This document provides an overview of tutorials for a visual arts course, focusing on media art. It includes discussions of textbooks, child-centered versus teacher-directed art, definitions of media art, examples of media art forms like photography and film, and activities for students to explore media art through storytelling, found objects, and photo manipulation. The tutorials aim to help students learn about and appreciate different visual art forms while also making their own media art pieces.

1. Overview of Visual Arts tutorials
Making
Appreciating

2. TEP320 Visual Arts
Tutorial 3
Focus: Media Art
Content:
1. Textbook discussion
2. Child centred & teacher directed art
3. What is media art?
4. Sculpture walk
5. Metalanguage review
6. Overview of Visual Arts tutorials

3. Activity 1
Textbook Discussion –Pair & Share
Chapter 2: Media arts education (p. 47-92)
All children are digital natives. So they know
more than I do about media art.
I agree.
Besides, I don’t have ipads in my classroom &
teaching my students literacy and numeracy is
more important than teaching media art.

4. Child Centred & Teacher Directed Art
• Have different purposes and learning
outcomes.
• When should we use child centred / teacher
directed art? Is there room for both?

5. Child Centred or Teacher Directed Art ?

6. Child Centred or Teacher Directed Art ?

7. What is Media Art?
Image made using http://www.wordle.net/

8. Media Art in a nutshell
• “…communication technologies and digital
materials to tell stories and explore concepts for
diverse purposes and audiences.” (ACARA, 2011,
p. 12)
• Four areas: producer – message – medium –
audience
• Forms can include: television, film, photography,
print, radio, computer, other electronic forms…
• Making can include: cropping, distributing,
formatting, positioning, recording, special
effects… (and more)
(Russell-Bowie, 2012)

9. Activity 2
Exploring Media Art
Example 1: Storybird
Example 2: Animal Beatbox

10. Example 3: Photo Manipulation
After
Before
Kevin McGrath

11. Activity 3
Here is an imaginary animal
made from found objects.
How could this artwork be
used as media art?
Kevin McGrath
Here he is in his natural
habitat (in the playground).
How could this be integrated
with other KLAs?
Kevin McGrath

12. Example 4: Choosing Angles
Kevin McGrath

13. Activity 4
Sculpture Walk
1. During the sculpture walk practise taking
photos (ipad, camera, phone). You might like
to consider open/closed composition,
lighting, effects, angles etc.
http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/museums_and_collecti
ons/macquarie_university_art_gallery/sculpture_park/
2. Select your favourite photo to display
3. You can email your photo to yourself but
please delete your account from the ipad
when finished (in system preferences)

14. Activity 5
Metalanguage revision (if time)
Visit the website below. The link will be posted
to iLearn in week 6.
Learn some of the metalanguage and try the
different activities.
http://quizlet.com/_7rccs

15. Overview of Visual Arts tutorials
Making
Appreciating
Media Art

16. <Insert your own philosophy for teaching Visual Arts here>

17. Fin