Art-student.net site contentIf you would like to view sample pages from the site please contact us using our e-mail page. We will send you a sample KS3 unit. The site is organised as follows: Members' homepage A large links section for teachers and students including e-learning, e-zines, image bases, free visual programs and digital art. Introduction Links to KS3, GCSE, As and A Level pages Guidance for art teachers Site guide Setting up a visual literacy database Visual Literacy references Guidelines for using the site Teaching strategies GCSE courses AS and A Level courses New web 2.0 suite for teachers For teachers to develop their ICT using many of the hundreds of free image modification tools that are now out there! 2 Online image generators 3 Photography and image manipulation 4 Create your own art dept search engine 5 Finding art education on social tagging networks 6 Using Wikis in schools to aid students' learning 7 Blogging issues 8 Finding new Art Podcasts for KS3, GCSE, AS, and A2 levels 9 Online productivity tools for students of art 10 Miscellaneous mashups and other Web 2.0 tools Guidance for all students How do we appreciate Art? Art and Design research Using Art and Design databases at GCSE level AS/A level and Higher Education Art History databases Contemporary artists Academic search engines for AS/A level students Your GCSE, AS/A level Design Workbook GCSE themes AS and A Level theme Guidelines Guidance for KS3 students NEW - This section has been fully updated to include full ICT lesson and homework support with up to ten tasks extending KS3 studio work. Unit 9A Events Unit 9B Change your style Unit 9C Personal places, public spaces Unit 8A Objects and viewpoints Unit 8B Animating art Unit 8C Shared view Unit 7A Self-image Unit 7B Whats in a building? Unit 7C Recreating landscapes Each unit has SEN support, including mind maps and Widgits. (Widgit Rebus symbols used with permission of Widgit Software. Tel: 01223 425558. Web: www.widgit.com) Widgits provide an excellent webservice programme called Communicate:Webwide that will translate any website into Widgits symbols for easy reading. Project Guidance for GCSE Students - NEW IN 2006 Extensive specific contextual themes and support for ceramics Project Guidance for A/S and A Level students - NEW IN 2006 Extensive specific contextual themes and support for ceramics Database of genres Categories of genre The importance of drawing This section contains a huge resource section of chosen genres most often used in secondary art education and much more! Full information on leading international galleries of contemporary and publicly owned Art to research Net art journals and magazines including digital art section Contemporary Art in Western Culture Overview of contemporary art including RA, Movements in 20th century art, feminism and art, Patrons, Critics, Collectors, recommended books, curators and much more! GCSE, AS and A LEVEL specialised art history searches This includes extensive general examination research themes and advice according to artistic context and content. A full review of art on the Web! World Visual Cultures -support for GCSE AS and A2 This section includes those topics that examination students find most useful including Impressionism, Expressionism, African Tribal art and cubism, Afro American and Caribbean art, Russian art, Asian and oriental artists, Latin American art, Islam, Australian art and even Eskimo or Inuit. Drawing the fundamental language of art and design What is experiental drawing? Rules of good drawing Procedures and techniques experimenting with drawing materials Ways of drawing from objects Why drawing is the basis of all art |