Computer Tech in Art Education

This piece explores how technology supports creativity and learning in the art classroom. While technology can feel overwhelming, it offers powerful tools—from research platforms like Pinterest and Google to digital art and graphic design software—that help students create, discover, and share artwork. The author argues that instead of fearing technology, art educators should embrace it and teach students how digital tools expand artistic possibilities.

This lesson plan is aimed towards grades 9-12 and tasks students to create a digital collage that visually represents a movie, song, TV show, book, or similar media. Through this project, students explore composition, symbolism, and storytelling in digital art.

This lesson encourages students to use creativity and critical thinking to create a design based off pre-existing elements. Students will be assigned a random shape and instructed to make it into a face!

This lesson introduces students to pixel-based digital art using Pixilart. They create 8-bit self-portraits, swap with a partner to replicate, and discuss the challenges and impact of pixel art in digital media.