tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9394519778597886302024-02-18T20:01:47.398-08:00The ArtRoom K-8 Life, discovery and the digital era through an artistic lense. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218729147978736939noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-939451977859788630.post-45372954372643719352016-07-27T16:23:00.003-07:002016-07-27T16:29:53.318-07:00We all Float on: ILT5340 Final Reflection<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is bittersweet that this class has come to an end, this marks the final class for my first M.A and my 15th year as a college student all as I embark on my third year of teaching. I am a life time learner, and through this class I have become an even better learner, student and contributor to education. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At first I didn't believe the hype. (<a href="http://www.osgemeos.com.br/en/projetos/dont-believe-the-hype-2/">Osgemeos, 2014, San Diego</a>)</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglEkBvicK1rbwpXJ99olOIwdU39NWWMBMJGed_p6cXLtFkuaUzUQrDKr1Dshekj3s0i1G3_nZO3IZiOA3fvuzqYD7k8fC9Mfp8dBzjUbx2jMDpCMhCZ4a370-rWAoCzp2mizuOnWPef6v/s1600/2016-07-27_1716.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglEkBvicK1rbwpXJ99olOIwdU39NWWMBMJGed_p6cXLtFkuaUzUQrDKr1Dshekj3s0i1G3_nZO3IZiOA3fvuzqYD7k8fC9Mfp8dBzjUbx2jMDpCMhCZ4a370-rWAoCzp2mizuOnWPef6v/s200/2016-07-27_1716.png" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Though it has taken some time to adapt to a 'new style' of learning, where everyone is a learner, teacher and viable part of a community, I feel that I have come full circle. As a active participant I have become an authentic learner, sharing information and engaging in 'convo's' with people all over the globe. It is quite fascinating when you think about it, all that we have accomplished in 8 short weeks, what once felt overwhelming now seems like a drop in a bucket in comparison to what I hope to continue to learn. It is a tremendous feeling being in charge of your own learning, we are told when we go to college that we get to choose what we learn, but this for the first time in my 15 years has actually happened. I have learned it's not just about choice of what you learn, but the act of participation in that choice that leads to true authentic and valuable learning. Unlike any class that I have ever taken, this somewhat self guided and lead course has changed the way that I think about my own teaching practises. How valuable is learning when you dive in, and figure things out for your self. This semester as I conquered each tasks that I thought I would never be able to do, I found my self toting my confidence, as that confidence arose, my participation grew, and in turn my followers, and digital connections also grew. There is so much that I want to share with my students, from daily creates to making connections all over the globe. Where I once thought of being 'connected' narcissistic and egocentrical, I find exhilarating and full of wonder and excitement. There is so much to teach, digital responsibilities, and navigation, but most of all I want to teach through exploration, just as I have learned here in ILT5340. I have gained so much through being a connected learner and teacher thus far, I am sure the possibilities are endless... I mean look, in only a few hours I have become a 'not quite master of</span><a href="https://storify.com/" style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> storify</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, check out my final portfolio!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is all about diving in, something that traditional academia does not require! I have never experienced learning in this way, but '<i>I like it'. </i>At first it seems so, lackadaisical and anything goes, but then you realize that that is the point, we are all learners, not one better than the next, the instructor holds no authority over the learning making for quite a different but surprisingly amazing learning environment once you get used to the waters. It took me about half way through the course to catch on, accept and come to terms with this. Participation is so key, the more you reach out and participate the more feedback, connections and learning that you will do. I did alright at this in the beginning, completed work, required reading, posting and comments, but I wasn't feeling great. I think it was in week five when I joined a 'flash annotation' that I really saw what participation looked like on an active level. After participating in multiple convo's and learning/building a PLN, it all makes sense, and for the rest of the course I was enjoying my new digital persona. The daily creates help to build a network of colleagues, through this network I learned to create my own GIF's, and continued to build an online persona that is quite comfortable with digital affinities. Through sharing a favorite reading; "<a href="http://nationalseedproject.org/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack">McIntosh's White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack(1989)</a> in week 7, again I witnessed a passion for learning from the community of people that I share this affinity with, though we didn't all agree, it was honest and impassioned conversations that I know for me sealed a confidence in public annotating and learning and this whole digital thing. There was one reading that was already discussed to move to the beginning of the course; <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.1;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/Social%20Reading%20in%20the%20Writing%20Classroom:%20A%20Webinar%20and%205%20Ways%20to%20Use%20Hypothesis%20for%20Rhet/Comp">Social Reading in the Writing Classroom: A Webinar and 5 Ways to Use Hypothesis for Rhet/Com</a>p, there was so much useful information in this post about blogging, connecting, I really feel that for those of us that are coming to the course with little to no tech or digital experience that it would be very relevant and helpful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think that this class has completely changed my ideas of pedagogy, I love the idea of open learning, where everyone is an active participant in the learning including the instructor, this class modeled the role to a 'T' and is now something that I will incorporate into my own pedagogy. Of course at first, I thought it was crazy, like a spoiled teenager, I just wanted Remi or Lisa to tell me the answer, or say that I am right, or for that fact, wrong. This never happened, I learned from my peers and made connections to answer questions, connections that now serve as PLN, connections that serve a far greater purpose than just answering a single question. By being connected I have made contacts and have been exposed to so many media outlets, all this would have taken a million boring years to learn in a traditional learning environment, but because I became passionate about the learning, I guided my own path at my own speed. I am sure that we all will leave ILT5340 with different things of importance, but I am sure that we all are much more aware of the necessity of being a participant in this ever changing technological world. As an educator I feel so much more equipped with teaching technology, and can't wait to share my experiences with my fellow educators that are not yet 'connected'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With this ends ILT5340, but is no where near the end of my participation, I am just getting started... Thank you for equipping this change agent with new weapons to advocate, inform and spread art around the globe! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week was an especially special week both in ILT and in my summer expeditions, as we continue to read about participation, I become more involved in the digital and take the same philosophies to my reality life to become a more active participant in the community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though each week of ILT has encompassed some sort of understanding of participation, this week's reading and efforts for me were full force into participating at the highest level. Where one might think that this would add a lot of stress, I actually feel the exact opposite. I feel full filled, rewarded, and like I can accomplish anything, a great way to inter my third year of teaching. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most important this week, I have continued to jump in, and where I thought before that diving to far into digital would take away time from my creative studies, drawing and artistic endeavors, again I am pleased to announce that I have probably done more drawing, creating, and made more contacts with my digital self and real self working side by side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working along side a dear friend, and with a company that I fully believe in, I volunteered this week at a <a href="http://fashiondenver.com/">Fashion Denver </a>Fashion Camp. The camp is designed to give young girls and boys of every background the experience of creating, helping and learning through the fashion industry. Each camp starts with getting to know each other and making friends, discovering what each others strengths are and then most importantly identifying your own strengths and fierceness. This all leads into a great chat from a local author about body love and acceptance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are the words that one day I hope to write on an inspired Chang mural at school or in the community. Unlike many artist, Chang holds no authority over her work, it reminds me a lot of my time in ILT5340. <a href="http://candychang.com/work/before-i-die-in-nola/">Chang</a> has set out to inspire, teach and inform people about reflecting, hoping, believing and coming together in disparity, to do so she has presented the same philosophies of <a href="http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/hybridped/open-digital-pedagogy-critical-pedagogy/">critical digital pedagogy</a> to mural painting, though she is the artist, she wants people to take the idea of the mural and create their own, in a way remixing her own work to be individualistic in each community it is painted. Chang offers DIY instructions, including ideas on seeking approval for public spaces along with a shopping list of materials that can be purchased from a distributor or on the makers own terms. The the original mural was painted in New Orleans, after Chang lost a loved one and was unsure how to cope, she turned to the public, and together the healing began.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was through deep reflection that both <a href="http://nationalseedproject.org/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack">McIntosh</a> and Chang are able to invoke emotion and deep thought. So impassioned about whiteness theory, it was hard to sit back and only read comments, as I now imagine that it is hard for a instructor or professors to do. I wanted to see what people would write on the 'wall', before participating myself. The convo this week was great, participation was high, as I expected with such a controversial subject, I wish that as many participants joined in on the Critical digital pedagogy article as well, as to me the two really went hand in hand. Participation is key in both scenarios, rather it is teaching about digital affinities or whiteness, both seem to work best at an even playing field where no one is named the be all say all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I look through the many "before I die" walls, it reminds me of McIntosh's long list of the daily effects of white privilege, some are obvious, just as people write to end hunger or for world peace, but then it goes much deeper, when we are forced to reflect on those things that go beyond economics, and dive into the truly invisible. In any participatory act there will be the passioned people that go beyond 'ya, me too' and 'I feel the same', and will truly express and reflect and this is what makes critical digital pedagogy and Chang's work so moving. The allowance to be and say what you are in a space that is relatively secure, and opens the door to truly learning about one and other. This is learning, my friend, these are the experiences that will guide our decisions in the future, the act of participation has built a memory bank of how to receive and output communication to solve problems, create and change the world we live in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the course comes to a close, I have completely changed my perception of digital stories, their importance in education and my own existence. It has taken a while, and like the few that are reading McIntosh for the first time, it was hard, as change in a belief is. The idea of remixing continues to surface, as I hope people will read 'Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" and think of their own situations that may not be listed where in their own whiteness has affected the people around them. There will be non- believers, and the can't changers, but in time as we all use the tool of reflection, to really look deep we can hope that racism and equity will change, like a hopeless heart after loosing a loved one, it takes participation on a community level to heal... </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218729147978736939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-939451977859788630.post-35399328364914012502016-07-20T11:15:00.002-07:002016-07-20T11:18:29.151-07:00Not quite a Color Field: Playing around with movie stills and Image Macroanalysis in Javascript (IMJ)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This weeks <a href="http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/create-a-movie-barcode/">Ds106 assignment</a> did not turn out exactly like I had hope, true to nature this is one that you have to follow the directions, and we all know that I fall a little short in that department.<br />
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what ever that is... But it looked cool, and reminded me of the great <a href="http://www.theartstory.org/movement-color-field-painting.htm">color field</a> painters of the late 60's and early 70's. Much Like the street art and graffiti movements of today, color field painters objected the norms of art and produced works that were not at first accepted. Graffiti has been around for years as was color filed painting, the style branched off of abstraction in the 1940's, and was the first to be completely void of all absolute form. </div>
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The assignment takes you to a web page created by <a href="http://zachwhalen.net/pg/imj/">Zach Walen</a>, though it is very user friendly and easy to use, as mentioned you should probably follow the directions closely. You are directed to upload either individually or via a folder up to 9999 images or stills from your favorite movie. Well that's a whole lot of images, not being the most tech savvy, I copied about 7 images that I found of <i>Stand and deliver</i> and then made about 27 copies of each of those and placed them in a folder. This gave me just under 200 images, and I can say that I am not quite as impressed with my turn out as the suggested image on the assignment page of Ds106. </div>
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As I look back on my experiences this week, I can't stop thinking about how all this love got started. This week, I feel reaffirmed in my teaching style and process, building relationships and focusing on what really matters, and it ain't no test score! I have always been passionate for all types of art, but as I have grown to understand and become an advocate of social justice, it seems graffiti and street art has taken a hold...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the beginning of the 15'-16' school year, I started the process. Convincing administration to allow middle schoolers to do a little graffiti is not an easy task. Taking all the necessary precautions, the students would wear masks, be able to wear full paint suits, and would go through a training 'pre-lesson' before the date of the official graffiti work. Then there is funding... As an artist myself, I would never expect an artist to do pro-bono work, so I started contacting supporters in my community and friends. If you are in education and or non-profit, you need to be a member of NAEIR. This non-profit websites allows educators and non-profit access to millions of products for nearly free, this is where I acquired the masks and painting suits for nearly nothing. ( really total for 38 masks and painting suits: 5$) </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The sibling team of </span><a href="http://www.osgemeos.com.br/en" style="text-align: justify;">Osgemeos</a><span style="text-align: justify;">'s work can be seen around the world, the two have been collaborating since birth and have worked with names like Banksky, JR and other top contributors in the industry. Their work speaks to current adversities and global issues all the while being aesthetically pleasing and a bit humorous. Their work is a gentle reminder of the loss of innocence and play that happens as we grow older, and what I think is happening in education today. With so much focus on testing and finding a implement that is a do all for all, I find myself 'breaking the rules' more so than not. </span></div>
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This is a story that broke awhile back, but because I was so disgusted at the 'artist' lack of humanity and intelligence and her use of digital affinity, I wasn't sure how to add it to my affinity space without giving her any more credit or publicity. Unlike Banksy, this little vandals ill-practiced, unskilled, so called drawings leave behind nothing but anger, disgust and open up further mistrust and shows a complete misunderstanding of the use of graffiti as public art.There is no lesson, no social commentary, and nothing to be learned except for what happens when we do not expose our children to the beauties that are our great outdoors. Coming to grips with her unintelligible choices, as I grow my understanding and acceptance for social media, I am finally ready to post about this atrocity, through a digital critique of the story being told rather than the person, I think this will help this post be a little more PG! </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Decoding: there are many ways for the user to navigate through the post, with multiple links and side stories of interest that surround the story, I couldn't help but to click on every one. The reader is quickly able to make meaning and rest with an un-bias well written story, I could have never have been so un-bias and calm in writting a story about such a idiot. The multiple images and links create a whole complete story, including snapshots of persons personal affinity spaces. I think this creates a sense of being there, and hopefully is also a reminder that everything is up for grabs on the great net. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The involvement of everyone on the web, not only helped to spread the story while in the making, but it also created a kind of watchful eye in reality. As the story began to be posted and took off on the web, people in reality began looking for this person that was defacing not only just National Parks, but for some sacred ground. it just goes to show how the two worlds can interact in a positive manner. In all this is an important message of the Internet usage, safety and responsibility along with an underlying story of white privilege.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Thank you to who ever you are that left her this picture!) And so this also begs the question of art, vandalism and graffiti. Is there a difference, is it where it appears, the skill and aesthetics? Obviously most people that have seen this girls handiwork are against it as art, and I have to agree. As stated above, there is no skill or talent, but what if she had marked up the streets of NYC with her work, would she have been received differently? There is a lot to say for the level of 'street' art that is being circulated today, do you consider these works separate in the world of graffiti than 'tagging'? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Creating this little film, reminded me off all the flip books that I had made as a child, watching my daughter use the app also reminded me of the entertainment value, and the confidence that students can obtain by completing the project. I am definitely going to add some flip books to my lesson plans next year, good for all ages, and turning them into little digital movies makes them even better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.haring.com/!/about-haring/bio#.V4MF9SMrKCR">Keith Haring</a> was one of the original graffiti artists, his works were viewed by millions in the subways and streets of New York before 'hitting it big' and being included in multiple galleries and museums across the world. Haring's work is a true testament of his character, love, peace, and social awareness were his favorite subjects to illustrate. Haring created art for people, the public, and believed that "art is for everyone", like Warhol his goal was to bring art to the masses. When he felt that his work was becoming to popular and expensive for the average person, he opened the <a href="http://www.pop-shop.com/?utm_source=haring&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=haring-foundation-poplogo">POP Shop</a>, were everyday people could continue to view and purchase his work without the 'high class art scene.' Haring's work did not stop at creating art for change, but he also started the Haring foundation to help other that were diagnosed with HIV. His legacy is continued through this foundation and the POP shop, including a website for the social art education of children. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheKyJZMJAP9Ia3qx51xMzjaPfhm8buVk6akHk_2hiSznZF34lR2B2FYw33AmdZMlOkbnPr2wFzgpM2PFJEpHaiRBJC2HbQJ_fcPTzz55djmHkdxTkToN0q4HKIHKECZYhw2HoHAz3c_QO/s1600/2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheKyJZMJAP9Ia3qx51xMzjaPfhm8buVk6akHk_2hiSznZF34lR2B2FYw33AmdZMlOkbnPr2wFzgpM2PFJEpHaiRBJC2HbQJ_fcPTzz55djmHkdxTkToN0q4HKIHKECZYhw2HoHAz3c_QO/s320/2.png" width="222" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This week I have become an active participant. The readings by <a href="https://narrateannotate.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/jenkins2008.pdf">Jenkins</a> and <a href="https://hypothes.is/blog/social-reading-in-the-writing-classroom-a-webinar-and-5-ways-to-use-hypothesis-in-rhetcomp/">Dean</a> were especially influential, as I found my grove and 'my people'. I am left wondering if I would have been so influenced by reading them at the beginning of the course? But there is no time to dwell on the past, there is so much to learn and do! The biggest take- away thus far, form this week and the entire course is about being truly active. It has changed my perceptions, attitude and outlook, and will probably influence my teaching style. You see, as if struck in the head, I have finally gotten it, you have to play along and try it all out before you can understand it. I thought I was so cool last week making my own gifs, in partial participation mode. Now I understand, and I don't need to make my own to be a part of all this, crazy, that's what all the pre- mades are for, so that you can quickly continue on to the real participation. Sure I still make my own when it is necessary to be super specific, but I can now feel comfortable using someone else's, I've got a PLN to grow. This week I have finally realized the point of all this, like Haring, is to communicate and contribute to culture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems to be a common thought or feeling in all the readings including Maha Bali's Digital Citizenship, that there is a known factor missing; responsibility. This equates to lack if interest in the digital, teaching teaching digital technology and becoming a connected classroom, and social justice and equity in this digital age. So my question is who is doing anything about it? When will something be done about it? All this access to millions of like minded digital thinkers, great conversations, but I think there needs to be action. Teacher's need to have digital preparedness in their teacher ed programs, or through PD ( Even better, they should be exposed to building their own PLN) We need to press on, people. Hassani did not quit when the projects became to big or too dangerous, she now creates 'Dreaming graffiti' where she adds her graffiti to images of the walls rather than the walls were it would have been to dangerous for her to complete her work.throughout conversations in the readings, multiple people posted about the lack of technology, I now feel inspired to go beyond what I have and find another way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The video itself is produced by The Creators Project, a digital project that was launched in 2009, with the help of Intel, to bring to life the many creative visionaries of the world, doing and creating works that change peoples lives and perceptions. Boasting more than 600 creators world wide, the project hosts a daily video, commentary, comments, and a YouTube channel. Creators include: David Bowie, Florence and the Machine, Daft Punk among many others from multiple disciplines. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have always been a fan of the <a href="http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_us">Creators Project</a>, until now I never understood the digital reach that the project has, with multiple outputs the artists stories are able to be heard and commented on in a variety of settings making it possible for anyone to participate in the comments, no matter their level of digital participation. As the video is shot in person, the participation of the viewer becomes first hand, as if you are sitting there with <a href="http://www.kabulartproject.com/artists/shamsia-hassani/">Shamsia</a>, the videography is excellent, zooming in and out of the story and the works created. The subtitles are added to clarify the language, and are not distracting, a short intro builds interest for the viewer along with context that is important to viewing the film. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The work of The Creators Project and artist like Shamsia is so important to the social progress of new art forms and social justice in the world we live in. In the video Shamsia comments on the burka, and how so many people think that the removal of burka's would fix the injustices that happen to women in her country, in all of her wisdom and worldly knowledge she states that the women of Afghanistan would still be there, it's not the burka that does these things to women, it is the surrounding society, you have to change society not a piece of clothing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">By now you should know that I am not a great rule follower. I let my kids listen to their music with explicit lyrics during class, allow the use of phones, deviate from the crap curriculum that the district has laid out for use of a more creative states (NYC and WA)that hold art to the highest standard. So the same should be expected as I complete another assignment, in my own way, following instructions, kind of. Sometimes it is hard to really follow the directions explicitly and keep your focus on the topic at hand. My focus is street art/public art and Social Justice, which I hope you have sensed in my previous posts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mash up two iconic movie scenes, aim to be subtle. So here's a girl that loves vintage cars, the attire, hair and music. Really I should have been my grandmother's child not my mothers. So there are only a few movies to choose from: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/">Grease</a>( the first one of course), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/">Dazed and Confused,</a> and <a href="http://lucasfilm.com/american-graffiti">American Graffiti</a>. Being that one of my focuses is on graffiti, I had to bring one more Brit onto the American scene. The clip is from American Graffiti, and the graffiti is from Banksy. A little play on words I suppose, American Graffiti, British artist, Graffiti in two contexts... You get it, right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I suppose I could have follow the directions explicitly, and grabbed some graffiti from <a href="http://www.westsidestory.com/">West Side Story</a>, but that only came to mind just as I was writing this blog, and that perhaps would have been too subtle or too obvious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I picked Banksy's work specifically because of his normal commentary on current society. The sign being held in the graffiti, " keep your coins, I want change". Even deeper than thinking about departing a relationship, I thought I would throw a little irony in the picture, as that is what they <i>should</i> be thinking about, but of course the actors surrounding removes them from any real cause for deep critical thought on the current progress of society at the time. </span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218729147978736939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-939451977859788630.post-40506451854973388012016-07-03T11:06:00.003-07:002016-07-03T11:43:37.051-07:00Staying Grounded, Revisiting history and Reflecting: week 4 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Looking at Murals, Graffiti and public art, it would be nearly a cardinal sin not to mention the fore fathers, or '<a href="https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kjc03">Los Tres Grandes</a>". As one of the three, Rivera help to create a social and artistic movement that gave way to the public murals and works that we enjoy today. His work reminds me that here, in the every day, and in this class, there is a heavy burden to carry. We can not forget that the we as a society are still not much further than we were in <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/diego-rivera-9459446">Rivera's</a> day. In conversations this week I am reminded of that burden, not as something that pains me, but something that I am proud to be apart of. Social awareness was the goal of Rivera, with each mural and fresco completed he brought more attention the the working class Chicano and Latino peoples of the United States and Mexico, their fight for equity and better life, and a continuance of culture without bias and prejudice. In every thing there is a chance to be critical and question that that has been done. During the Chicano mural movement, women were oppressed and depicted as sex symbols and house wives rather than strong contributors to society. Women then did not just acknowledge that there was an injustice, they spoke up, got involved and started creating their own murals.They took action, and that is what we need to continue to do today in digital affinity spaces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Throughout conversations, I believe that I have stayed true to my commitment for social justice, but it is apparent that I may need to speak even louder. Though it was bell hooks that said' <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they're beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"> " we still need to realize that this digital affinity is a majoritarian space, harbored by a hegmonic ideals and class biases.I love the idea that this digital affinity space does allow for a multitude of people to become connected without bias, but we have to also be reminded who is using the spaces. We talk about digital literacies that are only obtainable by those afforded the ability to participate. Working in a title one, low income 78% Free and reduced lunch school, I can tell you from being on the front lines that my students have no idea, have no access, and are struggling to be literate in the every day, let alone some affinity space. So as you hear 'platitude', ask your self what you are doing, or are you even aware that there is an issue.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.5px;">I couldn't agree more, in fact I am a huge advocate for the teaching of technology and 21st century preparedness. The simple fact remains, that our current education system, so wrapped up in testing and scores, does not allow for the exploration necessary, the technology to experiment or the professional development for it to be taught responsibly or critically. Leaving our students to plunder through digital affinities without knowledge of responsibility or really understand the impact of their words and images strewn across screens in endless reaching possibilities. Not to mention the ever growing educational gap between social and economic classes, the haves technology and the have no technology. In a world that is changing with such speed, we can not expect an equitable playing field when exposure is so greatly adverse from school to school. Like the early works of <a href="https://www.artsy.net/artist/christo">Christo</a>, the idea is grand, and beautiful. Digital literacy for me continues to hold a certain mystique and grandeur, an invitation to something that has not been done before, but how long will it last, and as many question the Christo's work and the impact it has on it's surrounding, I too wonder about this 'new literacy'. Will students still become great writers with self editing and publication. I am not sure that our students today even encompass the socio-emotional skills to take and learn from the criticism that will hopefully be posted to their writing. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.5px;">At first glance, one might say that the Parliament building in Berlin was a beautiful building, as it is, and that covering in a sheath of fabric, the end product was not as esthetically pleasing. And here is where we have to dive in deep, just as we do with this digital literacy. On the outside the Reichstag looks like a enormous building, covered and blowing in the wind, the building becomes a political cry for a new Germany, all at once the viewer is transported to envision a new, softer, and complete Germany. It is the background and understanding that make <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/23/arts/christo-s-wrapped-reichstag-symbol-for-the-new-germany.html?pagewanted=all">Wrapped in Reichstag</a> so mesmerizing, as is my growing understanding of digital literacies. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.5px;">Much like navigating the 7,503 gates of saffron fabric through Central Park, Morris's post reminds me that it is me who decides, and though technology is before us, I can choose to weave in and out through the multitude of apps, sites and spheres as I choose. Whereas <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/design/GATES-REF.html">The Gates </a>have been removed, digital era is here to stay, and like my passion for the arts and widening peoples understanding and acceptance for all kinds of art, I think too, that I will grow to be passionate about technology as it has so much to offer. Through this </span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;"><a href="http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1589/3095">Autoethnography</a>, </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;">I know that there is still much to learn, discover and accept. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;">Echoing through both readings by Morris, and Davies and Merchant, is the shift of power of the educator. This can and has made me a little nervous, navigating through this new experience being allowed to be right or wrong based on my own assumptions, is a bit what people must be feeling as they walk across Christo's latest feature. Sure it is completely safe, but it is something so new, there are so many people doing it, everyone moving at a different speed. I will have to dream about being a part of the Floating Piers, but try to stroll along this adventure in digital literacy with an open mind, which is sometimes hard, as unlike Christo's work that leaves no presence after being dismantled, everything that we do here is this digital affinity seems to be forever. Will everyone like what I write, believe what I post, agree, probably not. Christo has caught plenty of flack in his day for his work, but true to himself and always authentic in his work, each piece through not permanent spans time through peoples stories, films, and blogs. Perhaps that should be the goal of a blogger, that people will remember and continue the story past the digital pages, with the same pride and tenacity for evoking thought, discovery and exploration of the event at hand. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218729147978736939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-939451977859788630.post-11528089086375315842016-06-30T17:20:00.003-07:002016-06-30T17:22:44.819-07:00Creative or Crap? Christo's latest use of Fabric and digital media that ensures his success: A digital story Critique<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The obscure artist Christo has done it again, transforming the here into the now, transcending nature to another realm, creating a heaven on earth for all to enjoy. To his amusement I am sure, the critics are a buzz, and Christo's work takes over digital media without him even posting a single word. As usual, the green devil is at work... </h4>
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Just in case you are wondering, it is not the 16.8 million dollar budget that the project required for completion, no, <a href="http://christojeanneclaude.net/life-and-work">Christo</a> funds that himself. The people complaining are expounded by the popularity of the attraction, and pissed because Christo refuses to charge to view and experience his work, so no one is profiting, no one, and that in this 21st century seems to get some peoples goat. I found this article posted to my FB wall and my Twitter, along with seeing it on the Huff stream, all which have been posted a multitude of times along with being tapped into by again by individual viewers, and as the article suggests, the digital media attention is only drawing more people to the installation to take a peak for themselves. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Priscilla Frank, arts writer for the Huffington Post, speaks on behalf of what seems to be a critic in mentioning the experience as '<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 27px;">offering viewers an admittedly useless but utterly enchanting aesthetic experience for free. " As if viewing anything does something magical that you take physically with you, I am not sure what she was expecting. The installation, speaks words to consumerism, the environment, and ethereal connection. You are allowed or maybe abled to now 'walk on water' with out disrupting the natural flow of the environment, is that not enough. Oh and is just so happens that it is Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 27px;">Coming from the Huff, of course the article is left for the reader to make meaning and takes on multiple persona's to give the full story, though slightly swayed by the author there is plenty of room for ones own identity to take poll on the event at hand. Though you can't participate by leaving a comment, I am sure Frank has received plenty of emails from both sides weighing in. It is unclear if the author has actually been to the cite, (actually, I can guess that she hasn't, or that she is just not a fan),and of course participation by the public in reality is the problem, overwhelming popularity of the installment has left eager viewers waiting and some times stranded.( This is really the concern of the critics, boo-hoo, have you ever been to the Louve? Ok, me neither, but I hear it can take all day to get in, and do you get to take anything but the experience home, no.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 27px;">Because the posts comes from " a newsworthy' kind of site, there are no comments, though I wish there were, especially for this article it would be interesting to see the participation in the comments from all sides, especially because Christo is famous for chiming in. In this aspect a bit of the interaction is lost, but because of the nature of the topic and the artist, I do think that people probably continue to explore thereafter. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 27px;">Frank did include a multitude of images, that tell the story literally from beginning to end, I found the pictures of the production even more intriguing that the finished product, and hope that these images will too encourage readers to look more into the work of the artist. </span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218729147978736939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-939451977859788630.post-52056491429266111362016-06-30T09:53:00.000-07:002016-06-30T09:55:51.830-07:00Looking into creativity: Forced to see with two different eyes<h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As we travel through education and life, hopefully were are challenged to be creative in multiple ways, to challenge what has been put before us, and change the things we do not like, but what is creativity? What is 'being' creative? Are creativity and artistic synonymous, or just related? Do you need one to be the other, or can they inherently be independent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Create an inspirational poster, you know those useless hanging cats " hang in there', or the mountains with a message of hope. Does any one really use these? I am usually a little more sarcastic in my work, but the internal battle that I have been fighting has really got me questioning <i>what is creativity. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I</span><span style="font-size: small;"> an ashamed to say, with all this gripping about creativity, that yes, I borrowed a few images and just did a little PhotoShop magic to create the image for the poster. A perfect example of what creativity to me, is not. I would have preferred to create the images my self, but time and blah, blah, blah keep us from doing everything that we wish to do. Perhaps that is why so many people use gif's instead of creating their own. This week I spent more time messing around with creating my own gif's than is probably necessary. Creating gif's still requires that you 'borrow' images (unless you are really handy on Ps or other digital media), so I am not sure, though I feel better about creating my own that I would call this 'creating' very creative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">the state or quality of being <a class="dbox-xref dbox-roman" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/creative" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #307dbc; display: inline; text-decoration: none;">creative</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was a line in our reading that I had to read several times, up to that point I was had become a head nodder, in acceptance, feverishly taking notes of things that struck me in awe, that I LOVED, Then there was this line:"</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #7a7a7a; font-family: sans-serif; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 17px;">the possibility of drawing on existing media to resourceDIY media projects mean it is quite possible for the everyday person to cre-ate a polished product without necessarily being “artistic"( Lankshear and Knobel. (2008). </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 17px;">WHAT? Yes, it is true, all the technology and digital Apps and programs make just about everything accessible to everyone, but creating polished products without being artistic? NO! What is happening is that people are being led to believe that they are suddenly artists, without any creativity. And that lack of creativity is what will always separate those who possess artistic talents and those that are just riding coat tails. An app, a program only allows you to create what the creator of that app or program allows you to create, you are constrained to the creators ability and creativity. Without artistic ability, you will have a sub-par product, this is the difference between the business cards you can't seem to stop looking at, and the ones that get lost in the bottom of your desk. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't 'hate' technology, I am just getting used to the change. I have to remember all of the things that technology and being connected has brought me, my students and my craft. As my list of followers grows, the connections that I make become more valuable, conversations are used to help myself and others grow. This week I made a 'handshake' on twitter with @dogtrax, to the first person to figure out how to make a gif, a real one, not copy and paste, would teach the other person. This is what I need to remember about technology and artistry as I read about the accessibility of becoming a non artist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Throughout my struggle with the topic, I continue to participate, though I still don't think that I have fully tackled the possibilities of what hypothesis is. I know that I write comments that I want to post to twitter, but then can't find them because they are part of a reply? I love connecting each week to an artist, and have not duplicated yet- there are so many to share, and inform the non artists and learning artist about, and remind the artist of the rich history that ha made so many changes to our culture. Basquiat is especially important, his work really impacted the art world, racially, economically and socially, which is a goal of mine with my students everyday. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 16.9px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The work itself is incredible creative, the video itself , not so much. Though the video is well dubbed and produced, but on the whole is not very creative. There could have been a title in a Turkish font, or a little back story on the art of Ebru. The work itself does resemble the famous work by Van Gogh, and it is fascinating that Ay then turn the work into a portrait of Van Gogh without changing the water. But when pairing the two there are dramatic differences, and should there be? After comparing the two, Ay had really created a sort of 're-mix' of the famous painting, not an image of the famed 1889 Starry Night. </span></div>
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Well here is something that makes me feel a little '<a href="https://www.bobross.com/">Bob Ross</a>' on crack, minus the afro and acrylic. Though I refrained from mentioning happy trees and clouds, I think he would have still been proud, and really anyone could compose a similar image by following along after downing 12 cups of espresso.<br />
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I try to complete at least one water color or sketch a day, when I am lucky, I squeeze in two into the the busy western life that have become a custom to. No, this is not something that I have done my whole life, and much like living in the digital limelight, I have just began to live again by sketching. I blame a man by the name of <a href="http://www.dannygregory.com/">Danny Gregory</a>, after hearing him talk, and watching him sketch during an ART of ED conference, I have been hooked, he is my creative Yogi. I follow his blog: <a href="https://dannygregorysblog.com/">https://dannygregorysblog.com/</a>, have purchased his books, ( yes all of them, which I have lent out like a favorite pair of pearl earrings to very special people) and now follow him on Twitter. Wow, that sounds creepy- but really he is quite inspiring, and really teaches one to slow down and look closely to the things that are around us, kinda like the Warhol of today, without all the fame and hype.<br />
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I put the movie together using Imovie, after all I am a complete Apple drone (again, it creeps me out to say so, but for the artist, a PC just won't due). I had forgotten how much fun, and all the little gadgets, and buttons, to make things do this and that. Much like riding a bike, it took a few trips around the block and I felt back in the saddle again, and snap there was my own little movie. I hope it sounds as intentional as I had planed, for <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6fx8q_nas-if-i-ruled-the-world-ft-lauryn_music">NAS</a> to just start singing about life as the film ends... </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the class for me begins to flow like paint from the cup, each week creating a new vision of digital media, I think that I have picked the perfect complement in Art as my focal theme, there is always as artist, period or medium that relates to the learnings, and an endless supply of street art to help support my thoughts and express my emotions. It has also become my online art room this summer as I hope to encourage people to look more at the art around them, expose the readers of my blog to new artists and a different artist with every post.</span></div>
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It was a conversation this week via <a href="http://hypothes.is/">Hypothesis</a>, on Lankshear and Knobel's "New Literacies" (2007) that re-sparked my attention to the earliest form of storytelling, and street Art. The Caves at Lascaux hold the history of man, and the first recorded images/writing of man that we know to date.<br />
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In the dialogue there was a dispute over the context of writing and new literacies, ie: Memes. Are memes writing? If I would have asked my self this question ten years ago, I wouldn't have the slightest clue of what I was talking about, but today, memes are everywhere. The focus of the conversation became rather memes, and other visual graphics are actually writing because they are only pictures. Only pictures, I gasp? And my mind instantly went to the Caves at Lascaux, if these things were mere pictures, and held no literary connection, we might not be 'writing' today. As Lankshear and Knobel theorize the idea of re-mixing as a means to communicate and tell stories in various mediums, I can 't stop thinking about those cave 'drawings'.<br />
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As the cave paintings at Lascaux, offered the people of the time a way to record history, tell stories and inform those who came across the paintings, the petroglyphs do the same things, slightly different, or shall we say in re-mix? <br />
WE can continue to follow throughout history as images, symbols and pictures are used and manipulated to communicate and tell the story of life. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I offer that some forms or symbols used for writing, some more intricate than the next, but all images and pictures. All are a re-mix of the idea to build a system of symbols and images to communicate. In Lascaux there are over 2,00 symbols that represent what we now know are six 'stories' of the life of the early paleolithic man that inhabited the area over 20 thousand years ago. Imagine if the works in Lascaux were dismissed as just pictures.</span><br />
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Memes are just that, the current form of writing, the new version of what humans have been doing for thousands of years, create graphics to express what they wish to communicate about a current or past event. The meme takes a whole new twist or 're-mix on the form of writing as we know it, and re-mashes visuals with our writing system to invoke a deeper understanding of the communication that the author hopes to convey. Imagine the image on the right being posted alone, it looses impact. </div>
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With a positive mindset on technology, we have to embrace this new way of writing, teach it, learn it until the next it to is re-mixed into something new. Symbols and images have changed over time , just as Shakespear's new language boggled the minds of those around him, we no longer write using script, we must adapt to the way our written language is being used today, without forgetting and diluting the importance of the ways we communicated in the past. The paleolithic people used the symbols familiar to them to write their stories, street artist use familiar symbols today to record, inform and communicate, the walls are bigger, the colors brighter and the medium and tools have changed along with the exact reasons, but the idea stays the same, tell a story. </div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.1;">With all the talk about re-mix and using new technology this week, could there be a better artist to evaluate news on other than the re-mix master himself. Andy Warhol never created anything that was 'his own', his very idea of art was to take what ever is already there, make it art and accessible to everyone. New technologies? Warhol was an innovator and pioneer for POP art, he set he stage for 'art for the masses' and could be partially responsible for what we call re-mixing today. All those posters and replications of art are all thanks to one quirky man that didn't even want to be an artist, he just wanted to be famous and to never be forgotten. Well played, Warhol! </span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is well written and it is obvious that the writer is familiar with Warhol and the many tribulations that have occurred with his work, both during and after his life. I love the the author continuously quotes Warhol and lists the astronomical amounts that the famous 're-mixer' has procured for his works. The story follows a distinct time line and although the story is about a negative topic of scandal and falsehoods, the author keeps a non bias voice. The story is intriguing and keeps the readers attention with the twisting story, even though there is a lot to take in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is very clear that the writer knows their stuff, research is evident and documented, the history reads true to any world class biography. Being that the digital story does appear on an ART website, and that the subject has such a prolific history, I would have liked to see graphics for the pieces mentioned in the article, not just the self portrait. The Brillo boxes are part of the title, don't they deserve a spot on the page? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In looking at digital craftsmanship, there is a lot to like. The clean page is adorned with complimenting fonts, a colorful header a top the simple black and white page, and typography that is easy to read while pleasing to look at. My only complaint, again, in an ART publication, I expect to see more of the artists work. There is no shortage of Warhol work, and with their being multiple pieces mentioned, I would have added a small image of each.<br /><br />Below is the 63$ million dollar silk screen by Warhol, well meaning he made the silk screen, he did not take the photo! How is it done, and why is it questionable art? <a href="http://revolverwarholgallery.com/andy-warhol-screenprints-process-history/">Here is Warhol's non art process</a></span><br />
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Keeping true to my passion, I couldn't pass up an opportunity to make some street art 'talk', literally. While surfing through the numerous options, I have to admit, I already had a plan in mind, so I looked for an assignment to match, cheating I know. Here's a little tid bit of history to help you understand, ( I am not normally the cheating kind but...) I just went through a technology PD before school got out and have been playing around with some of the sites that I was exposed to during training. As an Art teacher, you have to understand, most PD's are not relevant, so when one comes along that I can actually utilize, it has a lasting effect. </div>
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John Lennon, his image speaks for itself, right? This image brings it all, social commentary and my passion for art, street art in particular. I am only sadden that we are nearing the end of the generations that understand just how profound his image is, and what it stands for. What would Lennon say about all the violence today? Yoko powers on, but it's just not the same. In light of all the disparity, I wanted 'Imagine' what Lennon might be doing now, There are so many artists using music as a means of education and empowerment, would he join in with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKHsGh-y8d8">Brother Ali</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgJofP3Cr7U">Language Arts Crew</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm7Xt2Qsjcg">Roots</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWXNPaLSkA">Atmosphere</a>, and throw down a little beat about what the world has become? Truth. </div>
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As mentioned above, I have become completely enamored with a few Apps that I discovered in a recent training. <a href="http://www.incredibox.com/">Incredibox</a> is a fairly new to me, but has been around since 2008. An app that allows you to become your own DJ, my daughter and I spend hours playing around and making music. A completely user friendly interface makes it a breeze to make a simple tune, with more practice you can learn to pause and record the music. There are 4 versions to meet any music lovers taste, try it out, jam on! Students with free time? They LOVE to create a jam and are eager to share the experience, queue engagement, language and <a href="http://crede.berkeley.edu/research/crede/standards.html">instructional conversations</a> in the classroom.<br />
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If you can't appreciate the simplicity of Incredibox, and your already more of a DJ and need something a little more sophisticated, try out <a href="http://www.beatlab.com/">Beatlab</a>. You can check out other users musical talents and add your own to Beatlab radio on SoundCloud.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6D2pO1nNgxOZRPli76xNMfzgg08bSnnB3kXSelWGFPx_zJ2ng5b13mO3Oq7tmlFPgDjUhccfWEO-QgZ1PPLhHn5KZ-6rgVQ1PKGgK9pcwCZL1qBP1rZrkf9W2I1Km78CCst3lqVQKDa1/s1600/2016-06-15_0906.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6D2pO1nNgxOZRPli76xNMfzgg08bSnnB3kXSelWGFPx_zJ2ng5b13mO3Oq7tmlFPgDjUhccfWEO-QgZ1PPLhHn5KZ-6rgVQ1PKGgK9pcwCZL1qBP1rZrkf9W2I1Km78CCst3lqVQKDa1/s200/2016-06-15_0906.png" width="200" /></a>Another mesmerizing and completely fun app, <a href="http://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/chatterpix/">Chatterpix</a>. Again a user friendly interface allows the user to take or select a picture and add their voice. I have been using this app in the classroom, and all the kids love it. For the older students, I use the app as an art history lesson, taking a photo of an artist or say the Mona Lisa, and having the picture give the history instead of me, far more entertaining! And with the younger kids, they love to give a voice to their creations. Kindergarten made talking dinosaurs, the dinosaurs told a short story about them selves and what they eat- <br />
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