Carol Casswell and Norman Yakel (2009)

But where are the resources? (2009)

By using technology, we have the potential to engage learners and weave a strong fabric of curriculum-based learning without giving away the loom!  When the content is relevant and designed with the overwhelmed, sincerely engaged teacher in mind, what is possible? How do we teach art using a technology-based approach – one that leads directly back into the art classroom and to challenging student-centered content, processes and outcomes?

What does technology offer? What do the arts ask? What do the arts offer? Where is Saskatchewan’s art? To whom do public gallery collections belong?  How do we gain access to public collections? Who visits?  Who sees the collections of public galleries? Join us for a  discussion and demonstration of some of the possibilities…

Carol Casswell has extensive experience in curriculum and professional development planning for Regina Public Schools, currently teaches high school Arts Education Grades 9-12, is a doctoral student at the University of Regina, and is Co-Director of ARTSask, a project involving a partnership among the University of Regina, the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education that has been designed to create an online, contemporary visual art curriculum resource, using images from the collections of the Mendel and MacKenzie Art Galleries of Saskatchewan.

Norman Yakel is a senior professor in the Arts Education Program of the Faculty of Education, University of Regina where in addition to teaching, he is involved in numerous innovative community field work activities, supervises students in Graduate Studies in Art Education and is Co-Director of field work activities, involving a partnership among the University of Regina, the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education that has been designed to create an online, contemporary visual art curriculum resource, using images from the collections of the Mendel and MacKenzie Art Galleries of Saskatchewan.

Representing the University of Regina, the presenters are the co-directors for the development of the ARTSask website, which received generous funding support from Canadian Heritage, in a competitive context, for two separate stages of the website’s development.  

Presenters are also developers of ARTmakerapp, an application for iPad and iPhone, designed for digital art-making that is intuitive, inspiring and by its design simplicity, accessible to everyone.