Thursday, September 19, 2013


Module 2

Hypermedia Product
Collection of Developmental Resources
Shutterstock Photos
http://www.shutterstock.com

I feel that Shutterstock would be extremely useful in my art class.  “Shutterstock houses over 28 million stock photos, illustrations, vectors and videos.” Art students can use these images to study the object they intend to paint or draw.  A student that plans to create a panting of a river would find over 500,000 images of rivers. The student might want to understand how water looks as it runs over river rocks or what the foliage looks like along the riverside. Artists brainstorm and study images prior to creating their own artwork. "Photographs provide a powerful resource for authors in all subject areas, not only to enhance but to amplify the messages communicated to learners." (Roblyer and Doering page 179)  I would incorporate Shutterstock into my classroom within a group setting, when introducing a new project, to point out details that are important.  I would also allow students to do further research on their art subject. Shutterstock would take the place of clipping and copying images from books and magazines. "Hypermedia products require that the learner constantly make decisions and evaluate progress, thus encouraging students to apply higher order thinking skills." (Roblyer&Doering Page 176)

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Multimedia Authoring
Type 3
Hypermedia Production Software
Adobe Creative Suite
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/web.html

Adobe Creative Suite would be a wonderful addition to the classroom. This hypermedia software website will expose my students to some of the same software that I used as a graphic designer.  Roblyer and Doering define Hypermedia as linked media or interactive media.  Adobe Creative Suites is definitely interactive software. According to Richard Mayer's Cognitive theory, people learn from combination of work.  An example of this  is printed text and pictures in Roblyer and Doering Intergrating Educational Technology into Teaching.  In the digital age that we live in, software like Adobe Creative Suite is priceless.  My students can create artwork using Photoshop.  They can learn to enhance their own photographs they take by using PhotoShop Elements.  I would incorporate both of these Adobe programs in to my class slowly over the duration of the class.  I would introduce a new skill each week that they could master.  At the end of the semester I would ask the students to create a portfolio of their work by using the adobe software and the skills that I had taught them over the semester.   Learning this software would be very beneficial for the students. "Having students design web sites and other hypermedia programs is a challenging and complex problem solving process. It encourages reflective and critical thinking." (Roblyer&Doering Page 193)  The Students can take what they learn and apply it to other classes to enhance their book reports or research projects.
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  1. UnknownSeptember 21, 2013 at 12:18 PM

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  2. UnknownSeptember 21, 2013 at 12:19 PM

    I see that Shutterstock is royalty-free (which is a good thing)! So would the photos and illustrations be used as a template for drawing or would they actually be printed out and used for a student's project?

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  3. UnknownSeptember 21, 2013 at 3:56 PM

    I would the photos more as a reference rather then a template. With so many different images the student can see the subject they intend to draw from all different angles. They still need to use there creativity to create there own art work.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 23, 2013 at 8:08 PM

    I had never heard of Shutterstock. My go website for that type of media especially in art has always been Getty images. After spending some significant time on Shutterstock is nice to have a second go to website for art and images. I can totally vision how helpful these types of resources would be to an art student.
    After reading our groups blogs, editing and creativity will without a doubt take a leading role in the classroom. Students are becoming more savy with technology and simple editing makes knowledge stick. The video you posted really made this point crystal clear.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 23, 2013 at 8:33 PM

    I also chose Shutterstock as my hypermedia product and agree that it would be a good option for resource photographs. If you have not already, you should check out the Light Box feature where students can create their own collections of images.
    Creating a portfolio through Adobe is also a great idea. Students could share their portfolios with you as well as others. Roblyer and Doering state that, “whenever possible, teachers should try to give students an opportunity to display their projects both locally and to broader audiences made possible by web publishing” (p. 185).

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