To learn how to control computer display settings. To link concepts in a traditional painting movement with contemporary technology. To continue to develop the skills needed to publish a coherent collection of images in an on-line gallery. Learning Objectives Children learn how to magnify a digital image until pixels are visible. Children learn that digital images are composed of pixels, each pixel has its own colour.
Children learn that computers can display different qualities of colour at different resolutions.
Children learn how to structure observation of natural colour using the pixel concept and apply that concept creatively in their own work. Children learn about Pointillism in painting and how, in graphic design, printed images are composed of colour 'dots'. Synopsis Children are introduced to pixels as the teacher magnifies a low resolution digital image using image manipulation software. They explore with the teacher how computer settings can change the quality and detail of colour and resolution of computer displays. Using the concept of pixillation, children observe natural colour in a new way and respond creatively using traditional media.