ETSC: Technology & the EALRs - The Arts
The student acquires the knowledge and skills necessary to create, to perform and to respond effectively to the arts.
Using graphics software, video and still images, animation, and art peripherals, students will understand and apply arts concepts and vocabulary to communicate ideas. (Examples: use of digitized video to produce and present a work of art, use of electronic art tablet to create an electronic drawing; use of a scanner and graphics software to digitize, modify and save an image on a computer)
Using simulation software and graphics programs, students will create, present, and evaluate artworks using visual arts, music, drama and dance. (Examples: use of Opening Night software to express ideas; use of Photoshop to create and present an artistic image)
The student applies the creative process with arts knowledge and skills to reason and solve problems.
The student uses at least one of the art forms (visual arts, music, drama, and/or dance) to communicate ideas and feelings.
Using text, graphics, animation, sound and video, students will use combinations of art forms to communicate in multi-media formats. (Example: use of digitized video to convey an idea in a presentation)
The student understands how the arts connect to other subject areas, life, and work.
Using a variety of graphics programs (rendering, morphing, texturing, etc.), students will use arts skills and knowledge in other subject areas. (Example: use of morphing software in a presentation about the metamorphous process of a frog)