Digital literacy is the concept of learning using digital technology. There are plenty of controversies as to whether or not this method of teaching is actually effective. Most colleges and high schools today have online classes you can take to either earn extra credits or re-gain lost credits. JeffcoNet Academy, however, is a complete online high school learning program. It is very effective for those who are self-motivated and can be completely responsible for their work.
Besides the fact that technology never stops improving, digital literacy will be the future of education. Take a look at our schools now and take a look at our schools a decade ago. Realize how much technology is installed into schools, how many computers they have, and how many assignments call for students to use this technology. At JeffcoNet, the students are ahead. We're the students who will have a better understanding when the time calls for it because we're the ones who use it, practice it, every day.
At JeffcoNet I have learned by far more than I have learned in about a year. I find it much easier for me to do my work alone as opposed to with a group of people. I understand we still need contact with people, and that's why we meet once a week, but I also know that we're all at different levels and some people will hold you back while others will push too hard. Online, you can go at your own pace and get your own personal help.
I can use this method of learning in the future because I'm going to college and I may take some online classes. Because I enrolled in JeffcoNet, it will be easier for me to do online college classes because I already have an idea of what I need to do, how I need to handle it, and how often I should manage it (more than I do).
In the end I believe digital literacy to be useful for students who plan to further their education, students who would prefer a more flexible schedule, those who are self-motivated, those who can handle this responsibility, and those who wish to learn more about technology in general.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Art Critique
"La Libraire" is a piece of art hanging in the atelier of its artist, André Martins de Barros, in Montmartre, Paris. Filled with a warm color scheme, this painting is beyond creative. It's a painting of books creating a picture of a person. For example, two books flared out on the left side of what would be the face create hair. In addition to creating a person out of books, this person is also reading a book. It is a man with a beard, a hat, and one eyeglass. This painting has many meanings, and people interpret it in a variety of ways.
One person thinks the man is a rabbi. Another commented that it was ironic to have books reading a book. The interpretation that caught my eye was made by a man who said the concept of the painting is to study ourselves. Of course, we could never be completely sure what the artist was intending to say unless he says so himself. And so he says in the following quote what all of his art accomidates: "The conflict of man fighting his fellow man, the role of nature, and the struggle for existence are all constant themes in my imaginative paintings: from simple joys and beauty to troubling scenes of apocalyptic proportions. Yet, in each piece, a sense of optimism and even whimsy is readily apparent."
The art was created under a movement know as fantastic realism. The idea of fantastic realism stems off of realism which focus' on things in life that are real. Fantastic realism, though, is reality expanded to the point of fantastic. It starts with the ordinary until it can encompass unusual aspects. It is applied to this painting because the actual figure can be created using books, but it expands to fantastic when the it's a human made out of books reading a book. It's realistic to see a human reading a book, and it's realistic to stack books, but it's fantastic to stack books into a formation to create a human reading a book.
All in all, "La Libraire" is an amazing piece of art that contains many diverse features of artistry. It has a warm color scheme, it provokes many thoughts and opinions, it has concepts that pertain to life such that we should study ourselves, and it follows the fantastic realism movement.
One person thinks the man is a rabbi. Another commented that it was ironic to have books reading a book. The interpretation that caught my eye was made by a man who said the concept of the painting is to study ourselves. Of course, we could never be completely sure what the artist was intending to say unless he says so himself. And so he says in the following quote what all of his art accomidates: "The conflict of man fighting his fellow man, the role of nature, and the struggle for existence are all constant themes in my imaginative paintings: from simple joys and beauty to troubling scenes of apocalyptic proportions. Yet, in each piece, a sense of optimism and even whimsy is readily apparent."
The art was created under a movement know as fantastic realism. The idea of fantastic realism stems off of realism which focus' on things in life that are real. Fantastic realism, though, is reality expanded to the point of fantastic. It starts with the ordinary until it can encompass unusual aspects. It is applied to this painting because the actual figure can be created using books, but it expands to fantastic when the it's a human made out of books reading a book. It's realistic to see a human reading a book, and it's realistic to stack books, but it's fantastic to stack books into a formation to create a human reading a book.
All in all, "La Libraire" is an amazing piece of art that contains many diverse features of artistry. It has a warm color scheme, it provokes many thoughts and opinions, it has concepts that pertain to life such that we should study ourselves, and it follows the fantastic realism movement.
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