Having taught Pre K-12
students in NYC public school settings, private schools and lectured in
colleges, my experiences is that it really depends on the spirit of the school,
the principle/ program coordinator, availability of facility to activate a
technology-infused class. While some are very welcoming or eager to incorporate
technology-based art, others, especially those schools that receive poor art
education, are reluctant or have no facilities. A lot of times, educators have
to spend money to bring in extra materials for the students. Though technology
is not an unfamiliar tool/ material to use anymore, the place of technology in
public schools are still not prevalent. There are many things we can teach with
a phone, such as sound, video and photos, but not all students have a phone. The
question here would be what kind of materials can educators bring in that are simple
yet fun and inexpensive?
Maybe because of my background as a classical musician and previous research on experimental music, the most interesting tools that can easily bring in human emotions in this class, are sound and video. I have never taken an in-depth digital photography class before, but I think there’re a lot of creative potentials that may produce touching, strong and influential works. Talking about creative potentials of photography, a couple of new ideas just come to mind: 1/ Tear out colored copies of old photographs and make an interesting collage. 2/ Take a picture of people or places that look like it’s ancient times. Maybe because of its nature that a camera is always capturing a moment in the past, my ideas always has to do with old photographs. I feel that the scenography project was fun and I was happy with my results that came out in a short time, but I do not see it stretch out into something more. Perhaps I did not have enough time to play with more ideas surrounding it or maybe it’s the limit of the scale. Other potentials that just come to mind are: 1/ Install it in a mist of wooden construction where viewers may enter and scan themselves or their belongings. 2/ If available, use a huge scan and scan the whole human body or large areas of poured paint – some of these ideas are more suitable for collaborative work for the whole class.
Maybe because of my background as a classical musician and previous research on experimental music, the most interesting tools that can easily bring in human emotions in this class, are sound and video. I have never taken an in-depth digital photography class before, but I think there’re a lot of creative potentials that may produce touching, strong and influential works. Talking about creative potentials of photography, a couple of new ideas just come to mind: 1/ Tear out colored copies of old photographs and make an interesting collage. 2/ Take a picture of people or places that look like it’s ancient times. Maybe because of its nature that a camera is always capturing a moment in the past, my ideas always has to do with old photographs. I feel that the scenography project was fun and I was happy with my results that came out in a short time, but I do not see it stretch out into something more. Perhaps I did not have enough time to play with more ideas surrounding it or maybe it’s the limit of the scale. Other potentials that just come to mind are: 1/ Install it in a mist of wooden construction where viewers may enter and scan themselves or their belongings. 2/ If available, use a huge scan and scan the whole human body or large areas of poured paint – some of these ideas are more suitable for collaborative work for the whole class.
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