Education Week's Digital Directions: Digital Approach to Art Ed. Gains Momentum - The Diigo Meta page

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  This is an article for Education Week, a newspaper that focuses on education. It discusses the challenges of adapting art education towards digital and technological creative exploration, presenting some of the stresses and insecurities for teachers trained in traditional mediums and the tendency to overlook students who show aptitude or interest for digital art and communication. It stresses that while it is important to maintain traditional methods, there is also a need to innovate as artists and art educator, as artists have always been and should continue to strive to be a force for creative technological gains. It also posits that providing a diversity of mediums increases the chances that an individual child will become interested in art. It mainly draws upon the insights and citations of various educators including Union City High School in Pennsylvania art teacher, Kristine Fontes and University of Florida art education professor, Craig Roland.

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  • Craig Roland, a professor of art education at the University of Florida and the creator of Art Education 2.0—a social-networking site for art educators—recognizes the tension between teachers who use more-traditional art materials in their classes and those who have welcomed new forms of expression.

     

    “Artists have always been on the cutting edge of technology,” he says, citing tubes of paint, the pencil, and the camera as examples. “We’re using that technology to create meaning, to express ourselves, to communicate. We’re always looking for new ways to do that.”

     

    ‘Thinkers and Inventors’

     

    But teaching traditional art is also very important, says Roland, and ultimately, he thinks the best approach is a combination of the new and the old.

     

    “The more technologies and the more materials we can use in the classroom, the better the chances are that each child will find a medium to express themselves,” he says. And although digital media aren’t as widespread as other forms of art, Roland says he has noticed a steady increase in the number of teachers using digital animation and video.
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