What are you going to create today?
Around 1:30 today, you might hear something loud in your area. I expect a groan of massive proportions to erupt in my classroom and spread to cover the state of Massachusetts. Today, I am kicking my 8th grade art class up a notch, and am giving them new artistic guidelines for the rest of the year -- they have to follow the copyright laws for class projects. Granted, I know many students (especially 8th graders) don't have the skills to produce an entirely original work yet and need to have visuals to learn about the world and represent it with visual accuracy, but the level of direct copying of other artists art for art projects has grown into a classroom virus that has to be cured. The text based memes that flood Instagram and Facebook cross my desk at an alarming rate. Many kids can't understand why copying a phrase of text onto a piece of paper, sometimes even ignoring the font style, doesn't express anything original. The thinking I want to see in my classroom is just not there yet. For the last two quarters of the year, my 8th grade elective Art Studio kids will have to follow the guidelines set out by copyright laws. Read about them here (short, easy to read About.com site that the kids understand.) At minimum, if they use a reference photo, they will have to cite the Internet or photo source on the back of the artwork. They can copy all they want in their sketchbooks and as freely created artwork. For official projects, thought, they have to be original. I can't wait to see what happens!!
What are you going to create today?
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AuthorAmy Ropple is an artist and art educator who believes engaging in visual art can make life happier and more meaningful. This blog is a daily journal of creative habits and interests, as well as reflections on living with chronic autoimmune disease. Archives
January 2017
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