Last year, I taught high school drawing and painting for the first time in my 21 year long career. This year (number 22), I'm tackling new media, by taking my first group of students to the computer lab yesterday to get them started on our year long blog assignment! It was so exciting. I have 60+ students in my Creative Arts classes and they are all required to keep a blog. We're still in the process of building them, but so far so good! I was very proud of how they handled this and how serious about it some of them are already becoming. They may be "digital natives" being taught by a "digital immigrant" but we're speaking the same language...and I like it!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
New Media
Last year, I taught high school drawing and painting for the first time in my 21 year long career. This year (number 22), I'm tackling new media, by taking my first group of students to the computer lab yesterday to get them started on our year long blog assignment! It was so exciting. I have 60+ students in my Creative Arts classes and they are all required to keep a blog. We're still in the process of building them, but so far so good! I was very proud of how they handled this and how serious about it some of them are already becoming. They may be "digital natives" being taught by a "digital immigrant" but we're speaking the same language...and I like it!
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I'm excited for you and your students (and just a tiny bit jealous). You are offering them something rich in potential, and totally appropriate for their age and involvement with technology and media. I'm sure it won't be easy-but when has that ever stopped you! :)
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Thanks Edie! I am excited about the work and will post a link to it all soon. Do you teach in NJ too?
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for those tips!
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