Media Arts (4th & 5th Grade)
Note: Certain Music Standards may have an additional code at the beginning to indicate proficiency.
For example: "Nov" = Novice Media Arts
Media arts is a distinct, stand-alone arts discipline, whose basic categories include photography, imaging, sound, animation, video, web design, graphic design, virtual design, interactive design, as well as their combinations and emerging forms, such as multimedia and virtual design. What Is Literacy in Media Arts? The standards for media arts do not address the use of specific media, rather they provide benchmarks that educators can adapt to specific media. Technology is embedded, integrated, or used as a tool in the media arts, but the emphasis is on process, so that the standards will remain relevant even as technology evolves. Literacy in media arts is broad, diverse, and addresses creative, conceptual, and technical competencies that exist globally. Media arts are the emerging basis for communications, design, and social interaction in our increasingly digitally centered world, and California’s creative economy. Therefore, students should gain experience in production and design that has real-world relevance and applications that can include the following: - Multimedia Communication: The ability to communicate and express in a variety of media forms or combined media, using various tools and processes, for specific purposes, intentions, and audiences. - Interdisciplinary Integration: Media arts projects can incorporate multiple content areas and artistic disciplines, such as a video broadcast of student-produced documentaries, dramatic stories, and informational bulletins for the school campus. - Design Thinking: A problem-based approach of producing iterations, prototypes, and models, which are repeatedly tested and revised and lead to a successful result. - Media and Digital Literacies: Media arts students practice critical autonomy in discerning the quality and veracity of media. They are empowered in producing their own messages and products and in conscientious, civic-minded engagement in virtual environments. In many classrooms, such as video production, animation, and game design, students will also be collaboratively engaged in brainstorming, writing, storyboarding or prototyping, and organizing their projects. 4th Grade Standards
4.MA:Cr1 Conceive of original artistic goals for media artworks using a variety of generative methods, such as brainstorming and modeling. 4.MA:Cr2 Discuss, test, and assemble ideas, plans, and/or models for media arts productions, considering the artistic goals and the presentation. 4.MA:Cr3 a. Structure and arrange various content and components to convey purpose and meaning in different media arts productions, applying sets of associated aesthetic principles, such as balance and contrast. b. Demonstrate intentional effect in refining media artworks, emphasizing elements for a purpose. 4.MA:Pr4 Demonstrate how a variety of academic, arts, and media forms and content may be mixed and coordinated into media artworks. 4.MA:Pr5 a. Enact identified roles to practice foundational artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, such as formal technique, equipment usage, and collaboration, in media arts productions. b. Practice foundational innovative abilities, such as design thinking and novel use of tools, in addressing problems within and through media arts productions. 4.MA:Pr6 Explain the presentation conditions, audience response, and improvements for presenting. 4.MA:Re7 a. Identify, describe, and explain how messages are created by components in media artworks. b. Identify, describe, and explain how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience. 4.MA:Re8 Determine and explain reactions and interpretations to a variety of media artworks, considering their purpose and context. 4.MA:Re9 Identify and apply basic criteria for evaluating and improving media artworks and production processes, considering context. 4.MA:Cn10 a. Examine and use personal and external resources, such as interests, research, and cultural understanding, to create media artworks. b. Examine and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and/or cultural experiences, such as online spaces. 4.MA:Cn11 a. Explain, verbally and/or in media artworks how media artworks and ideas, such as fantasy and reality and technology use, relate to everyday life and culture. b. Examine and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering ethics,rules,and fairness. Resources:
Visual & Performing Arts - Website Four Artistic Processes 1. Creating Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work. 2. Performing, Presenting or Producing Performing (for Dance, Music,and Theatre) Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation. Presenting (for Visual Arts) Interpreting and sharing artistic work. Producing (for Media Arts) Realizing and presenting artistic ideas and work. 3. Responding Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning. 4. Connecting Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context. 11 Anchor Standards (aligned with the 4 Processes) Creating 1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. 2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. 3. Refine and complete artistic work. Performing, Presenting and Producing 4. Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation. 5. Develop and refine artistic work for presentation. 6. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Responding 7. Perceive and analyze artistic work. 8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. 9. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Connecting 10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. 11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. |
5th Grade Standards
Creating--Anchor Standard 1: Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work Process Component: Conceive Enduring Understanding: Media arts ideas, works, and processes are shaped by the imagination, creative processes, and by experiences, both within and outside of the arts. Essential Questions: - How do media artists generate ideas? - How can ideas for media arts productions be formed and developed to be effective and original? 5.MA:Cr1 Envision original ideas and innovations for media artworks using personal experiences and the work of others. Creating--Anchor Standard 2: Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work Process Component: Develop Enduring Understanding: Media artists plan, organize, and develop creative ideas and models into process structures that can effectively realize the artistic idea. Essential Question: How do media artists organize and develop ideas and models into process structures to achieve the desired end product? 5.MA:Cr2 Develop, present, and test ideas, plans, models, and/or proposals for media arts productions, considering the artistic goals and audience. Creating--Anchor Standard 3: Refine and Complete Artistic Work Process Component: Construct Enduring Understanding: The forming, integration, and refinement of aesthetic components, principles, and processes creates purpose, meaning, and artistic quality in media artworks. Essential Questions: - What is required to produce a media artwork that conveys purpose, meaning, and artistic quality? - How do media artists refine their work? 5.MA:Cr3 a. Create content and combine components to convey expression, purpose, and meaning in a variety of media arts productions, utilizing sets of associated aesthetic principles, such as emphasis and exaggeration. b. Determine how elements and components can be altered for clear communication and intentional effects, and refine media artworks to improve clarity and purpose. Performing--Anchor Standard 4: Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation Process Component: Integrate Enduring Understanding: Media artists integrate various forms and contents to develop complex, unified artworks. Essential Question: How are complex media arts experiences constructed? 5.MA:Pr4 Create media artworks through the integration of multiple contents and forms. Performing--Anchor Standard 5: Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation Process Component: Practice Enduring Understanding: Media artists require a range of skills and abilities to creatively solve problems within and through media arts productions. Essential Questions: - What skills are required for creating effective media artworks and how are they improved? - How are creativity and innovation developed within and through media arts productions? - How do media artists use various tools and techniques? 5.MA:Pr5 a. Enact various roles to practice fundamental ability in artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, such as formal technique and collaboration, in media arts productions. b. Practice fundamental creative and innovative abilities, such as expanding conventions and experimental use of tools, in addressing problems within and through media arts productions. Performing--Anchor Standard 6: Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work Process Component: Present Enduring Understanding: Media artists purposefully present, share, and distribute media artworks for various contexts. Essential Question: How does time, place, audience, and context affect presenting or performing choices for media artworks? 5.MA:Pr6 Compare qualities and purposes of presentation formats, associated processes, results, and improvements for presentation of media artworks. Responding—Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work Process Component: Perceive Enduring Understanding: Identifying the qualities and characteristics of media artworks improves one’s artistic appreciation and production. Essential Questions: - How do we ‘read’ media artworks and discern their relational components? - How do media artworks function to convey meaning and manage audience experience? 5.MA:Re7 a. Identify, describe, and differentiate how messages and meaning are created by components in media artworks. b. Identify, describe, and differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience. Responding--Anchor Standard 8: Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work Process Component: Interpret Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork. Essential Question: How do people relate to and interpret media artworks? 5.MA:Re8 Determine and compare personal and group interpretations of a variety of media artworks, considering their intention and context. Responding--Anchor Standard 9: Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work Process Component: Evaluate Enduring Understanding: Skillful evaluation and critique are critical components of experiencing, appreciating, and producing media artworks. Essential Questions: - How and why do media artists value and judge media artworks? - When and how should we evaluate and critique media artworks to improve them? 5.MA:Re9 Determine and apply criteria for evaluating media artworks and production processes,considering context, and practicing constructive feedback Connecting--Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art Process Component: Synthesize Enduring Understanding: Media artworks synthesize meaning and form cultural experience. Essential Questions: - How do we relate knowledge and experiences to understanding and making media artworks? - How do we learn about and create meaning through producing media artworks? 5.MA:Cn10 a. Access and use internal and external resources, such as interests, knowledge, and experiences, to create media artworks. b. Examine and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and cultural experiences, such as news and events. ENDURING UNDERSTANDING Media artworks and ideas are better understood and produced by relating them to their purposes, values, and various contexts. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS - How does media arts relate to its various contexts, purposes, and values? - How does investigating these relationships inform and deepen the media artist’s understanding and work? Connecting--Anchor Standard 11: Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding Process Component: Relate Enduring Understanding: Media artworks and ideas are better understood and produced by relating them to their purposes, values, and various contexts. Essential Questions: - How does media arts relate to its various contexts, purposes, and values? - How does investigating these relationships inform and deepen the media artist’s understanding and work? 5.MA:Cn11 a. Research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to personal, social, and community life, such as exploring commercial and information purposes, history, and ethics. b. Examine, discuss, and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering ethics, rules, and media literacy. |