“By introducing media arts practices, we are trying to broaden our view of literacy practices to describe the ways in which individuals use literacy and learn to be literate within the specific context of new media.”
We know that today’s students use a variety of technology in their everyday lives. If we can teach literacy in a way that is relevant to them, I think they will better understand the concept. Our previous article mentioned incorporating more creative thinking skills into the curriculum, so by introducing media arts practices we can achieve this.
“Programming in this context is less about code and more about creativity or personal expression.”
I believe a lot of students shy away from computer programming careers because of learning to code. It is complex and hard to understand for most people. We need to show our students the creative side to programming. I was afraid of computer programming until I learned about scratch. Scratch allowed me to be able to be creative in an easier way.
“Brandy’s case illustrates that computation can be used as a way to tell stories or to create personally meaningful artwork in the case of the birthday card. Computation is also a learned skill that becomes useful as youth, even those like Brandy that are unable to read, can use for creative production.”
There are a lot of students like Brandy that teachers have to deal with everyday. They may or may not come from a troubled home and have learning problems on top of that. I think these troubled students would be more willing to try when they can be creative and show others how to do something. They feel smart and important.
Peppler, K., & Kafai, Y. (n.d.). Collaboration, computation, and creativity: media arts practices in urban youth culture. (University of California in Los Angeles)Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
Media Arts and Entertainment Design Academy High School in Los Angeles is a school that prepares all students for entrance into and graduation from a four-year college or university and provides a rigorous and personalized, standards-based curriculum in a supportive environment that nurtures students professional interests while building their character for success in an ever evolving and challenging global community. This school has high expectations for all students and believes that all students can produce high quality work.
Media arts and entertainment design academy high school . (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.meadahs.org/about/mission.jsp
I would love to get a school like this started in West Virginia!
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