My webquest idea is to have students combine science and art by making 3-D images. You need to know how the eyes work in order to properly make a 3-D image students will learn this and will also learn how to make 3-D glasses. These 3-D glasses will be used as a tool to make their 3-D artwork. I want student to explore the difference between 2-D and 3-D and how to bridge the gap between these two different dimensions of art. Students will be asked to use net art applications like neave.com and flikr.com and also computer programs such as photoshop.
In my teaching philosophy I mention I want students to think about art and functionality and how they can be interchanged, these 3-D images function as both art and science. I also mention in my philosophy that I want students to find beauty in unexpected places and with this project students have to take photos of things that represent them which may make them think a little bit deeper about the world around them.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
3 Real World Examples of Net Art
1. Rotoball (Rotoball is a website that involves a group of students. One student is given they have 15 seconds to transform the ball into anything then it is passed to the next person.)
The technology that is used is used to get students creative and quick thinking since they only have 15 seconds to change the ball.
The technology helps students to loosen up and help to get their brains thinking creatively.
In the future i would use this website as an exercise before class to help students thinking fast and creatively.
2. Diigo.com (We used this sticky note website in Art Ed 322 to help keep everyone connnected even when we were out of class)
This technology helps to keep students connected and organized.
In the future I would use this website to help students keep up with deadline and perhaps artwork critiques that we do not have time to cover in class.
3. Using Webquests in Art Ed by Samantha Melvin
Samantha just took a PBS class, where she discovered a new way to approach a lesson. She has connected her big ideas in the Art Education classroom with an online webquest called Freedom Thoughout the Ages. This webquest focuses on artists that demonstrate freedom through their art work.
www.freedomthroughtheages.weebly.com
This technology can be used to help teach students in a more exciting, more accessible way and lessen the authority teacher vs submissive student dynamic that is sometimes present in the classroom.
I would use this technology in the future to help my students learn more outside of the classrooom or in a technology based classroom.
The technology that is used is used to get students creative and quick thinking since they only have 15 seconds to change the ball.
The technology helps students to loosen up and help to get their brains thinking creatively.
In the future i would use this website as an exercise before class to help students thinking fast and creatively.
2. Diigo.com (We used this sticky note website in Art Ed 322 to help keep everyone connnected even when we were out of class)
This technology helps to keep students connected and organized.
In the future I would use this website to help students keep up with deadline and perhaps artwork critiques that we do not have time to cover in class.
3. Using Webquests in Art Ed by Samantha Melvin
Samantha just took a PBS class, where she discovered a new way to approach a lesson. She has connected her big ideas in the Art Education classroom with an online webquest called Freedom Thoughout the Ages. This webquest focuses on artists that demonstrate freedom through their art work.
www.freedomthroughtheages.weebly.com
This technology can be used to help teach students in a more exciting, more accessible way and lessen the authority teacher vs submissive student dynamic that is sometimes present in the classroom.
I would use this technology in the future to help my students learn more outside of the classrooom or in a technology based classroom.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Artwork in Response to Uganda
The above image represents America, how I see it. I think America is beautiful and ecletic but I think Americans sometimes focus on the wrong things. The Ipod represents America infatuation with luxury items and the "good" things in life. The words "it is greener here" represents the state of mind that Americans have, many think if I have this new gadget, if I have this, if I have that my life will be better. The human hand that says lost is in between two hands that read want and need. The hand represents Americans. We strive for this better technology, this better life, and sometimes ignore the natural beauty around us
Response To Uganda
The following was my response to one of the Ugandan students we are collaborating with:
Tusasirane Ambrose,
America has alot of positives and negatives. There are alot of talented people in the USA but I would not say we are all geniuses. Most Americans try very hard not to be discriminative but there are alot of examples of discrimination not just towards race but towards gender, age, body size, sexual orientation, and alternative lifestyles. I would not say that blacks are not appreciated unless talented, Americans work on a basis of proving yourself, if you want to be recognized you have to do something that merits that. If I want to be recognized as an artist I have to present myself as one, I must do art and maybe sell my work or study art or try and get my work into a gallery/ museum. No one is automatically deemed important until they prove that they are. No one is barred from doing what they want to do here, if you want to ride a train you pay your fare and go. There are opportunities for artists here but there is alot of competition to get you work recognized and put into a gallery or to get funding for projects. If you love art and want to be and artist then America can't hurt your chances in any way. I love living in America and i would suggest a visit to everyone. Like all countries there are bad points and good points to America. The US is definitely not Utopia but its not a horrible place either.
Tusasirane Ambrose,
America has alot of positives and negatives. There are alot of talented people in the USA but I would not say we are all geniuses. Most Americans try very hard not to be discriminative but there are alot of examples of discrimination not just towards race but towards gender, age, body size, sexual orientation, and alternative lifestyles. I would not say that blacks are not appreciated unless talented, Americans work on a basis of proving yourself, if you want to be recognized you have to do something that merits that. If I want to be recognized as an artist I have to present myself as one, I must do art and maybe sell my work or study art or try and get my work into a gallery/ museum. No one is automatically deemed important until they prove that they are. No one is barred from doing what they want to do here, if you want to ride a train you pay your fare and go. There are opportunities for artists here but there is alot of competition to get you work recognized and put into a gallery or to get funding for projects. If you love art and want to be and artist then America can't hurt your chances in any way. I love living in America and i would suggest a visit to everyone. Like all countries there are bad points and good points to America. The US is definitely not Utopia but its not a horrible place either.
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