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Big Idea: ACT (Acting/ Action! Coordinated with Technology)
Inquiry Question: How can student voice and agency be incorporated and led by technology?
Overview: Students engaged with familiar online technology including music and performance platforms, to create new works of art. The program was heavily reliant on student knowledge of Pandemic/ Online technology from remote learning platforms. In the below framework, student agency and voice were employed in each step. Activities included:
Daily doodles to student-curated music list.
Games
Daily end-of class reflection page using Jamboard!
Creating wearable pieces of art
Creating characters based on already existing subject matter/ short film.
Creating story via comic book/ storyboarding techniques
Creating performance- based on lived experiences or those imagined. (Building upon the storyboard technique)
Working through the steps of creating new performances which included:
a. Creation
b. Showing part of the work to peers (class)
c. Changing the work based on peer feedback
d. Completion of work based on preference and peer feedback
Manifesto Inclusion:
Our manifesto offered a wonderful jumping off point for us and headed us in the right direction to create the work we did in the class!
“It’s always been with technology at what point is it a crutch—and at what point is it an enhancement that has its own right to be …because it gives you something you can’t get otherwise.”--Suzanne Ciani (a pioneer in electronic music-1980s): THIS IS POP: 2021 Netflix series
:
"What are the many ways we, as human beings, perform ourselves or another, and how does that change us? Because ultimately we leave school with (not a stack of books, or items) but with ourselves."- Timothy Rey-Writer/ Performer
A play is a series of actions!
Initial Ideas
Initial Ideas
Below: Music from the student-curated playlist!
Playlist!!
Students curated a daily playlist to accompany their creative work!
Hair Love!
Students explored different hairstyles created a self-portraits featuring their hair, created living hairstyles, and watched the film 'Hair Love' for inspiration!
Class hair collages!
Class hair collages!
Wearable Art!
The class took an action and created wearable pieces of art! Students also watched videos on making wearable art like that of, Joshua Vides and his work at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art!
Comics and Puppet Theater!
Students worked with comics, storyboarding, and puppet theater and then... made a puppet- video-play based on their comic stories! PLEASE CLICK ON THE BUTTONS/ ICONS BELOW TO TAKE YOU TO THE AMAZING STUDENT VIDEOS!
How Time Flies: Time Capsules!
The class created time capsules and performed opening them in the future!
BREAKING NEWS!
Smithsonian To Debut Groundbreaking ‘FUTURES’ Exhibition for Its 175th Anniversary
Smithsonian To Debut Groundbreaking ‘FUTURES’ Exhibition for Its 175th Anniversary
Historic Arts and Industries Building To Reopen for First Time in Nearly Two Decades With Smithsonian’s First Large-Scale Exploration of the Future
February 23, 2021 News Release
Not shy about following trends and headlines, students imagined and created futures!
End-of-Class Day Jam Board Collages
Each day the class reflected on their creative journey that day! Here's a sample!
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