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Dear Artists and Educators;

Welcome to our visual art and technology blog. We are excited to share with you our experiences teaching developmentally appropriate technology based art lessons to students K-12. Through this blog we will regularly post new media in art education and lesson ideas including images of student work. We will discuss new media as they emerge and share thoughts on teaching practices that integrate technology and art. In a sense, we are working toward a wholesome and organic digital art studio.

Please use this blog as a resource to inform your own teaching practice. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions.

Visit us at the 2015 National Art Education Association Convention in New Orleans.

Digital Art and Design: Multimedia teaching strategies that facilitate expression.(Presenters challenge the value of technology as a medium for self-expression and argue the importance of bridging technology with traditional media to push the boundaries of visual literacy.)

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SESSION DETAILS

DAY:     Thursday , 3/26/2015

TIME:   12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

CATEGORY, PRESENTATION FORMAT, LOCATION, TITLE, AND DESCRIPTION:

Technology

Best Practice Lecture
Hilton Hotel/Kabacoff Room/Riverside Building
Digital Art and Design: Multimedia teaching strategies that facilitate expression.

Presenters challenge the value of technology as a medium for self-expression and argue the importance of bridging technology with traditional media to push the boundaries of visual literacy.

PRESENTER(S):

Sheyda Ardalan, Cheryl Iozzo    

Who we are:

Dr. Sheyda Ardalan

Dr. Sheyda Ardalan was born in London, England, to Iranian parents. She lived her life in Tehran, Iran, and Switzerland, Egypt, Turkey, Spain, England, and the USA. She speaks Persian, English, Spanish, and Turkish.

Sheyda graduated from Tehran International School receiving her International Baccalaureate Diploma in 1976 and came to the USA to attend Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where she received a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts majoring in Illustration. After working as a graphic artist in New York City, Sheyda received her Masters degree in Art and Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1994 and started working as an art teacher in public schools. In 2009, she received her Doctorate degree in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and her dissertation was on the mentorship and apprenticeship practices in the traditional arts of Iran. She traveled extensively around Iran for five years, observing and interviewing master craftsmen and their apprentices.

Dr. Ardalan has taught art to students in grades K-12 in Cheshire, CT, Milford, CT, New Canaan, CT, and Greenwich, CT. She is currently Adjunct Professor of Art and Art Education at Teachers College/Columbia University and Art Teacher at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, CT. Sheyda is a CT TEAM Mentor for beginner teachers and Cooperating Teacher to student teachers from SCSU, College of New Rochelle, and Teachers College, Columbia University. She has lectured on the traditional and contemporary arts of Iran and the Middle East at the National Art Education Association conventions and numerous educational institutions in the United States.

Sheyda visits Iran often where she conducts free art workshops in villages, working with participants ranging in age from three to eighty. She has conducted art workshops in a juvenile detention center for teenage girls in Tehran and has written about the importance of artistic development in Persian educational newspapers, magazines, and through digital media. Besides traveling around Iran, Sheyda spends her time volunteering at the few animal shelters in Iran. She works on her own art, often painting en plein air and exhibits her work when possible. 

"In art, students should be inspired to consider a range of possible solutions to a topic." 

Dr. Cheryl Iozzo

Dr. Cheryl Iozzo began her teaching career as an art educator for the Greenwich Public Schools in 1994. She has been with the GPS for most of her career as an educator, teaching at North Street School and Central Middle School among others. Cheryl is currently the District’s Art Liaison for the Central and Western Network Schools.

Dr. Iozzo is the 2015 Greenwich Representative for the Teacher of the Year Program. She is also a 2015 CT Teacher of the Year Semifinalist and participates in regular meetings with the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Cheryl received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts (Lowell) with a concentration in painting followed by a Master of Arts in Teaching from the Rhode Island School of Design. She went on to earn a second Masters degree in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University focusing on technology integration and brought computer art into the GPS art curriculum.  Cheryl also received her Doctoral degree in Art Education from TC, Columbia University and continues to present her research findings throughout the tri-state area. Dr. Iozzo gives back to education as a CT TEAM Mentor for new teachers, and has been a Cooperating Teacher for the College of New Rochelle, NY and Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC.

Dr. Iozzo strives to teach from a transdisciplinary approach where student learning is accelerated through the visual arts within interdisciplinary lessons. She considers her art room to be a safe place where students can take risks, make meaning of their lives, and connect to the world around them by making a “glorious mess” with art materials!

Dr. Iozzo is responsible for bringing the Creative Connections program to North Street School, which connects 5th graders to a classroom in a remote area of Guatemala. The children learn about a different culture through art and the opportunity for class–to-class conversations via Skype. By working collaboratively with her colleagues, both students and teachers experience meaningful and memorable global connections through this exceptional unit of study.

In addition to facilitating many student art exhibitions with Greenwich Public Schools, she has participated in extensive exhibits.