Video-Essay in the Classroom?

The chapter is divided in three sections. The first section describes how I developed the relational video-making method, as part of my arts based PhD, taken at University of Westminster. Relational video-making is an umbrella term that assembles together

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Art and Technology The Practice and Influence of Art and Technology in Education

Edited by Luisa Menano and Patricia Fidalgo Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introductionvii 1. Maternal Language and ICT: The Conflict with Modern Apparatuses in Art Education Tiago Assis 2. Are Dragons Real? Anthony N. Hill

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3. Effective Use of Technologies to Transform Arts Education and Teach Diverse Learners Maureen Creegan-Quinquis and Joan Thormann

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4. Using Students’ Personal Mobile Devices in Higher Education: Review of Research within the UAE to Inform Practice and Future Studies Ieda M. Santos

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5. Video-Essay in the Classroom? Fostering Connection and Debate through Relational Video-Making and the Video-Essay Maria Lusitano Santos

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6. A Practical Guide to Combining Technology & Traditional Art Skills in Education97 Melanie Rose 7. The Drawing Collection: Porto School of Architecture Noémia Herdade Gomes, Elisa Noronha, Filipe Silva, Alexandre Matos and Mário Vairinhos

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About the Contributors

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INTRODUCTION

Understanding really is the key. When you understand something, you’re able to perceive its structure: its relationships, its significance relative to everything. How it fits. You see-feel-intuit the fit. You know it. You know?  (McCandless, 2014, p. 1) Art and technology go hand in hand enhancing creativity and their relationship is often integrated in the educational setting. However, we question if this interaction is firmly embedded and recognised in formal education? The debate around how art and technology should be integrated in education remains current and relevant in face of solutions that fall short of stakeholders’ expectations and decisions taken at an institutional level. Given the current world economic and social state, investment in education has decreased significantly, especially in art and technology fields, with consequences that we have not yet experienced in full. “Interactions in economic and political spheres, in the field of education, science and culture are deepening” (Nazarenko, Sizykh, & Fandei, 2011, p. 8). Schools in the private and public sectors are looking to reduce budgets primarily