PME Workshop
During a creative workshop module as part of the PME, we examined the relationship between subject knowledge and subject application. Through employing a/r/tographical research and reflective enquiry methods, the module introduced us to practice based inquiry as the basis for curriculum planning and development in art and design. The module advantage of collaborative studio work within the community of practice to reflect on, identify and present innovative approaches to drawing and related curriculum development.
Digital Media Workshop
Through the examination of creative and pedagogical implications of the digital, we explored the different ways digital media could be incorporated into the Art Classroom. For teachers, working as they do with young people who have digital lifestyles, the need to know and create digital audio-visual elements and their interpretation is crucial. Art and design specialist graduates have the advantage of being in a position to grow their digital expertise as creative artists and extend that expertise to teaching and learning. The main part of this module was a hands-on investigative environment, an openly experimental locus, a media hot house, for us to pursue our digital ideas in any number of ways, but especially to try out synergies in creative art and design digital work and media work digital technologies and pedagogies. The module emphased the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes in simulation.