Technology

Example of cool digital art by Ryan Rhoades

I have used technology to enhance my teaching somewhat but I would like to learn more ways to incorporate it into the classroom. It has mainly been a tool in forming PowerPoint presentations before beginning a lesson. This worked well the high schoolers and it got them really excited to begin their painting project. I have used the computer lab once for a project with elementary in which they had to find images for a collage. I know many teachers have smart boards and these could be highly beneficial in the art room. I have also used Photoshop a little bit with the high schoolers to help them darken up some photo's for a print project and they really enjoyed that. Technology really excites me because I like to think where it will take teaching in the future. Some people think of it as this evil thing that is making our lives more impersonal, which could be true to some extent, but I like to look of it more positively, that it is opening new doors of opportunity. More specifically speaking, in my future classroom I would like to make use of programs like Photoshop for photography or any of the adobe products for that matter. Some of the digital art I have seen out there amazes me. It would be cool to teach a whole class on digital art alone! I have been able to use Adobe workshop and create amazing projects in no time at all. I would also like to see my students excited about technology and able to use a wide variety of programs in art.