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							WEEKLY PROGRAM

 Week    Week Lecture focus                                Art Focus
        Starting
  1     23-Feb Introduction to Visual Arts.                Introduction Activities.
                   Looking at students own                 “I can’t draw” Quick activities that help
                   experiences of art education and        deal with this dreaded phrase.
                   philosophies.
  2      1-Mar     Stages of Development                   Exploring drawing media
                   The stages of artistic development      Session that includes a look at new
                   from early childhood to adult.          media and techniques.
  3      8-Mar     Analysing Art and Arts Criticism        Mixed Media
                   What is Art? Exploring other artist’s   A study in observation using
                   ideas and trends and learning how       fineliner and watercolour
                   to be critical thinkers.
  4     15-Mar     CSF II                                  Collage
                   Understanding the documents and         Monet and water.
                   using them to create art programs.
  5     22-Mar     Management, Health + Safety             Paper Skills
                   Aspects of art room organization        Exploring paper and scissor skills.
                   and relevant safety issues.
  6     29-Mar     Unit and Lesson Planning             Painting
                   How to develop meaningful            Different techniques to apply paint.
                   lessons and units of work            Understanding the principles of colour.
  7     5-May                                           Fractals
                                                        Creating and exploring fractals using
                                                        Ultra Fractal.
  8     26-April                                        Digital Photographic Manipulation
                                                        Taking and manipulating digital
                                                        photographs using Sony Mavica
                                                        cameras and Paint Shop Pro.
  9     3-May      Evaluation, Assess. & Reporting Clay
                   An important aspect of Art           A valuable introduction to modeling
                   education.                           with clay.
  10    10-May                 BALLARAT FINE ART GALLERY VISIT
                   A wonderful opportunity to explore the gallery and see what it offers
                   schools, teachers and students.
  11    17-May     Integrated Curriculum                Printing
                   How to incorporate art skills into   Exploring many different printing styles
                   general classrooms programs.         and their uses.
  12    24-May     Art and Technology - Summary Threads and Textiles
                   Current trends in materials and      Exploring threads and textiles to
                   techniques. Using computers,         create a Hessian mask.
                   copiers etc in the art program.
                   Summary.
  13    1-June                                          Rotoscoping
                                                        An introduction to rotoscoping using
                                                        Paint Shop Pro.