Lesson 9- Collaboration

I really enjoyed Kevin Honeycutt's podcast. Being in between the generations (students and parents) made it very easy for me to relate to both sides. I have had a myspace page for years, but i also check up on my 14 year old cousin's page.
Also, being that i teach a computer art class, i could definitely relate to the students aptitude for using the computer! We often openly use their knowledge to add to the skills we teach.


As far as collaborative projects go, i don't have a solid idea, but a handful of thoughts.

Art projects can have many steps and stages from design to completion. One idea i had was to have each student in one of the 2D classes (studio art, drawing & painting) do a drawing of an original design... maybe for a building or simply a chair. The drawing would then be sent to one of the 3D classes (sculpture, ceramics). The students would take the drawings and figure out how to successfully build the object. They would have opportunities to talk with the designers throughout the construction. Afterwards the finished construction would be sent back to the designer to complete the surface.
This is just a loose idea, which would need some work and planning to be worthwhile.

I was also thinking of a collaboration between art and tech classes where art students would do the designs and the tech students would build them. Going across the departments might even be more effective.