14-19 Articles

For easy to use publishing solutions, lecturer Keith Martin explains why QuarkXPress 8 comes top of the pile.

Apple recently announced a bumper batch of brand new products, including the eagerly anticipated Magic Mouse. Keen to try it out for ourselves, we spent a day getting acquainted with the little device.

Creativity is a great buzzword at the moment – everyone wants children to be more creative, but what does that mean? Why is everyone so bothered? What has technology got to do with it?

In the next few years, the creative industries are set to boom, with jobs in illustration and graphic design already on the rise. We picked the brains of Julian James, freelance illustrator, graphic designer extraordinaire and founder of online art magazine ‘New Sugar’, to discover his secrets behind good design.

A few quick tips and tricks to help you and your students take great photos.

We visited Rawmarsh City Learning Centre earlier this year and asked Luke and Liam, a couple of its budding 3D animators, what they think of Maya.

We take a look at how schools have been creating their own in-house TV channels.

Inspired by Cindy Sherman's ability to capture the essence of a character in a photograph, Jigsaw Education's Jo Eden looks at how this technique can make English lessons more accessible.

Kieron Concannon, MD of FDM Records, took us for a rumble in his JCB and told us how he set up his own independent record label.

We take a look at ways to make your own sound effects and the benefits of foley