Today while searching for interesting topics within Art Education, I stumbled upon The Art Education 2.0 Manifesto from the blog Art Junction.
The Art Education 2.0 Manifesto was written by Craig Roland in March of 2009. What this manifesto was about is why we should integrate technology into the art program of today's students. It states that the World Wide Web is not just a place for resources anymore, but more of a tool for sharing, creating, collaborating, and communicating content and ideas. He states that "[Art educators should] recognize that it's a way to connect to students. Today's youth has contemporary media rooted in their everyday lives" (Roland, 2009).
Today's youth is surrounded by new technology, and with that comes the skill of digital media literacy. Through art education, one can use digital and online tools, and with that the goal is to have the students successfully understand various media technologies. While using those technologies, the student should be able to create, communicate, and distribute an idea. With more practice with the digital and online tools, one will work on their digital media literacy and be able to "analyze, interpret, and evaluate other's messages" (Roland).
While Roland states many advantages to including digital technology, he also discusses some draw backs (or even false assumptions) of digital media. Sometimes the students can think "glitz over substance, speed over sustained effort, and entertainment over critical reflection" (Roland). These are not the ideals that should be taught, but rather help students "sustain and celebrate their humanness in a highly technological world" (Roland). We as art educators want to install ideas such as: "the willingness to take a chance, challenge convention, explore the unknown, to desire to work honestly, the ability to appraise and defend what is personally and socially important". I think that these ideals are exactly what should be taught through art education, the students should learn to think individually and explore their creativity through different mediums. I think it's important to foster their creativity, ideas, and openness to try new things.
Within the manifesto Roland also distinguishes 10 guidelines. The guidelines discuss a variety of different topics such as: thinking of the World Wide Web as not just as resources but a tool for digital literacy, to focus on the outcome and not the tools, recognize the pro's and con's of new and traditional mediums and see what is best for the desired outcome, use free and open-source software and tools, and encourage personal expression, collaboration, and community.
This manifesto I think is a great thing for all art educators to read. It really gives us a guide to go off of for digital technology, and what can actually be taught with it (like digital media literacy and fine art). Roland seems like he is very passionate about his work as an art educator and he has a wide sense of what can be used a tools within the classroom. I hope to be able to take some ideas from here and keep them in mind for when I am creating lesson plans in the future.
Here is the direct link to the Manifesto:
http://www.artjunction.org/archives/manifesto.pdf
The Art Education 2.0 Manifesto was written by Craig Roland in March of 2009. What this manifesto was about is why we should integrate technology into the art program of today's students. It states that the World Wide Web is not just a place for resources anymore, but more of a tool for sharing, creating, collaborating, and communicating content and ideas. He states that "[Art educators should] recognize that it's a way to connect to students. Today's youth has contemporary media rooted in their everyday lives" (Roland, 2009).
Today's youth is surrounded by new technology, and with that comes the skill of digital media literacy. Through art education, one can use digital and online tools, and with that the goal is to have the students successfully understand various media technologies. While using those technologies, the student should be able to create, communicate, and distribute an idea. With more practice with the digital and online tools, one will work on their digital media literacy and be able to "analyze, interpret, and evaluate other's messages" (Roland).
While Roland states many advantages to including digital technology, he also discusses some draw backs (or even false assumptions) of digital media. Sometimes the students can think "glitz over substance, speed over sustained effort, and entertainment over critical reflection" (Roland). These are not the ideals that should be taught, but rather help students "sustain and celebrate their humanness in a highly technological world" (Roland). We as art educators want to install ideas such as: "the willingness to take a chance, challenge convention, explore the unknown, to desire to work honestly, the ability to appraise and defend what is personally and socially important". I think that these ideals are exactly what should be taught through art education, the students should learn to think individually and explore their creativity through different mediums. I think it's important to foster their creativity, ideas, and openness to try new things.
Within the manifesto Roland also distinguishes 10 guidelines. The guidelines discuss a variety of different topics such as: thinking of the World Wide Web as not just as resources but a tool for digital literacy, to focus on the outcome and not the tools, recognize the pro's and con's of new and traditional mediums and see what is best for the desired outcome, use free and open-source software and tools, and encourage personal expression, collaboration, and community.
This manifesto I think is a great thing for all art educators to read. It really gives us a guide to go off of for digital technology, and what can actually be taught with it (like digital media literacy and fine art). Roland seems like he is very passionate about his work as an art educator and he has a wide sense of what can be used a tools within the classroom. I hope to be able to take some ideas from here and keep them in mind for when I am creating lesson plans in the future.
Here is the direct link to the Manifesto:
http://www.artjunction.org/archives/manifesto.pdf
Interesting article. I really enjoy the first quote by Lauri Anderson.
Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories. –Laurie Anderson
The Manifesto had some really nice elements. Although I enjoy all of his points I really related to #2 and #5.