HW11.5 Student Teacher Response

Listening to the three student teachers who spoke during our last class, I was surprised to hear how little new media is actually used in classrooms.  After being in this class all semester, I have become so accustomed to new media tools and projects that I had forgotten that most art classrooms rarely utilize them.  I enjoyed hearing the pros and cons of new media from people who have used it firsthand.  I thought it was interesting that the stop-motion program was only on some of the school's computers, forcing the students to work in groups around a single computer.  The lack of supplies isn't ideal, but hearing about the students' teamwork and collective participation as a result was reassuring.