ART ED 430/530 Studio Art
in the Schools: Digital Arts
Course Syllabus
Course Description:This
course explores the use of technology to enhance teaching
art for both the elementary and secondary levels. Students will
learn to use the computer as a creative tool through simple digital
editing software programs including Photoshop Elements and iMovie
specific to Apple computers. Students will demonstrate competence
with using both Photoshop to create a digital collage and using iMovie
to create a full motion movie for use as supplemental instructional
tools.
Methods of Instruction: Projected
tutorials, PowerPoint
presenations, class
discussions, studio work, and rubric assessment.
Course Objectives: Students
can expect to -
1. Become proficient with using a digital still camera and a
digital video camcorder.
2. Become proficient with using selected tools in Photoshop
Elements, a graphic editor.
3. Explore the artistic potential of a digital collage that
references identity, the landscape, and the southwest.
4. Become proficient with creating, importing and editing video
clips and sound to create a film using iMoive software.
5. Explore the teaching potential of iMovie as a tool for
instruction.
6. Become proficient with creating a PowerPoint Presentation of a
studio technique.
7. Become proficient creating a website using Google Sites free
program. Assignments:
Digital
collage - 1 for undergrads, 2 for grads
iMovie
of poem
Google
website
PowerPoint
Presentation
In-class
activities
References:
Brundage, B. (2011). Photoshop Elements 9.0 for Mac. Sebastopol,
CA: Pogue/O'Reilly
Pogue, D. (2011). iMovie 11
& iDVD. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media