Technology in Art Education

The book says that you can use technology as a design tool. At the press of a button you can crop, cut, copy and change your image in so many ways. You can use a computer not only for designing images, but researching them too. On mrhsa.org it expressed the importance of cameras to display child’s work. It is important to show a child’s work and if you have limited space to do so a camera makes it possible to shrink it in size. On Ehow.com it explained that finding images is easier as well as printing out pictures students can color to replicate the style of art you are teaching. With what technology offers it is important to ensure age appropriateness in the activities you choose. If you choose too simple of a project for older kids they won’t learn what is intended. If you pick something too hard for students they will become frustrated and they won’t see the importance of the project. For example if you had a first grader try to make an elaborate 3D design on the computer, this isn’t appropriate for their level of learning.  They might not understand what is intended or become so frustrated they hate technology.