Action Research Project

Action Research Project

1. Exploring the use of digital media in the Primary Classroom

   • I will focus on Art elements from SP3, and recognise how art education and be developed further through digital technologies
     • The reasons behind using different digital technologies in the classroom
       • Create new genres of creative work, capture and distribute creative work in new formats, help artistic communities to connect with one another, embed digital within the work, use digital within the creative process
       • To help children develop a wider understanding of digital technologies and how they can make use of these media forms for other areas across the curriculum, especially in art ed
     • Look at one of my lesson plans, evaluate the lesson and figure out how the lesson could be recreated using some of the digital technologies I have researched
   • The VALUE of integrating digital technologies into Art Education
   • What are the values of integrating digital technologies into art education?
   • How can digital media be incorporated in the primary school art curriculum?
   • How can art and digital technologies be incorporated in other subjects across the curriculum?

2. My own interest for this ARP is to help me discover what digital technologies are available and how to embed these different technologies in the primary classroom with particular focus on 3rd and 4th class levels

   • Look at a range of digital technologies available to children and focus in on one of the digital technologies and how this could be incorporated in art ed

3. I want to focus on how digital technologies can be incorporated in even the simplest of art lessons and how the children can share their art creations online with their friends via a profile or blog

4. I want to focus on the 3rd and 4th class and how digital media can be incorporated at this stage of primary school as I feel it is an appropriate age to help children discover online technologies which could be used in art ed