Media Art  (this page is under construction)
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Media Art is a broad term used to describe art that is created using film, video, audio, and other forms of digital and Web-based media.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_art)

The technologies and processes used and adapted to create media art may be traditional, including, but not limited to, photography, film, photocopy art, analog and electro-acoustic sound, classical animation, and video/television.
(source: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/arts910curr.pdf)



See also these categories on the Media Literacy Clearinghouse website:

Motion Pictures     Radio/Sound        Television/Video        Visual Literacy

 

PBS Teachers Launches New Digital Media Resources

Digital media content and tools provide educators and students with tremendous opportunities to be media creators as well as media consumers. How do you help your students understand the ethics and etiquette of this landscape? How savvy are you about integrating media production projects into your work with students? We've gathered a range of resources and references on these topics and more to help you foster digital media literacy in your classroom. Check out these two new areas of the PBS Teachers site: Digital Media Literacy at http://www.pbs.org/teachers/digital-media-literacy/ and Project VoiceScape at http://www.pbs.org/teachers/project-voicescape/.



Resources:
South Carolina's 2010 Media Arts standards
Support Documents: Introduction to Media Arts (2010) /
Nonprint ELA (sources) Texts
Handouts from Frank Baker's Media Literacy Presentation to the 2010 SC Alliance for Arts Education conference

"Digital Youth Research: Kids Informal Learning With Digital Media”

Media Arts Lesson Plans (Grades 3-6)

Ontario Media Arts curriculum (see page 48)

Digital Media Arts (curriculum)

Innovative Approaches to Teaching The Media Arts (pdf: 226 pages)

Minnesota K-12 Arts Curriculum Standards (2008)

LAUSD's Media Arts standards

Digital Youth Research: Kid's Informal Learning With Digital Media

Integrating Elements: Media Arts Education and Experimental Media

Media Arts: Knowitall.org  (see Be A Media Critic)

Teaching & Learning (resources from the NY State Media Art Teachers Assn)


National Alliance for Media Art & Culture (NAMAC)

Essential Reference Guide for Filmmakers (Kodak)

Media arts and elementary-age children: creating active producers from passive consumers.



Lesson Plans: (see also recommendations in the SC support document listed above)
Making a Pinhole Coffee Camera

Basic Visual Language I: Three Building Blocks
Basic Visual Language II: How to Analyze a Visual Text
Exploring Photographs
ArtsEdNet Visual Arts Lesson plans
ArtsEdge Lesson plans
MyHero Media Arts lessons

           
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