So, how do digital storytelling and dynamic media apply to the art classroom? Below are two essential questions I had to consider and explore as I prepared this presentation:
- How can digital storytelling and dynamic media be integrated
into the art curriculum to promote greater understanding and self-expression?
- How can digital storytelling and dynamic media be used to
help students enjoy exploring art history and self-evaluation?
Here is how I plan to integrate dynamic media into my art class. Every Thursday I must post to a dropbox lesson plans for each day of the week for my students to complete. These are usually very simple assignments such as read a biography on an artist or a sketch assignment. I already have a class blog which I have used in the past as a place to display images of the completed student work. I can use the existing blog as a central place to post images for the students to reflect on, links to artist biographies, sketchbook assignments, etc. Rather than sending my students all over the internet, they have one place to refer to. Blog comments also provide a place for students to respond in written form and ask questions. I could even post images of student work and have them critique each other's work. This idea will require me to discuss with them internet safety and netiquette. However, these are concepts they need to learn anyway.
Here is how I plan to integrate dynamic media into my art class. Every Thursday I must post to a dropbox lesson plans for each day of the week for my students to complete. These are usually very simple assignments such as read a biography on an artist or a sketch assignment. I already have a class blog which I have used in the past as a place to display images of the completed student work. I can use the existing blog as a central place to post images for the students to reflect on, links to artist biographies, sketchbook assignments, etc. Rather than sending my students all over the internet, they have one place to refer to. Blog comments also provide a place for students to respond in written form and ask questions. I could even post images of student work and have them critique each other's work. This idea will require me to discuss with them internet safety and netiquette. However, these are concepts they need to learn anyway.
Check out the class blog here.
I used a blog similarly a couple of years ago for a six week digital photography class. Students posted their images for each assignment and then were supposed to comment on each other's work. This particular class was not great about commenting in order to help each other improve. They tended to only say "Good job!" but the idea of them interacting and learning from one another was there. Check out this blog here.
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| Photo by Maggie McGee (used with permission) |
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