Artspop.org.au Website Review

Expertise: The arts encourages a transition beyond the teacher as content expert or facilitator to the teacher as activator. Dance: Learning in dance can be integrated into a range of pedagogical approaches. Resources: Arts organisations provide support, advice and practical as*istance for arts education. Space: Media Arts activities provide students with the opportunity to work outdoors. Impact: The arts increase student participation and engagement in school. Media Arts: Year 4 student illustration from the Multimodal Storytelling unit – Wet and Wild Water Park, Gold Coast. Visual Arts: Students creatively engage with media and two, three and four-dimensional forms inspired by abstract artworks, and artists Drama: TV reporters interview a child-labourer (teacher-in-role) in The Treasure of Trivandrum drama. Visual Arts: Artwork in the process of completion from the Abstractable Me curriculum unit. Time: Arts learning needs to occur on a regular basis and in a variety of blocks of time. Media Arts: Year 4 students using tablets to take digital images of their illustrations. Resources: A hybrid arts approach delivers high quality arts learning and also connects to other key learning areas. Impact: Collaborative music making supports higher order skill development. Visual Arts: Year 5 students from Kingston State School making a three-dimensional self portrait from plasticine. Time: Students combining music performance and ICT skills with computer recording. Expertise: Professional Learning Networks such as Scootle Community help to connect teachers to key areas of interest. Expertise: Online resources support teachers to gain and utilise the expertise to implement the arts curriculum. Drama: Students present to the Maharajah in 'The Treasure of Trivandrum' unit. Music: Learning music provides a range of opportunities and extensions. Space: Music learning can take place in a room of any size, or outdoors. Space: Drama space provides opportunity for students to engage in varied activities.