Don't Hate the Selfie!

The Inspiration for this project has come from the wonderful ideas of the iPad Art Room. They have some great resources for using Art and Technology together.

Stage 3 started the Project by defining what a "Selfie" was. The students discussed that it was a photo or snapshot that is taken of ourselves to show what we are doing, who we are with and where we are. These photos are then published to social media to show our friends and the wider community. It is often how we want others to perceive us. 

Our next point of discussion was to compare Selfies to a self portrait. Many artists used similar ideas when they were painting pictures of themselves, while also experimenting with colour and painting techniques. We created a chart to compare selfies and self portraits.

Don't Hate The Selfie! | Create infographics

The students then had to brainstorm, thinking of places where they would like to have a selfie, who they would like to have a selfie with and what they could include in their selfie. These ideas then formed the basis of the photos that they students took. They also came up with some creative solutions by using iPad apps such as Pic Collage  to recreate some of the ideas that they had.

The students will write a reflection on why they think their photo is effective and what it portrays about themselves. It will be interesting to see what they write!

Do you like taking Selfies? Why or Why not? 

MACC: The Creatives

Being creative is often a way of expressing our feelings, showing skills that we have developed and sharing with others our view of the world. MACC's art show. "The creatives" was an opportunity to showcase students creativity and to show their skills. There were many entries in all of the categories of Drawing/ Painting, Photography and Sculpture. 

There was a silent auction for each of the entries with the highest bidder winning the picture or sculpture. Each person was invited to vote on the artworks that they felt should win the prize. It was evident from the amount of families that attended that our Art show was a popular event. 

Did you enter something in the Art show? Which entry did you like the most? Why?