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My name is Emily and I am a first-year human development major with a minor in education. Being in the classroom has been a passion of mine for years; growing up in an educator’s household meant that school was like a second home. My target age range is around first or second grade, but I have experience in all K-12 grades. I am excited for you to join me on this new journey!
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X
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I had similar opinions on the main idea of each of the articles and it was very well said. As I was reading your response, I was thinking about how opportunity is a very important in ones “success” as Malcolm Gladwell in the book Outliers broke down how some of the successful entrepreneurs had the opportunity to use the computers in their college or was able to afford it. I also thought back to my Chicano Studies class where sometimes the oppressed are purposely held back stay in this cycle so they are not able to break out of the cycle.
To address your question:
I think that to increase diversity in digital art education starts with teachers and school because I think that younger kids will be more willing to try it because everything will be new to them while older kids such as in high will do the way that tends to be more comfortable for them such as traditional methods. I know that for me, I sometimes would rather stick to something that I am more familiar with such as traditional methods than to try something new because I am a lot more comfortable with it. I think that family also has to emphasize digital arts too because parents can be a big influence on their children. I think that “teacher training to increase tool arsenals and pedogeological approaches” will also be beneficial to help teachers know how to start, but I also believe that teachers will follow their traditional because they are more comfortable with their traditional methods because that is the way they learned. Offering advertising and community-based programs will bring more attention to digital art education, however, I think it won’t be enough to reach the broad audience. However, one of the problems I see with trying to diversify digital art is that not everybody has equal access to the resources and tools needed to learn or access these arts. Once again, the unfortunate ones are stuck in this cycle are being deprived of diversity in digital art education because of the lack of resources. The students and teachers must also be passionate and want to learn about digital art. It will be a long gradual process that allows society to adjust to it. I think the best way is to emphasize digital art education to the new generations because it will be hard to completely change the minds of the current generation. No matter how hard we advocate for digital media art, if people do not want it themselves, it will not work.
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