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Digital Art Week 2012

Posted on April 29th, by admin in Art Week, News. 1 Comment

Digital Art Week 2012 was a fantastic success with almost 100 schools registered to join in. I thought I’d share some of the statistics from the week to celebrate some of the events that went on.



Apps for Art Week

Posted on April 22nd, by admin in Art Week, iPads, Uncategorized. 2 comments

Below are some apps from the Apple AppStore that might be useful to schools for Digital Art Week this week. I have divided them into sections/themes.

Animation

Looking and Responding



Digital Art Week Instructions

Posted on April 16th, by admin in Art Week, News. 1 Comment

Digital Art Week starts next week so here is a simple step-by-step guide to adding your children’s art.

  1. Make a piece of art using any electronic device. You can use a Painting package, an app on an iPad or other
  2. Read on…



Digital Art Week – Art Links

Posted on April 1st, by admin in Art Week, Uncategorized. 2 comments

Digital Art week begins in three weeks and things are moving well. We’ve been asking people on Twitter to suggest some good web sites relating to art using the event’s hashtag #artweek12. Here are some of the responses so far… Read on…


Digital Art Week is Coming

Posted on March 21st, by admin in Art Week, News. 4 comments

After last year’s great success, Digital Art Week will take place from 23rd – 27th April 2012. Children all over Ireland will have the opportunity to share their own creations with the world. We’ve teamed up with Éigse, Carlow’s International … Read on…



Digital Art Week on Tour!

Posted on May 26th, by admin in Art Week. 2 comments

When Damien, Fred and I came together to plan out Digital Art Week (#tap2011 on Twitter), I don’t think any of us expected it to have been such a great success!  With great support from loads of teachers around the … Read on…



Digital Art Week

Posted on April 30th, by admin in Art Week. 2 comments

This month we had Ireland’s first Digital Art Week for primary schools and it was one of the best weeks I’ve had as a teacher and principal in years.  Over the course of a week (or two) schools all over … Read on…