MY WORK

My work in Fine Arts focuses on a joint effort between different discipline of Visual Studies and Media Study. I am committed to exploring the interdisciplinary space between the technologies and the arts. In this area of my work I focus on exploring the cultural and communicative potential of technologies such as interactive multi-media, electronic installation, networking and algorithmic image synthesis. Teaching is often trying to figure out where to start and brainstorming to start. In developing a teaching philosophy for a class, I focus on the over-arching objectives that I have for my students; what should they know at the end of the year and what will they remember in twenty years.

It is important to have a class objective and an individual artist objective. My objective is to design and produce great visual images, in theory and practice for many more years to come. My teaching style and methods varies depending on audience availability. In most classroom there is the authority, or lecture style. This is often teacher centered and frequently entails lengthy lecture sessions or one-way presentations. Students are expected to take notes or absorb information. This is now a questionable model for teaching because there is little or no interaction with the teacher. I like the Facilitator, or activity style method of teaching. This way promotes self-learning and help students develop critical thinking skills and retain knowledge that leads to self-actualization. This style trains students to ask questions and helps develop skills to find answers and solutions through exploration. This method also challenges teachers to interact with students and prompt them toward discovery rather than lecturing facts and testing knowledge through memorization. Another teaching method is the Hybrid, or blended style which follows an integrated approach to teaching that blends the teachers’ personality and interests with students’ needs and curriculum-appropriate methods. This method achieves the inclusive approach of combining teaching style clusters and enables teachers to tailor their styles to student needs and appropriate subject matter. For Example using learning theories, conceptual frameworks to understand how information is absorbed, processed, and retained during learning. Cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences, as well as prior experience, all play a part in how we understand, our world view. As an educator I deliver lessons in an interactive module (lecture, hands-on, mentorship, etc.). A major theme that runs through my teaching is form and function. As a high school student when I was asked what I wanted to be, I stated that I wanted to be an Environmental Design, since then, I have dedicated my life to the beautiful study of art and design, its form and functions.