Here are just a few suggestions for ways in which the Art department at Foulstone school can make use of the innovative technology available at the CLCs. If you would like to explore the possibilities of these or any other technologies, please contact Stephen Quayle or Shirley Corns at the Foulstone CLC, or Dean McFarlane or Claire Thorpe at the Holgate CLC for a preliminary chat.

Art Department

Macromedia Freehand
This is an industry standard vector graphics tool which would allow your students to create professional quality graphic designs for use in print or web media.

iStop Motion
Create innovative digital films that bring clay models to life.

Digital Video
Get your students to collaborate or work individually to produce video art work to add to their portfolios.

Macromedia Dreamweaver
Get your students to collaborate to create professional looking web sites that could take the form of showcases of their own work or galleries containing the work of famous artists.

Adobe Photoshop CS
This is an industry standard bitmap image manipulation tool. Get your students to explore the possibilities of digital image manipulation using original photographs or images downloaded from the Internet.

Open Mind
This mind mapping tool would be particularly useful to illustrate historical events in art on a timeline or for brainstorming ideas for project work.

Mediator 7
This powerful and easy to use multimedia authoring tool will allow your students to create presentations of their art work that go way beyond Powerpoint and allow them to produce CD ROMs and websites at the click of a mouse.