Ironcad screenshots
Instead of being overwhelmed with trying to work out both the material manipulation and how 2D representations of 3D space work, the students already had the latter nailed.
I believe that since the students had a high existing level of spatial awareness and CAD, technical drawing became much less scary. Students sometimes struggle to see how a 3D rendering of a shape refers to the real object or object as they imagine it.
The students were highly proficient in IronCAD and I believe this knowledge allowed them to pick up technical drawing a lot easier. This program (see previous post) is a powerful Computer-aided design (CAD) tool which begins in planometric view.
These year 10s were familiar with IronCAD. I had taught introductory technical drawing at my previous placement and this was certainly the case. I began from the fundamentals, expecting to get through very little in the first lesson. These students had never used drawing implements, so the T-squares and set squares were total unknowns. It's still required of students to complete their VCE VisCom SACs, but few students begin technical drawing in year 7.ĭuring my placement I was asked to teach planometric drawing to year 10s. Technical drawing has fallen out of fashion in the graphics/visual communication sphere. I could see it working with a liquefied chalk compound, but I don't know if they manufacture paint balls like that.ĭisplaying student work is really important and using one of these would be both spectactular (drawing a crowd and bringing attention to art) and highly visible. The actual paint can dissapear in a few hours or linger for months depending on the conditions and paint chosen. The balls (like paintballs) have a gelatine case which decomposes. The design is loaded from a USB then a photo taken of the wall allows for scale and placement adjustment. Facade printing involves shooting balls of paint onto walls to produce a design entered into the machine. Sure, students could user such a thing to make a huge mess of the school grounds, but they could also do the same with a bucket of paint and we let them have access to paint. Where students previously would have stopped at creating a design and some instrumental drawing, they can now make 3D protoypes and then take moulds from them to cast in other materials. This is a remarkable step forward for VCE Visual Communication or Design Technology particularly. This would allow students to use a design program such as CAD or IronCAD and then print their design. In reaslity, Scotch Oakburn College in Launceston aleady has one which sits on a tabletop without all the fanfare of the one in the video. This YouTube clip makes it all seem so futuristic. That said, what could an arts department look like with no budget restraints? Here are two thoughts on printing, linking the virtual with the physical. There is no reason art created from recycled, donated or found objects needs to be any less creative or less valid than gold leaf and encaustics.
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We're only limited by our imaginations so to how to use any object, material or media to create art. ICT can be used to do amazing things in the art classroom.