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Instructables: Art education
A connected learning environment
EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED
WHY & HOW?
CHALLENGE IS CONSTANT
Pro-tips
Contests
Rewards
WHO?
EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE
Experts
Novices
Teachers
Students
WHY?
INTEREST POWERED:
Hobbyists, students, teachers, experts
in ART or AV production
Interest captured across
variety of social media
Diverse artistic styles
Interest in AV
production
Showcase technical
experience
PEER SUPPORTED
WHO? - OPEN TO ALL
Teachers
Students
Experts
Novices
WHY & HOW?
LEARNING ORIENTED:
Consumption + creation
is skills based
Developing artistic skills
Digital media skills
Digital literacy skills
Visual literacy skills
Literacy skills
PURPOSE:
WHY?
Shared purpose:
1. Learn or refine artistic skills
2. Connect with peers
CONNECTIVITY
Openly networked:
Across multiple social media
INTERACTIONS
HOW?
Website: Create
'Instructables'
YouTube
Google+
Make it @ your library
[Website partnership]
PRODUCTION CENTRED:
WHAT PRODUCTS?
Website, tweets, posts, video curation
Curation boards
Pro-tips
Posts
'Instructables'
Contests
Forum topics
Tweets
Photos/still images
Google+ communities
Newsletter
Classes
EXPANDING DIVERSITY & BUILDING CAPACITY
Multiple
topics
Variety of
art forms
Diversity of
social media
Diversity of
peers
Residency
program
EXPANDING SOCIAL SUPPORTS
INCREASING ACCESSABILITY
FOSTERS EMPOWERMENT & SELF EXPRESSION
through Art
Levels
of difficulty
Styles of
teaching & learning
Artistic styles
HOW?
LEARNING HAPPENS BY DOING
Create
'instructable'
Share
'instructables'
Comment
Question
Lurk
Appropriating
& recreating