Week of 3/8

1.)

a.) There are different roles of new media in art today that the book discusses such as taking photographs, CD’s, DVD’s, television and so on. These are different ways of teaching students new concepts which isn’t the typical lecture and discussion style of teaching. By implementing different and new ways of teaching such as all this media students can view the lesson and ideas in a different way. The book gives an example of a teacher who dresses herself up in different costumes and characters to portray the character they would like to demonstrate by deciding what they should wear and where the picture should be taken. The students are actively getting involved and having fun learning about a particular person through the use of a camera.

b.) One can use photography and video as educational and communication in the classroom for example by using a camera the students can create their own story, create an autobiography of themselves, and define a word or feeling just how we did through our image of power. Cameras also give the students the opportunity to illustrate emotions or what they take or learn from in a song or poem. Video can help the students share with the class a particular presentation, create a skit, and actual put together a news station for their school where they can have control of sharing with the student body events and important information.

2.)

a.) After listening to Luz Chung’s presentation I learned about the importance to connect with your students and express culture, identity and traditions in the classroom. The video demonstrated the ignorance of people towards problems in our everyday society and the quote shared with us how culture can so easily be lost. It is important to teach students how to stand up for their beliefs but also to become education in different issues that may pertain directly to them or people surrounding them.

b.) I feel that it is important to share with the students all the different cultures there are in the world and also issues other people face. It is important as an educator to keep in mind the students’ different backgrounds and experiences. I think art can help establish a common ground by sharing with the students different pictures, videos, or stories of the different cultures and traditions there are around the world. In class we did this when we read the different Cinderella versions in where there was the typical story of Cinderella and then there was more of a Native American story which portrays the same idea but in a different way.