Double-Entry Journal #6

Double-Entry Journal #6

"Youth in the Clubhouse engage in applications that encourage skills beyond typing and general computer familiarity, allowing participants to use various forms of media art as tools for expression." (Peppler & Kafai, 2012, pg. 1) ... This sounds like a particularly interesting way for children who are in after school programs to become engaged in media arts. While typing & general computer familiarity are a useful knowledge to know in today's society, the media arts seems to have been put on the back burner, even in school. Teachers are so focused on getting students to learn how to correctly type a paper, cite a source, or even simply just use the computer, that they forget about those certain "lost arts" that students should become familiar with. 

Peppler, K. A., & Kafai, Y. B. Collaboration, Computation, and Creativity: Media Arts Practices in Urban Youth Culture. (2012, March 2).

"Although the computer cannot - and should not - replace traditional media, it can provide numerous addition visual solutions. In the art classroom, as in the artist's studio, technology can introduce more tools to the traditional artists' toolboxes. The only limitation to possible creations is the art student's imagination. Using digital tools involves new strategies, higher-order thinking skills, and problem solving. As students work on digital studio projects, they construct knowledge, employ teamwork, and improve communication skills."  (Glencoe, pg. 1)

"Today, literacy can be broadly defined as including any type communicative interaction involving speaking, reading, listening, and writing with text in print and non-print forms." (Peppler & Kafai, 2012, pg. 2) ... Up until the beginning of this semester, I wasn't aware of all the forms of technology that we use. I had to do a discussion posting for my Content Literacy class about communication forms. "It's hard to actually imagine ALL the daily uses of literacy that we come into contact with each day, whether it's reading a newspaper, sending a text message, writing a paper, answering the phone, singing a song, or simply have a discussion in class, or even having a conversation with a friend. We all use these various forms of literacy each day, some probably more than others, but we still use them. And, until you stop to think about all the forms of literacy you use in a given day, you never really know how much of an impact literacy has on your life." (Taken from my discussion posting for Content Literacy).

"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 skills that becomes useful as youth, even those like Brandy that are unable to read, can use for creative production." (Peppler & Kafai, 2012, pg. 3) ... Scratch is a great way for students to express their creativity. I like how Brandy incorporated her knowledge of Tom & Jerry into the cartoon she was using. She used the cat, a mouse, and a house for the mouse to hide in, and created an animated program using her knowledge of the cartoon. Her ability to also create a birthday card shows that she has put some thought and effort into her programming abilities. She's far ahead of me in that sense, but we did just start using Scratch for class. I hope that by the end of this class, I will be ale to create an animation based off a cartoon, or a birthday card, such as Brandy.

Bibliography

Glencoe. Digital Studio Projects. ArtTalk , 1-7.

Peppler, K. A., & Kafai, Y. B. (2012, March 2). Collaboration, Computation, and Creativity: Media Arts Practices in Urban Youth Culture.