ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MED (4) 1 :

1) Conceptualize original media arts products, utilizing a variety of creative methods.

a. Use brainstorming and modeling.

Example: Draw a design of a multi-purpose tool and create it out of foam or cardboard.

[ARTS] MED (4) 15 :

15) Examine and use personal and external resources to create media arts productions.

a. Involve interests, research, and cultural understanding.

Example: Create paper bag puppets to tell a story based on a topic of character education, such as bullying.

[ARTS] MED (4) 17 :

17) Explain verbally and/or in media arts productions how media art productions and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life.

Examples: Fantasy, reality, and technology use.

[ARTS] MED (5) 1 :

1) Present original ideas and innovations for media arts products, utilizing personal experiences and/or the work of others.

[ARTS] MED (5) 17 :

17) Research and show how media arts productions and ideas relate to personal, social and community life.

a. Focus on commercial and information purposes, history, and ethics.

Example: Create a video to explore the myths of the Native Americans.

Students will read about how video games are created.  They will read that computer programmers have to write in a computer language called code to control the game.  They will read that video games have a story, characters, and an environment.  They will begin writing a scenario for a new video game.    

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MED (4) 12 :

12) Identify, describe, and explain how various forms, methods, and styles in media arts productions manage audience experience.

[ARTS] MED (4) 13 :

13) Determine and explain reactions and interpretations to a variety of media arts productions, considering both purpose and context.

[ARTS] MED (5) 12 :

12) Identify, describe, and differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media arts productions manage audience experience.

[ARTS] MED (5) 17 :

17) Research and show how media arts productions and ideas relate to personal, social and community life.

a. Focus on commercial and information purposes, history, and ethics.

Example: Create a video to explore the myths of the Native Americans.

Students will read about how a green screen works.  They will watch a weather forecast and identify how the green screen works.  They will research a movie and what special effects were used.