AE17.MED.2.7

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Media Arts

AE17.MED.2.7
Demonstrate use of experimentation skills within and through media arts productions.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Media artists require a range of skills and abilities to creatively solve problems within and through media arts productions.
EQ: What skills are required for creating effective media artworks and how are they improved? How are creativity and innovation developed within and through media arts productions? How do media artists use various tools and techniques?

Skills Examples

With guidance, combine two art forms to teach the elements of a story through digital art, animation, or video.
With guidance and in a group, use creative thinking and a decision matrix to choose a topic for a media arts project that combines two art forms and has been revised at least once. The project will teach the main idea and the important details of a story from class.
Trade media arts projects with a classmate and with guidance change three things in the project.
With guidance, use two of the methods available in the classroom to collect images and sound for a media arts project. Use two of the methods available in the classroom to build original images or sounds for a media arts product.
With help, choose and present a YouTube video to your class. Respond to teacher questions about the presentation conditions after presenting.
With guidance and in a group, use creative thinking and a decision matrix to choose a topic for a media arts project that combines two art forms and has been revised at least once. The project should tell an original story.

Vocabulary

Theme

big ideas
parts to whole

Collaborating

active listening
combining ideas
questioning for understanding
cooperating

Experimentation

add/ take away/ combine
trial and error
think/ imagine
playful practice
varied ideas

Experience

reaction
environment
feelings
five senses

improvement
possibilities
questioning
feedback
critical eye

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.