Arts Umbrella
Hi Readers,
Over the last couple of weeks our class has been taking part in a program called Arts Umbrella. We had teachers from Arts Umbrella come to our class, their names were Josh and Franziska. I wasn’t to big on the whole art idea because art is not one of my favourite subjects, but I found out we were doing a different kind of art. We used a program called Glocal. Glocal software allows users to make abstract and creative art through photos and technology. The way I made this picture was by using the Glocal software if you hadn’t already guessed. I plugged in a mini camera web cam. I set the grid to 4 by 4 and put a bigger border in just by the click of a few buttons, then I pressed the space bar and the photo was created. Your probably wondering what is in this picture, it is an electricity kit that was in our classroom because we had to use objects that were in our classroom or the computer lab. By the way some of the boxes are supposed to be blurry because I wanted the image to be abstract. The clear parts in my image reminds me of packaged unhealthy T.V. dinners. One thing I like about the image is that it is very colourful and it leaves the observer guessing what is in the image unless of course I was to spill the secret which I already did earlier in the post.
Leave a comment and tell me what you think about Arts Umbrella, Glocal and my image.
Josh and Franziska
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Hey Nicholas. I’ve been spending some time today catching up with all the blogs that have piled up in my Google Reader. So I just discovered your win in the Edublogger competition. Congratulations! I was impressed by your winning post, so I’m glad you won.
I appreciate your perspective on the difference blogging has made to you as a learner. I’m pretty sure that your blogging this year has also been a character building experience; and I think that’s even more important! Well done, Nicholas.
Your clustr map is very impressive. You really do have a global audience for what you share.
–Paul Hamilton
May 25th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
hey Nicholas, great photo and im glad you enjoyed working with us. i really do love the sense of stillness with the strong feeling of movement. i think that your image metaphorically deals with the idea of electricity itself, the stop and continuation of circuits. keep up the great work!