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

AE17.MED.8.14

Evaluate with learner-developed criteria the production processes and various media arts productions, considering context and artistic goals.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Skillful evaluation and critique are critical components of experiencing, appreciating, and producing media artworks.
EQ: How and why do media artists value and judge media artworks? When and how should we evaluate and critique media artworks to improve them?

Skills Examples

  • Review a series of media arts products and respond to questions concerning the relationships between components and style.
  • Review two media arts products and create a Venn Diagram to analyze their methods, forms, and styles by comparing and contrasting how each manages audience experience along with the intention of each.
  • Review a series of media arts products and create a T-Chart to compare and contrast how intentions, forms and contexts affects the meaning of each.
  • Interview a community media artist and evaluate his/her production processes using self-developed criteria and considering context and artistic goals. Record your interview in a podcast.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
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