Here are a few more descriptions of this year’s Seed Grant winning projects. Enjoy! Developing Digital Graphic Skills for a Visual Culture at Henry G. Izatt Middle School by Barry Dyck Our cultural beliefs and value systems are embedded in the images that we create, whether it be in paintings or digital images. In a digital world where the creating and viewing of images is easier than ever, we have ordered two Wacom graphic tablets to expand student possibilities for creation. The tablets will be used in our Art, Applied Arts, Digital Design and Graphic Communications courses for students to create digital art, animation, comics and to edit images. Cricut Crafting Project at North Memorial School by Kim Houle The Portage la Prairie School Division’s strategic plan & North Memorial’s school plan have a strong focus on bringing community into our schools. Connecting families to the school. Giving parents a voice within their child’s education & learning. Additional, North Memorial School has put emphasis in the School Priorities to incorporate Indigenous Education into daily routines & lessons. With this in mind, our vision for the Cricut Crafting – Connecting Community project is to build community & rapport with families by providing a unique, creative, and relevant project that relates to their Indigenous culture. We will make family quilts that have symbols of their culture on them. Families will be able to come to the school and make the quilts as a family and as a community, and share stories about their culture with others while they craft together. We will use a Cricut machine to cut out the symbols and pattern pieces for the quilts. Using this technology with students and their families provides new skills, connects at-school learning to home, and it connects students, staff, and families.
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