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Week 2

For week 2's class we discussed  Leonard, N. (2019). Entanglement Art Education: factoring ARTifical  Intelligence and nonhumans into future art curricula and  C.P. Snow (1959) Rede Lecture . This week's discussion points are as follows: P. Snow - Do you see the problem that C.P. Snow posed as being solved today? Are the Arts & Sciences in good collaboration with one another or does a big chasm still exist?  Leonard - What happens when computers start making their own decisions and start making art? How do we design curricula around this? Snow poses the overall claim that the technical and scientific problem of how to produce enough food and industrial growth is solved. Where the problem is actually  unresolved, he explains, is in how society is unorganized and cultural divides need to be bridged so that the knowledge that is already acquired can be used to reduce global inequities. Overall I think that there's still a large gap between the arts and sciences...
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Week 1 Blog

 This week for class we discussed  Seymour Papert: Computers for Children (Mind Storms) and  Digital Equity Reading: Shonfeld, M.; Cotnam-Kappel,M.; Judge,M.; Yeehan Ng, C.; Gabin Ntebutse, J.; Williamson-Leadley, S.; Yildiz, M.N. (February, 2021). Learning in Digital Environments: a model for cross-cultural alignment. This week's discussion points are as follows: Do you agree with Seymour Papert’s idea that computers will change (have changed) the way that humans think eg. Mechanical thinking and think about themselves? How does teaching with technology in digital environments foster cross-cultural exchange and increase digital competency? To begin, I do agree with Papert's idea that computers have changed and will continue to change the way we think. We live in a time where technology literacy is so important, if you don't know how to use your smartphone, computer, etc. it has the potential to hinder your everyday actions. In a world of social media through online platf...
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