We are underway at Killard House….

We have visited Mount Stewart together – year 10s and year 9s and us running about the lake in opposite directions with iPads photographing all kinds of things

Ms W Davey and I have had a session in the Collaborate and Face-time parallel universes

We have faced off the technological demons

We have just had our first interactive session with year 10s

Julie has visited David Hockney’s I draw I do at the Mac, Belfast. Ms W Davey will be visiting with year 10s anon. We are interested in his drawing technique, combining photographs and drawing, David Hockney says he is deeply grateful for his eyes oo – they continue to give him so much pleasure….he has a lot to say about looking…

Hockney has also designed theatre sets, and in his early painting he often treated the canvas as a stage, where pictorial action takes place. I think it will be interesting for us to think about these ideas as our work together progresses.

We are working with Layers and Avatars …. Year 10 sent me some self portraits when they were still Year 9, the were surprised to see such ‘old drawings’ of themselves cut out and greeting them again all the way from my desktop – time and space travelling….

and a photo from William’s iPad – the trip to Mount Stewart

Worlds withing worlds – this photo of the iPad screen shows reflections of lights in Ms Davey’s classroom and also the silhouette of the photographer).

William’s avatar is Batman.