"Creative Explorer is like looking through a glass onion - many layers of fascinating dimensions - quite awesome.
I like Creative Explorer because it continually challenges me to learn something new about artists and the way they work. It treats the arts seriously and raises their status to be equal to all the other learning areas in depth, skill, sophistication and mental agility."
Cathy Gibbs, 26/5/00
" ... a great springboard for the new arts curriculum. It is limitless in the activities it can stimulate.
I like Creative Explorer because it covers a range of the arts and also students to make their own decisions and choices for research and performance."
Mary Pritchard, 18/5/00
"Creative Explorer is a wonderful motivator!
I like Creative Explorer because it gives teachers a base for units of work in all four art disciplines. There is enough work here for several years' work."
Carol Langton, 18/05/00
"... a wonderful tool to free up those of us with more limited artistic
experience, to broaden the learning scope.
I like Creative Explorer because it forces attitudes to change - avoid
the prescriptive approach, which would easily stifle creativity."
Phil Sadgrove, 18/5/00
"... a colourful and sound scape rich resource for getting people, adults and children interested in "modern" artists exploring a range of media/mediums.
I like Creative Explorer because well for the amount of time I had with it there is a lot more to explore.
Other Māori and Samoan content excellent. Well done thanks for bringing it to the 'surface' and I think it would be very useful for years 5 & 6."
Andrew Lawton, 18/5/00
"... a compact module that at the same time allows students the freedom to explore, create and develop."
Teresa Francis, 18/5/00
"... a world of ideas and inspiration for students and teachers.
I like Creative Explorer because it opens up many ideas and areas in the ARTs."
Esmee AcAuley, 18/5/00
"... a resource with many facets, corners, viewpoints, interactions and comfortable information. I like the glass onion analogy, it fits well here!
I like Creative Explorer because it is non threatening - it is interactive. It can be used in many different ways, from many different viewing points."
Penny Harrison, 18/5/00
"... an excellent way of introducing students to the ARTs. I found myself thinking of activities that I could do as a follow up, i.e. making a pinhole camera and exploring composition by getting students to take their own pictures.
I like Creative Explorer because it takes a look at six different areas of the Arts and introduces you to not only the craft but to the artist as well. I also like the fact that it is New Zealand artists."
Sharon Laing, 18/5/00
"... a way to weave through the arts and become immersed in artists dedicated to their work.
I like Creative Explorer because it is extremely user friendly, non threatening and never ending - interactive - and promotes lateral thinking, and knowledge building."
Sheila Pether, 18/5/00
"... is accessible and easily used as a tool for children to do just what it is called 'explore'.
I like Creative Explorer because it is multidisciplinary and attractive to children."
Jude Pentecost, 18/5/00
"... an excellent resource for the ARTs curriculum. It explores different aspects of Art.
I like Creative Explorer because it gives you a chance to explore and become confident in areas of art that you might not have a chance to experience or lack the strength and knowledge in."
Freda Vagana, 18/5/00
"... a very comprehensive resource and an extremely rich source of information ... Learning about the arts through Creative Explorer will enable students to appreciate and understand their artistic heritage and that of other cultures ... it may well provide the motivation to develop the untapped creative and artistic streak..."
Sue Graham, Computers In Schools, March 1998.
"I like this CD-ROM because it takes you on an adventure."
"It's got some neat things, like you can make movies, draw pictures and other cool stuff."
"It felt real because of the Maori patterns and words."
Year 7 and 8 pupils, Tawa School, 1998.
"Creative Explorer ... is probably the most sophisticated CD-ROM yet produced in New Zealand, and is better than most educational titles from overseas. The screens are imaginative and beautifully designed ... Highly recommended."
Mike Drain, NZ Education Review, 16 April 1998.
