Assignment due 3/29

What is your response to the New Children’s Museum? Have they successfully integrated new media into art that is appropriate, engaging for children? Is it just entertainment or is there educational value to what is being presented?


At the Children's Museum i felt that it was more geared towards infants to about 1st graders.  the architecture of the building is beautiful, but i do not feel makes the museum inviting. i felt that when on the tour i was very young and our guide was treating us very little. granted i know she works with children all day, so that is what she is used too. i felt that all the different stations or exhibits were great on the integration of learning and media, although some were complex for the age range that they target. i felt that there was both entertainment and educational value that was presented. With that said when i was little i dont think that my mom would have taken me there because a lot of those lessons that were exhibits we learn in everyday life and through experience i.e. the rain house.

Assignment due 3/22

1)

            A) the role of media in art today is more dominate then ever. Kids in this age are now comfortable if not more comfortable with technology than their teachers. With this knowledge they have more access to television adds, music videos, films, videos, computer generated images, these are all forms of art. With this being the reality art in the classroom is in a way becoming more mandatory because that is the way kids have adapted to learning. The examples that pertain most to my argument are fax friendships and copy technology outlined in chapter 10 in our book.

            B) Examples of how one could use photography and video as an educational and communicational tool in the classroom are: a cd or dvd about particular artists, comparison slides of different art works, a live television lesson a video recording interview, and maybe an internet lesson.

2)

            A) After Luz Chung’s presentation on social justice and its connection to the classroom I feel that the most important point she made that hits home with me is Dialogue in the classroom. Growing up i was always able to have a voice and express myself in different ways. I think that as a teacher that is one of the hardest things to do, letting each child have their voice and learning how to express themselves in their own appropriate way. As a teacher I hope to achieve that and make my students as comfortable as my teachers made me.

            B) I could use arts in the classroom to create a common ground with students from various backgrounds by using figures that each student would know and discussing all the controversies that go along with each public figure. Each student would then be able to have their voice and although we are all different have the same views on maybe one figure

Assignment due 3/8

A)   I thought that the visit to SDMA was very enlightening. I never thought that math and science could be at the inner workings of various pieces of art. i enjoyed being with the class because we could learn others perspective on the different paintings just like a real classroom that we will all be soon teaching. All the works were innovative and made is think, it is a great way to have critical thinking brought out in a non threatening environment.

B)   Yes I believe that SDMA is a viable accessible resource for elementary and secondary students. Being a student myself I learned a lot so being a elementary student it would be fun learning different subjects from paintings. Also, getting out of the classroom and experiencing new things as a student it always memorable.