Each year our world changes. In most recent years technology has greatly changed. Each new generation is growing up and living with these new changes. So, because of this, teachers are forced to adapt to these new technology tools and use them in classrooms. "In educational technology, multimedia has been a steadily growing presence for some time." (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, pg. 172)
Commercial Hypermedia Product
"Video editing software is to motion images what word processing is to text." (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, pg. 188)
I have chosen to become an art teacher, and there is a wide range of art forms that I could teach my class. Digital art has now been recognized as a form of fine art so this means I could potentially teach my future students about this. The main areas I would focus on would be video editing (for stop motion animation), Photoshop, and other editing tools to help create art. For a quick example, for animation, or video, I would use the software, Final Cut Studio. This is a video editing software that allows the user to upload and download media to comprise a video.
"One of the most amazing things about how hypermedia systems have evolved is that people with fairly nontechnical skill levels now can develop complex, professional-looking hypermedia products." (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, pg. 178)
The book also gives examples of other products I might look into for teaching.
(Roblyer & Doering, 2013, pg. 175, table 6.1)
This is found at https://www.apple.com/
Chosen Multimedia Authoring Tool
However since the grade level of teaching I wish to pursue is High School, most likely there will be no digital form of art. (Unless the school provides resources) I only say this because in High School most of the students will not be "artists." Most of them just need the extra class, and most of them are interested in art, but have not mastered a form of art yet. Digital art is a advanced form of art, so at this level the main focus is on the basics. Drawing, art history, and painting. Some High Schools have other forms of art at a honors level, and then I might introduce Ceramics, Sculpture and possibly Printmaking.
To get back to point: I believe if a student wishes to pursue an art career he or she needs to be familiar with what art is currently being produced by artists living today. http://www.pbs.org/art21/ This link is a great source for learning; in this case, art. Art 21 is an online source comprised of videos that follow the popular artists of the now. The videos are short, and you are able to hear directly from the artists and how they made their career. It is also a great tool for inspiration. I may teach a class about a certain technique and then I can show them an artist who uses that technique in their work.
It is a great way for the students to stay current with new artists.
Classroom Use
For one of my lectures I could talk about contour line drawings; what contour line drawings are, what they look like...Then I could give an assignment asking to create an image using the idea of the contour line. I could draw an example, but most of the time students need to see lots of examples to find inspiration. This video below is an example of a contemporary artist, Kara Walker whose works deal with the silhouette image. Hopefully after watching the video the students could find inspiration for their project.
(This is the Art 21 video, I don't know why there are Spanish subtitles...its just the only video YouTube had.)
Roblyer, M.D., & Doering, A.H. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Helen, as someone who is also aspiring to teach art, it makes me incredibly happy to read that you would like to teach Photoshop in your classroom! I hope that the school you teach in will have the digital means since it's what you'd like to focus on. Acquiring a firm grasp, not necessarily mastering, of Photoshop would be a great skill for students to learn at a younger age because it's a software that can be used in a number of ways! But it's also an intense program with many intricacies. However, Roblyer and Doering (2013) reassure that "hypermedia authoring may play a major role in preparing students for the information-intensive and visually oriented world of the future." As artists, we know that "illustrations can demonstrate or support a point that may be difficult to express with text alone", so that's why it's important we continue to pursue art and encourage students to do so as well (Roblyer & Doering, 2013).
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