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- Gabi
- I'm a photography/arts education student. I don't eat any vegetables & I love ice-cream.
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Art and Technology Rationale
I still have distrust issues with the internet, not wanting to show my artwork nor pictures of children. I'll admit, I'm a bit afraid of it, since it is still somewhat of a mystery to me. My 10-year-old cousin knows how to use a computer better than I can, and my 87-year-old grandmother blames global warming on the internet. It's all relative, my grandma and I fear it, to a degree, because it's change. I grew up in Cuba until I was 9, and not until then did I see a computer. My grandma loves the fact that we could go on Wikipedia and learn about plants and places and that she could see her house in Havana through Google Earth. But she's still skeptical! And on the other extreme is my cousin, she has been seeing computers since she was born, and playing with them in school since Pre-K.
So in a world where children know best, or rather more, it is our job as educators to be able to keep up with all these new technologies and keep on par with them, to at least be able to guide them. We have to be able to work with them and hopefully teach them a thing or two. Integrating computers in the classroom makes it more fun and interesting for the kids, and it becomes a lot more interactive. Having class blogs or Facebook groups allow the students to interact with their peers and with the teacher outside of the class, creating a constant virtual show and tell. This is true especially when talking about art. The students that before would be unable or discouraged to participate, due to their lack or artistic skills, are now able to participate through basic programs like Paint. It's a more accessible way to reproduce a vision for those of us that are not too great with a pencil and sketchbook. Over all it seems like a more feasible way to integrate the whole class and for the students to have more access outside of school.
So I'm ready to put my fears aside and conquer this new field of wonders and possibilities. Join me?
So in a world where children know best, or rather more, it is our job as educators to be able to keep up with all these new technologies and keep on par with them, to at least be able to guide them. We have to be able to work with them and hopefully teach them a thing or two. Integrating computers in the classroom makes it more fun and interesting for the kids, and it becomes a lot more interactive. Having class blogs or Facebook groups allow the students to interact with their peers and with the teacher outside of the class, creating a constant virtual show and tell. This is true especially when talking about art. The students that before would be unable or discouraged to participate, due to their lack or artistic skills, are now able to participate through basic programs like Paint. It's a more accessible way to reproduce a vision for those of us that are not too great with a pencil and sketchbook. Over all it seems like a more feasible way to integrate the whole class and for the students to have more access outside of school.
So I'm ready to put my fears aside and conquer this new field of wonders and possibilities. Join me?
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Sabrina Claymation
I babysat
12, 8 and 4 year-old siblings
in the summer and to entertain
them I had them write a story
and the next day we modeled
the characters and made the
movie.
Ha- I love this cartoon, thanks for sharing!
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