3/3 Takeaways on reading
Kylie Peppler:
Interest driven learning, while an amazing tool, should not replace traditional learning in art education. I believe it should be a supplementary tool. There's something to be said about learning art from an experienced professional. Granted, it's preferable that the teacher create and instruct assignments that are open ended and allow kids creativity to flourish, rather than fostering twenty identical projects. However, while children can learn painting skills online-copying techniques as best they can, learning how to render, and play, there's no one to guide these kids and push them out of their comfort zones, or teach them the principles of art and design. What of color theory, mark making, stylistic choices, and pushing boundaries? What about testing different subject matter, and rebelling against cultural norms? What about learning art history and incorporating what art cultures have learned into our own work? I believe if it hadn't been for my wonderful art teachers growing up, I would have been trying to render beach scenes for a number of years until I'd perfected the art of copying photographs. I would never have tried to find other subject matter, attempt various mediums, or experiment with color and process. Kids and teens can learn whatever they want through the internet, but without multiple experienced guides, they're learning will be narrow and limited to a few basic ideas. Yes, they can interact with experienced professionals online, and become part of the professional world- but it's just not the same as having a nurturing teacher who's there for you, to help you with your artistic vision and stay with you over a number of months or even years, having endless discussions and patience. Interest driven learning is great when the opportunity to have such teachers is not within your reach, or you want extra learning outside of school- but it will never be the same.
Nancy Baym:
Nancy states that humans are "adaptive, innovative, and influential in determining what technology is and will become. We use technology to suit our own aims and developers redesign and innovate to provide people with better ways to do the things they didn't expect us to do". She goes on to talk about how we innovated social interaction over text or by thread commentaries on posts by adding emojis, punctuation, capitalization, and the like. While we have made communication via text and thread comments a new "social resource", I believe that it has caused its own share of problems, as well. Adding in emojis and punctuation helps a bit, but miscommunication happens often due to lack of intonation and individual emotional cues we see on a person's face. I have had countless conversations over text where my words have been misread entirely. I have instigated fights that would never have occurred had I had my conversation face to face or even while speaking over the phone. I believe if used correctly, texting and comments can help us send messages that need immediate uptake like help messages, calls for social justice, thoughtful discussions, coordinating meetings, or sharing news and images. But having important conversations that are essential in relationships whether between mother and daughter, significant others, or friends, is misusing the medium. Perhaps, in the future, we will come up with a way to implicate tonality better. But for now, we must be careful with how we interact and what we text about.
Interest driven learning, while an amazing tool, should not replace traditional learning in art education. I believe it should be a supplementary tool. There's something to be said about learning art from an experienced professional. Granted, it's preferable that the teacher create and instruct assignments that are open ended and allow kids creativity to flourish, rather than fostering twenty identical projects. However, while children can learn painting skills online-copying techniques as best they can, learning how to render, and play, there's no one to guide these kids and push them out of their comfort zones, or teach them the principles of art and design. What of color theory, mark making, stylistic choices, and pushing boundaries? What about testing different subject matter, and rebelling against cultural norms? What about learning art history and incorporating what art cultures have learned into our own work? I believe if it hadn't been for my wonderful art teachers growing up, I would have been trying to render beach scenes for a number of years until I'd perfected the art of copying photographs. I would never have tried to find other subject matter, attempt various mediums, or experiment with color and process. Kids and teens can learn whatever they want through the internet, but without multiple experienced guides, they're learning will be narrow and limited to a few basic ideas. Yes, they can interact with experienced professionals online, and become part of the professional world- but it's just not the same as having a nurturing teacher who's there for you, to help you with your artistic vision and stay with you over a number of months or even years, having endless discussions and patience. Interest driven learning is great when the opportunity to have such teachers is not within your reach, or you want extra learning outside of school- but it will never be the same.
Nancy Baym:
Nancy states that humans are "adaptive, innovative, and influential in determining what technology is and will become. We use technology to suit our own aims and developers redesign and innovate to provide people with better ways to do the things they didn't expect us to do". She goes on to talk about how we innovated social interaction over text or by thread commentaries on posts by adding emojis, punctuation, capitalization, and the like. While we have made communication via text and thread comments a new "social resource", I believe that it has caused its own share of problems, as well. Adding in emojis and punctuation helps a bit, but miscommunication happens often due to lack of intonation and individual emotional cues we see on a person's face. I have had countless conversations over text where my words have been misread entirely. I have instigated fights that would never have occurred had I had my conversation face to face or even while speaking over the phone. I believe if used correctly, texting and comments can help us send messages that need immediate uptake like help messages, calls for social justice, thoughtful discussions, coordinating meetings, or sharing news and images. But having important conversations that are essential in relationships whether between mother and daughter, significant others, or friends, is misusing the medium. Perhaps, in the future, we will come up with a way to implicate tonality better. But for now, we must be careful with how we interact and what we text about.
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