AE17.MED.6.8

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 6 - Media Arts

AE17.MED.6.8
Demonstrate adaptability, using tools and techniques in standard and experimental ways in constructing 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

Choose a media arts product and by responding to teacher questions, justify how diverse contents and forms support a central idea.
In a creative team with assigned roles, use creative thinking to choose a topic for a media arts project that combines two art forms and has been revised at least twice. The project will reflect formal technique according to a provided rubric with a clear attempt to problem-solve in production journals.
Create a media arts product that addresses a specific problem at school and revise the plan and process at least twice based on constraints.
In a creative team with assigned roles, explore the tools available in the classroom in both a standard and novel way and adapt the tools available to construct a media arts product.
After listing tasks needed for a presentation and distribution of a media arts product, complete each task and evaluate performance with a given rubric.
After sharing a media arts product with a younger group of students, debrief with the teacher about the results and improvements that could be made for the presentation.

Vocabulary

Justify

cite evidence
support your view

integrate

put together
mash-up

Central idea

What the piece is mostly about
theme

artistic & design skills

creativity
problem solving
creative talent

technical skills

proficiency with computers
video & audio recording & editing equipment

career skills

good communication, writing, researching and editing skills

Anchor Standards

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