The Impact of Art and Technology in Education

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by Katie Stover1 view·Updated Aug 8, 2024
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  1. Hi, my name is Katie Stover and this is my post course reflection.
  2. All right.
  3. How is your understanding of the roles
  4. and purposes of art and technology in education
  5. changed art and technology are not just
  6. amazing tools that further participation and interest,
  7. but they are also a necessity
  8. without creativity. We wouldn't have the TV, shows, movies and entertainment.
  9. We so enjoy today
  10. without it, we probably wouldn't have technology.
  11. The technology that we have today,
  12. art and technology are what keeps our society growing and evolving.
  13. Not only do art and technology, keep a tool,
  14. not only art and technology, a tool that keeps class engaged,
  15. but it's also a tool to further understanding and spark creativity about the world,
  16. about how the world works
  17. around them and how they can change it.
  18. What have you learned about using technology to teach steam and stem?
  19. So I have learned that it is actually rather easy to um focus
  20. uh integrate technology as most of the
  21. lesson plans focus on technological applications.
  22. Um Most of them have the students participating
  23. um in some type of research um virtual lab
  24. um
  25. or uh simply using the technology to create a new product.
  26. Um I have found that it is much harder to incorporate art into these lessons.
  27. However, um the steam since it does have the art component um is a little bit easier to
  28. um integrate the art into that.
  29. What have you learned about using technology to
  30. teach social studies and English language arts?
  31. Um Well, it's not as hard as it sounds, however, it is still rather challenging.
  32. So art um
  33. when it comes to art, subjects like social studies and English language, arts,
  34. it is much easier to include the arts rather than technology.
  35. Um
  36. Simply because you can have students um
  37. reenact do um
  38. role plays. Um You, you're tending to read more
  39. um
  40. uh playwrights and things like that.
  41. Um There's a little bit more, you know,
  42. you can have fun with words and things of that nature.
  43. So um it's a little bit easier to do art than technology. However,
  44. um as we move through a um digital society,
  45. um social studies and technology are becoming more of one
  46. social studies is about how citizens interact within a community
  47. and how the community came to be.
  48. So,
  49. um the same can be demonstrated with technology and
  50. I believe eventually will become one and the same subject
  51. as more and more communities interact online.
  52. And as the media continues to dictate the social values,
  53. I think we're gonna look more um to social studies to teach that
  54. digital citizenship. And um
  55. I think we're going to see that
  56. we're going to have a um social studies unit where we talk about how,
  57. you know, um
  58. social medias became a thing and how that
  59. community operates and how it became a
  60. community.
  61. Um
  62. What do you still need to learn about using
  63. technology in education and how will you learn it,
  64. the different types of uh technology resources at my
  65. disposal in my school district and at my school.
  66. So those are things that I still need to um brush myself up on
  67. and those can be um that research can be attained by um attending public
  68. school district forums and um also by discussing it with my school's it department.
  69. Um I'm also always on the lookout for um
  70. different things in classrooms that make life easier.
  71. Um I'm a hard worker but I definitely
  72. um
  73. enjoy working harder when
  74. it's easier if that makes sense. So um
  75. I am always
  76. looking to see how we can work smarter, not harder because I,
  77. I am um who is working hard.
  78. Um And so
  79. yeah, I'm always on the lookout for designs that make working easier.
  80. Um And to be honest, more enjoyable. And so I think technology does this a lot.
  81. Um That's why we have technology and new inventions
  82. because people are always thinking of this way.
  83. So the best way I found this is through social medias like tiktok,
  84. Facebook and Pinterest.
  85. Um and lastly through observations of other classes.
  86. Um so I utilize social media. Um, when you find something that
  87. usually it's um, on a topic of like, are you just tired of?
  88. It's like a gimmick or something? We're like, are you just tired of
  89. having this, um,
  90. problem?
  91. And I'm like, yeah, I do have that problem and usually they're like, well,
  92. I found the solution
  93. and so, um, I think the same can be said of technology of like, hey,
  94. there's got to be something out there that would fix this problem.
  95. And so, um
  96. I think just going to social media platforms like that where
  97. teachers get to share what works best in their classroom and how
  98. they came across it. Um I think is really cool.
  99. And so I think um also through observing other classes, other classes,
  100. like I know, um
  101. some of our classes this year got a promethean board, I've never seen one in use.
  102. Um But I bet you it would be really cool to sit in a class.
  103. So, um observation of other classes to see how they use their technology.
  104. Um
  105. And so yes, that's my post course, reflection. Thank you
  106. for watching. And I hope you have a great day.