Madilyn Strentz

Cyberpedagogy introduces pre-service teachers and teaching artists to philosophical, pedagogical, and practical aspects of using emerging technology and media in art making and education. Students will gain a working knowledge of art-making technologies and media appropriate for instruction in the K-12 classroom and informal learning environments. They will investigate how children and adolescents use emerging technologies and media as an outlet for creative self-expression and cultural production. They will consider the dynamic nature of emerging technologies and media, and its ever-changing implications for K-12 art teachers and teaching artists. Students will explore contemporary artists whose work utilizes, explores, and critiques emerging technologies and media. Students will read texts by contemporary theorists that examine how emerging technologies increasingly mediate social interaction and construct social meaning. Students will explore examples of art curricula that critically incorporates emerging technology and media. Students in this course will work independently and collaboratively on several art projects using a variety of emerging technologies and media. They will also develop lessons for the K-12 art classroom that integrate the critical use of emerging technologies and media to explore acutely relevant social and cultural issues.