Quote: "We need to anticipate that the shift from text-only to multimedia environments will cause a combination of excitement and anxiety in our schools in the short term. Teachers will find that they cannot guide and evaluate students' multimedia projects as effectively as they can the text-based projects that they are used to. To help, we need more art teachers working across the curriculum with content-area teachers. The most pressing need right now is to develop design skills, graphic literacy skills, and skills that knit together pictures and words into unified presentations. One we better understand how video, sound, music, and animation communicate ideas and information effectively, and once the technology that supports these activities becomes more affordable and less specialist-oriented, art will become the fundamental literacy for understanding both old and new media."
Reaction: This quote really hits home for me because I have always been in love with art since I could pick up a crayon. I colored in coloring books and on paper 24/7 in preschool, art was my favorite subject in elementary school, and in high school the only elective I ever chose to take was art. I believe that art is a great way to express yourself and is a great way to build self-esteem and to let loose and forget the world around you. With that said, I truly believe that we need more art teachers working across the curriculum with content-area teachers. As an aspiring art teacher I believe that I can be of great use in working with content-area teachers by helping them build artistic beliefs and thinking into the equation of grading. Ohler said, " Teachers will find that they cannot guide and evaluate students' multimedia projects as effectively as they can the text-based projects that they are used to," this is where I (as an art teacher) could help work with content-area teachers to assess how to teach students how to express themselves, use there creativity, to think outside the box, forget that they are being graded, forget the world around them and just let loose and express themselves in any way possible. In other words, two heads are always better than one, and by combining the curriculum of a content-area teacher and the artistic expression of an art teacher, students will get the most out of the multimedia education for better knowledge and insight for future use.
Resource: Ohler, Jason. "Art Becomes the Next R." Educational Leadership Magazine 58.2 (2000): 16-19. Google docs. Web. 25 September. 2011.
Related Resources: Multimedia Technology: Teachers' Knowledge and Attitudes
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When we think of art, we traditionally think of mediums such as paper, textiles, acrylic, oil, ink, watercolor, charcoal, sculpture, etc. We now need think of digital art as a medium. It will take collaboration between art teachers and content-area teachers to identify learning outcomes and reasonable measurements of student proficiency.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree, Art is a great way of expressing our selves and should be kept at our schools. Combining the two will make a great team. Good job !
ReplyDeleteGreat connection between Art teachers and other content area teachers. I'm a firm believer that collaboration with colleagues is imperative for student success.
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