Sept / Oct 2017 Issue
“Invention”
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Scenius, Inspiration, and Invention
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Scenius, Inspiration, and Invention
Educator-in-Residence Todd Elkin reflects on the ways in which his classroom embodies the concept of “scenius,” in which creative inventions emerge from social contexts, as the students working near each other riff off one another’s strategies and ideas.
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
The Art of the Prototype: Museums and Technology
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
The Art of the Prototype: Museums and Technology
The director of the Knight Foundation’s Technology Innovation program, Chris Barr, shares the details of a new collaborative initiative between its arts and technology teams.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Educator-in-Residence Todd Elkin explains the origins of his experimental curriculum “Assessment as Dialogue,” which upends the traditional power dynamics in a classroom and asks students and teachers to collaborate on the most effective methods of learning.
