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= = “The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting” this quote by Vincent Van Gogh highlights the importance the Arts play in the development of students throughout their schooling. Not only do Arts subjects promote cognitive development, they also promote the development of motor skills, creativity and self confidence. This wikispace is aimed at providing resources, guides, work samples and activities for the Arts curriculum area. DETA (cited in Finger, 2007), States that embedding ICT into the curriculum is a key priority as we are equipping students to be successful and active in a global society. This Wiki allows teachers to implement interactive lessons which provide students with activities to develop their ICT and digital literacy skills. This interactive learning environment allows students to move from passive to active users of ICT.

This wiki contains the following:

The **Curriculum** page is where the level 3 Arts, Technology and Cross-curriculum Priority documents are found.

The **Student page** allows students to become active learners through interactive games and puzzles. Students can also collaborate and communicate with their peers on the classroom blog provided. This page is also used to for students to post their completed work.

The **Links** page is organised resource of external links relevant to the Arts curriculum. These include games and activities, curriculum documents, lesson resources and other useful pieces.

.The **References ****** page is where all information and resources are cited for this wiki.