Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 8 - Media Arts

AE17.MED.8.7

Demonstrate a defined range of creative and design abilities through divergent solutions and bending conventions to develop new solutions for identified problems 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

  • Create a media arts product that uses at least two art forms to teach a concept that applies to at least two content areas. For example, using music and dance to teach the concept of a timeline with BCE/CE from social studies and positive and negative integers in math.
  • Conceptualize an original idea for a media arts product and list the needed positions to complete the project. With guidance, work in a group to complete the project.
  • Create an original media arts product that use a combination of tools, styles, and techniques to overcome the limitations of time, money, equipment, and experience.
  • Select, organize, and present a media arts product to educate your class on the history of media arts.
  • Make a branding plan from which to distribute your media art product to varied audiences. For example, share on Vimeo, Instagram, and in a podcast.
  • After sharing a media arts product across varied social media platforms, take comments from the audience and make revisions, reflecting on personal growth and how the product affected audiences.

Anchor Standards

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