education
Defining Technology and Media: An Important Step for Teaching Necessary 21st Century Skills
Using technology in education is not a new phenomenon. Though this type of integration may be more prevalent now in the 21st century than what it has been in the past, it has existed in education in some form or another for decades. Media integration, on the other hand, is consistently referred to as a relatively new phenomenon in education.
The STEAM Movement: It's About More Than Hot Air
Arguably one of the biggest movements in education over the last decade is what is more commonly referred to as STEM education.
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Effective Digital Media Use in the K-12 Classroom
I recently completed an independent study for the end of my graduate school career that examined current trends in media arts and media literacy education in the United States.
A 'C+': do they even give those in arts classes?!
Picture it: High school visual arts class, sophomore year. A 'C+' on my coil-technique clay plot. A 'C+’: do they even give those in art classes?!
Teaching children to overcome the small-town mindset through media arts education
Bringing Community Media into the University: A Strategy for Developing Media Arts Programs
Community media work has always been hard to fund, and it’s only getting tougher with today’s economy. Meanwhile, universities are looking for creative ways to reach out to the communities that surround them and have the resources to do it. As a media artist/educator living in a university town, it occurred to me that I could design the kind of participatory, social change oriented media projects I’m passionate about in a way that meets the university’s needs. So I put these puzzle pieces together and over the past two years developed the Art of Regional Change (ARC) at the University of California Davis, 15 miles west of Sacramento.
18 Actions Towards A Sustainable Truly Free Film Community
The time is now. If we don't fully own the absolute necessity to change how we've all been working, we won't be working -- and we won't have the illuminating, inspiring, transforming films that we now enjoy. It's your choice, but action is required.
There is the capacity for many more of us to create and prosper from creative media work. This capacity can also close up and vanish along with our audiences. The canaries are now the size of Big Birds and we somehow are able to ignore them (but that is a subject for a different posts).
