I talk about my great experience in the Fine Art and Digital Art Programs at Mesa Community College, show a number of homework assignments, and at the end include some personal pieces done using Sketchbook Pro software. Mesa Community College, part of the Maricopa Community Colleges, is located in Mesa Arizona and offers a wide range of Associate Degrees, Certificates of completion and classes. www.mesacc.edu I'm very impressed by the the teaching and education I'm getting there...and it costs WAY less than a typical University or Art School/Institute. Jephyr is artist Jeff Curtis www.JeffCurtisArt.com
This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from voaspecialenglish.com We received a question from a listener about how American schools use educational technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and level of students, of course. But it also depends on the interest and training of the teachers, and the goals and budgets of the schools. Schools are almost all connected to the Internet. But some have more technology, and use it more, than others. For example, some schools use computers for activities like video conferencing, to bring the world into the classroom. And some classrooms are equipped with things like a Smart Board, a kind of interactive whiteboard. Interactive whiteboards are large displays for presentations. They connect to a computer and can operate by touch. They can be used for documents or writing or to project video. Some teachers are trying creative new ways to teach with devices like iPods and mobile phones. But educators say the most important thing, as always, is the content. Yet technology can have special importance in some cases. Cosmobot is a therapy robot. It stands about half a meter tall and has a blue body and a friendly face with big eyes. One child who works with it is six-year-old Kevin Fitzgerald. Kevin has developmental dyspraxia; he has difficulty moving his mouth and tongue. He works with Carole Semango-Sprouse as he uses a set of buttons attached to a computer. He can make the silent robot move forward ...
