Art Educators Web 2.0

I was looking at the website Brooklyn Museum of Art and found an interesting interactive in which they taught about the artist Basquiat.  There was an interactive timeline of his work, in which they used video clips and interactive clickable teachings. The site also gives the students an opportunity to create their own artwork with a virtual paintbrush or pencil. There is also option to view the online gallery. The technology helps students because it very inactive and not only allows to learn about the artist and his work, but create their own work and view others work. I liked how there were themes of his artwork in this website, such “justice and equality” and “cultural identity”  so I could see myself using this technology to supplement an overall theme that I was trying to teach, for example a theme on cultural identity.

For my webquest I really want to focuss on bringing art to the students that wouldn’t be accessible to them otherwise. I want to make them realize that art is all around them, so I playing with either the idea of making a webquest that is almost like an interactive museum, so that the students can learn more about art history. However, I want to make it relatable to them as well, so I also would like to add a component about art in their everyday life and incorporate their interests such as sports or after school activities.

     

Video for Blog #2

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I think my idea's in blog #1 about incorporating technology in the classroom really coincide with my ideas on what I would like my future classroom to be like. One of the major components of my teaching philosophy is exploration in art through different mediums. I think that this could be greatly achieved by using different technologies that I discussed in blog #1. It is important for my to give every student an opportunity to express themselves through whatever medium they feel suits them both. For some students it may be using a piece of paper and a pencil, while others may feel as though using photoshop works better for them. I think as a teacher it is my job to provide the students with different opportunities to try out different mediums so they can grow as artists. It is really important that my students keep an open mind, which is what I was trying portray through my animation, and I think by providing them with different opportunities helps to encourage this.

I also talked in my teaching philosophy about how I want my classroom to be a collaborative setting where students feel comfortable and they can openly discuss things. In my blog #1 I talked about a possible project with the I/O brush in which students could collaborate and go into nature and use the brush to get various textures and then go back to create an art project. I think that there would ample opportunities to use new technology with students in groups, which would again foster this community setting in the art room.

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5 Area's Important for My Student's to Grasp in a Future Classroom

1. Have my students question the world around them through exploration
2. Have my students work in a variety of mediums and technologies
3. Have my student's develop their own opinions/taste of art work
4. Create a environment in which students feel they can openly discuss culture/ real world topics
5. Have my students grow as artists and develop their technique

One of the reasons that I really want to teach art is because in my high school art class, I not only enjoyed the subject of art and the process of art making, but I also enjoyed the open-minded and accepting environment that my art teacher created. She really taught me to use art as a form of expression and to view the world from an artist's point of view. I want to teach my students how to dissect their everyday life through an artist's perspective and question the world around them through exploration. I really want to promote this idea of "play" that is so crucial to art-making, but I think as a society we forget to "play" and explore. I also feel as though the art room can be used as a vehicle to discuss issues in society freely through art, and I want to create a classroom in which there is an open dialogue between students.





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E-MERGEnt > Self

Both this reading and the new technologies that were brought up in this lesson were very eye opening to me. Personally, I view art-making as something that is done with a paintbrush and paint or a pencil. However, as a teacher of the future it important to acknowledge new technologies and keep up with them, as well as integrated them into your classroom when possible.

The I/O brush was very interesting to me. I envisioned a collaborative art project in which students could go out in nature and find certain textures that appealed to them and bring them back to the classroom and use the I/O brush to create a piece of work. There could also be very many interesting lessons about color theory that could stem from this tool.

All the technologies also really opened my eyes to different kinds of art. Students should not be limited to just using a pastel and a piece of paper. Why not give the student the option of creating a piece of work on graffiti playdo? This could also be incorporated with a lesson about street artists, and opening students eyes to non-traditional forms of art.

Overall, this article and these new ideas broadened my view of traditional art education. I feel that this is just the tip of the iceberg and I would like to incorporate as much technology as possible, mostly because I will be able to reach as many students as possible with a variety of tools in the classroom setting. Something that also really stood out to me was addressing the "digital generation". It really opened my eyes to a whole new era of education and I also want to incorporate the idea's of open, hybrid, and media rich lesson plans. As teachers it is our responsibility to mesh the "original synners" with the "digital generation".