Jeremy Holien Northfield Public Schools
Getting in Gear with the Media Arts Standards
What exactly are the Media Arts?
Media Arts Defined:
• Includes areas of study such as the moving image in video production, stop-motion animation, sound, photography, digital arts (computer based creation: possible software applications may include Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, etc) and interactive media (web design for example). • Students are taught through approaches that lead students through appreciation, analysis, and creation.
What are the Media Arts standards and what do they mean?
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Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts: In the Spring of 2003 the Minnesota Legislature repealed the Profile of Learning Graduation Standards and enacted a new Minnesota Graduation Standards. The Arts were included as one of five learning areas that all school districts must have. Students need to meet these standards in order to graduate. The Standards that were approved by the legislature have also gone through the process of being reviewed and approved by an Administrative Law Judge. That process was completed in December, 2003.
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http://www.pcae.k12.mn.us/pdr/standards/standards.html
MN Academic Standards: Media Arts
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Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts 3501.0635 Grades 9 Through 12 Standards (there are no current Media Arts Standards for K-8). PART 1 - Analysis and Interpretation Standard: The student will understand and apply artistic process to analyze, interpret, and evaluate art works in at least one of the three arts areas required to be offered by a school from the following: dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts.
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http://www.pcae.k12.mn.us/pdr/standards/standards.html
MN Academic Standards: Media Arts
BENCHMARK
B. MEDIA ARTS. The student will: 1.
understand how a synthesis of the following components of media arts is used to define a work in media arts: a. elements, including image, sound, space, time, motion, and sequence; b. principles, such as repetition, unity, or contrast; c. vocabulary; d. structures, such as chronological or spatial; e. styles, such as documentary, narrative, or abstract; and f. technical skills, such as selection and use of the tools of the medium;
MN Academic Standards: Media Arts (cont.)
2. understand the similarities and differences among the structures and styles within media arts; 3. understand how the selection of criteria affects criticism of a work in media arts; 4. understand the connection between media arts and other disciplines outside the arts, such as mathematics, science, or history; 5. select criteria for evaluating works in media arts; 6. analyze and interpret media art through its historical, cultural, or social context; 7. support personal reactions to media art works using the components of media arts; and 8. articulate informed evaluations of media art works using selected criteria.
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MN Academic Standards: Media Arts (cont.)
Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts 3501.0635 Grades 9 Through 12 Standards (there are no current Media Arts Standards for K-8).
PART 2 - Creation and Performance
Standard:he student will understand and use artistic processes to create original or perform existing works of art in at least one of the three arts areas required to be offered by a school from the following: dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts. As an elective, the student may understand and use artistic processes to create original or perform existing works of art in another art form or creative writing.
MN Academic Standards: Media Arts (cont.)
B. MEDIA ARTS. The student will:
1. understand the integration of the following components of media arts: a. elements, including image, sound, space, time, motion, and sequence; b. principles, such as repetition, unity, or contrast; c. vocabulary; d. structures, such as chronological or spatial; e. styles, such as documentary, narrative, or abstract; and f. technical skills, such as selection and use of the tools of the medium;
How are the standards helpful‌ what are the benefits to me?
BENEFITS: • Classify and organize learning goals • Curriculum development is directed and purposeful and therefore remains free of “holes” • Discipline accepted baselines grant coherence • Assessment is organized
What does a standards-based unit look like? We’ll take a look at a 3rd grade example.
Create, Perform, and Respond Process Charts
ASSESSMENT • Critique of previous class work: Display your goals, objectives, and directions • Rubrics (developed by PCAE) • Circle Graph Assessment Harding PCAE Dance Instructor)
(original idea from Mary
• Methods for younger students • Digital Assessment (using Excel
BENEFITS: • Curriculum development direction • Discipline accepted baselines • Assessment organization
BENEFITS: • Curriculum development direction • Discipline accepted baselines • Assessment organization
Elementary level assessments • Self Check • Checklists
Example of the standards at work • Divide participants into “research”
groups. Each group will be in charge of identifying a portion of the standard within the media art video created by 5th grade students. We will select easily identifiable criteria for review. • Complete a circle graph or state rubric assessment on the standards component(s) you are chose to research as we view the video.
What happens in the Media Arts classroom? Here’s an example!
THANKS!!!
Contact Info: Jeremy Holien Bridgewater Elementary School 401 Jefferson Parkway Northfield, MN 55057 507.664.3356 Jeremy.Holien@nfld.k12.mn.us
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