Global Learning Environments for Neo-Millenials

"I just wish I had a projector on my head and you had a screen on yours and then you would understand what I am trying to tell you” (9 year old)

Chris Jordan

Does the medium matter?

follow the link to see the importance of the materials Jordan has chosen to use 
http://www.chrisjordan.com

 

Technology facilitates deeper engagement for the non-sequential learner

Rationale: Learning styles ~ The Non-Linear Learner 

A large percentage of our girls are visual spatial learners and this impacts on the way they engage in our classes.  Howard Gardner begins with the premise that each of us has an array of intelligences, each of equal value but differently developed, with which we make meaning of the world. If we can understand that people perceive things differently, it goes along way towards understanding how girls learn in our classrooms.

Body Kinaesthetic learning, Aural, Visual Spatial, Interpersonal. Naturalistic, Verbal/Linguistic, Intrapersonal are all ‘ways into’ understanding. The senses feed our perception of the world in which we live; through sensing; feeling, moving, hearing, smelling, touching, tasting and seeing we can enhance our awareness of the world.

Thinking in images is a powerful tool - 1/3 of the population thinks in images. Images are WHOLE messages in one, they contain meaning and they make meaning. Most school subjects are geared to 'instruct' PART to WHOLE - a way of thinking about learning that negates the experiences of about 1/3 of students, according to Linda Silverman. To make an image or read an image requires a certain ability to trust the instincts.

Ref Silverman, L. Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner

In From sequential to global: Exploring the landscapes of neomillennial*learners Julie Willems has this to say; "... educators and designers should consider creating balanced learning environments which include
both sequential and global learning opportunities for neomillennials ..." 

* neo-millennials - born after 1994  involved in immersive e-learning environments

Julie Willems School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts Monash University

Educational Tools used across the Visual Arts Faculty  
The Blog

Courtney Martin

Lillly Fox
Chloe Hunt

Ali-Rose Hobbs 

Brittany Croft

Staff links to Professional Reading etc

Other Ways of Knowing Blog ~ Visual Intelligence

The Wiki

arti  ~ www.arti.pbwiki.com

Website

GoSHA

Blackboard
Youtube publishing 
iTunes

Examples from the various Year Levels

Year 7

Smartboard as Drawing board … its all about the markmaking
Using the Smartboard ~ music, sounds, marks

Synaesthesia links in Blackboard
Music, visuals, artworks 

Year 8

Photoshop and other play things - making 'self dolls' photograph them and place into new virtual environments

Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Test to learn about themself    Test

example: Brittany Croft's Graph

Year 9

Research, Reflection and Resolution tools on Blackboard

Queensland Art Gallery Ed Resources

Powerpoint to inspire with examples for 'my little book of jewels' artist book

Year 10

Blackboard

Year 11

Synaesthesia examples ~ student work
podcasts eg Nadia
Self Knowledge tools Myers Briggs 
iTunes - synaesthesia music

Year 12
Sze Sze and Christina's analysis and interpretation of their digital Bodies of Work

Presentation of submissions to QSA

Bill Viola ~ Ocean without a Shore (information)