I had thought that it would be difficult to lead
an art class focusing on media without proper equipment such as a personal
laptop, camera, etc. However, from the experiences of student-teachers in the
last week class, I realized that it would be more interesting to play with
whatever available.
Students can play with their smartphone, which
many of them might have. The development of the smartphone applications is a
fun and exciting part of the art classes which do not have high-tech facilities.
Students can play with the art-making applications such as drawing apps, video
editing apps, stop-motion apps, 3D modeling apps and more. And there are
several applications as well students can explore new technologies such as
virtual realities.
How to properly provide the information to
students to guide them play around with whatever available with more creativity
would be the key for instructors. Students can also share the programs and apps
they know (they might search and explore better than instructors), and it would
be one interesting way to lead the art class.