Annotated Bibliography

Black, J. (2011). Creativity in Digital Art Education Teaching Practices. Art Education, 64(5), 19.

The authors, researchers the University of Manitoba and Laurentian University, explore the reasons why teachers are reluctant to integrate technology into art education classrooms. The intended audience appears to be art educators at all levels, as well as other experts throughout the art field. The article was quite helpful on how it discussed so of the issues teachers face on integrating it into their classrooms. They also discussed reasons why it should be implemented as well as a few ideas on how to do it.

Shin, R. (2010). Taking Digital Creativity to the Art Classroom: Mystery Box Swap. Art Education, 63(2), 38-42.

Assistant professor of Art and Visual Culture Education at the University of Arizona, Ryan Shin explains how art educators can use digital narratives in their own classroom. The article describes educators should embrace digital media and not view it as detrimental to visual and pop culture. Shin starts off by giving three different examples of digital narratives and then gives a project to show as an example on how to explore it. I found the article similar to the previous one however the author chose to go a step further by giving educators examples which I believe could be quite helpful.

Örtegren, H. (2012). The scope of digital image media in art education. Computers & Education, 59(2), 793-805. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2012.03.021

Hans Örtegren, Department of Creative Studies at Umeå University, preformed a case study on students on their formulation of ideas as well as their teachers teaching practices as it pertained to digital media. The intended audience appears to be mostly experts and other researchers in the art education field. This work was different then the previous articles in that it took place outside the United States. However it does seem to state that once more digital media courses are offered it might allow it to become more communicative and not just simply aesthetic. I must state that I do not completely agree with so ideas of the article though that does not make it less valid.

Walters, L. M., Green, M. R., Wang, L., & Walters, T. (2011). From heads to hearts: digital stories as reflection artifacts of teachers' international experience. Issues in Teacher Education, 20(2), 37-52.

The authors, researchers Texas A&M, describe the need to be internationally competent to be successful. They believe the need for reflection allows the ability to learn and thus believing that narratives are more effective then journals. They state that digital narratives allow the viewers to better reflect and demonstrate teachers ability on international experiences. The article is similar to all previous ones, however it differs on that it focus more on having the teachers learn from their experiences and not focusing on students using this technique.

Chung, S. K. (2007). Art education technology: digital storytelling. Art Education, 60(2), 17-22.

Associate professor of art education at the University of Houston, Dr. Chung explains that digital storytelling into art education allows for integration for many different aspects. The article is directed for educators to use digital storytelling into their course work. The article is similar to the second one by Dr. Shin on getting children on using digital storytelling, while also being similar to the previous article on showing that it can relate to an even larger audience and can be used for self reflection.

Hunter-Doniger, T. (2005). Digital masterpieces. School Arts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 104(7), 28.

Hunter-Doniger is a elementary art teacher who was doing a study to show the effect art has on technology. Her primary intended audience is fellow elementary school educators, however educators from all levels could most likely take something away from her research. The article is quite useful in that it shows that technology and art work have the ability to work together and there is no reason why it shouldn't. The article is also unique in that it is the first to not be done by a collegiate professor.

Barbosa, A. (1992, August). The role of education in the cultural and artistic development of the individual: Developing artistic and creative skills. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/recordDetails.jsp?searchtype=advanced&pageSize=10&ERICExtSearch_SearchCount=1&ERICExtSearch_Facet_0=facet_de&ERICExtSearch_FacetValue_0="Art Education"&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=importance art class&eric_displayStartCount=11&ERICExtSearch_Operator_1=and&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_1=kw&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=kw&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&objectId=0900019b800b2b3c&accno=ED367584&_nfls=false

I was unable to find any credentials on Ana Mae Tavares Bastos Barbosa, in English at least, and I am not sure how qualified she is on any of her work. However her intended audience is policy makers saying that art education is important for visual literacy and that it must be a priority in public education. Her ideas are important but without more information on her the article should not be taken with great weight.

Bryant, C. (2010). A 21st-century art room: The remix of "creativity" and technology. Art Education, 63(2), 43-48.

The article describe what happens when traditional art strategies are applied to computer animation. The article is focused on primary secondary and up educators due to the course work in question. However the article is more concerned on giving teachers strategies when using technology, instead of giving reasons why the technology is important.

Unrath, K., & Mudd, M. (2011). Signs of change: Art education in the age of the ikid. Art Education, 64(4), 6-11.

The authors, both researchers at the University of Missouri, describe the newest type of student refereed to as the iKid and stress the need for visual art education with these new learners. The authors hope to reach out to any educator of this new generation to try and set up new ways to integrate both the old disciplines and new technologies to find ways to inspire this new and unique group to create meaningful pieces of artwork. I found the article helpful in that it explores my own research question the most direct out of any article.