of the PSB file were worked out and this print became the first of its kind produced by a student in NSW.
Life Skills Visual Art
This work is from LIFE SKILLS student whose learning difficulties provided significant challenges for him in mainstream education. The production of a Body of Work for this student became the subject of a presentations at the Australian Human Rights Commission in one instance and the Dept of Education ICT on accessibility for students through technology