For this chapter there was a lot of discussion in the ways in which technology can enhance as well as expand the range of visual culture being taught to students through art education. One idea that I thought was important is how digital technology can allow for students to make multiples of the same image without the same difficulties that can come from strictly working in traditional media. The term mentioned specifically is “seriation, which is the process of producing a series of images based on a single image” (Boughton, Freedman, pg. 9). The reading continued with the idea of image manipulation as well, which I find very prevalent in this digital age. What is great about digital art is how easy it is to swap out different colors, filters and erasing mistakes at ease. The ability to change different colors at the click of the button can allow for students to see how different colors can change the meaning of an image, or how you crop an image can also change its context entirely. Seriation reminds me of a traditional process where it is easy to get different variants like screen printing, and how Warhol was able to make series of the same image with different colors with his portraits. But, having access to technology today through digital means can make this concept more easily available and less messy for students at the elementary level. In regard to image manipulation, I feel like kids grow up knowing that every picture they see is most likely altered in one way or another on social media, which is a pivotal thing to know in order to critique and analyze these images properly. And if they are not aware, having kids try to recreate these 'filtered' effects themselves can show them how much the visual culture they consume is created with purpose and one could even say 'staged' in order to convey a certain message. Also, image manipulation and seriation can also introduce topics of appropriation and recycling of visual culture which happens constantly in this time frame. Boughton, D., & Freedman, K. Introduction to Art Education. Elementary Art Education: A Practical Approach to Teaching Visual Culture. New York, NY: McGraw Hill. Warhol's Mao series, showing how different color choices can affect how we perceive an image.
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DescriptionPosted here are my reflections from class as well as readings in the textbook, Elementary Art Education: A Practical Approach to Teaching Visual Culture written by Freedman and Boughton.
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