Comments on: Kids online http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html on art and perception Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karl Zipser http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-737 Karl Zipser Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:01:41 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-737 Fran found it neat to see her sister's drawing online. She is warming to the idea of showing her work on the web, she is beginning to understand the concept of the web. I think the key to helping her understand is for her to look at the drawing from anther computer, maybe in the library. I would prefer if she knew what she was getting into before she puts work online, as much as I would like to show it now. I searched for some children's art sites and Fran and I looked at them together. Her first question was always, "How old is that kid?" I have heard that children always ask this. Hanneke's older daughter is not my daughter. I have no idea exactly what the drawing is of. I doubt she remembers herself. I like the drawing very much. Françesca says, "I find it a little bit beautiful. What is that, a crocodile? A crocodile doesn't have such long legs. A crocodile doesn't have only two legs, it has four legs." The other thing is "a baby crocodile," according to her. Fran found it neat to see her sister’s drawing online. She is warming to the idea of showing her work on the web, she is beginning to understand the concept of the web. I think the key to helping her understand is for her to look at the drawing from anther computer, maybe in the library. I would prefer if she knew what she was getting into before she puts work online, as much as I would like to show it now.

I searched for some children’s art sites and Fran and I looked at them together. Her first question was always, “How old is that kid?” I have heard that children always ask this.

Hanneke’s older daughter is not my daughter. I have no idea exactly what the drawing is of. I doubt she remembers herself. I like the drawing very much. Françesca says, “I find it a little bit beautiful. What is that, a crocodile? A crocodile doesn’t have such long legs. A crocodile doesn’t have only two legs, it has four legs.” The other thing is “a baby crocodile,” according to her.

]]> By: lisa http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-736 lisa Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:49:31 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-736 I think it's a dinosaur eating a jellyfish. The other day my son tried to tell me jellyfish have no natural predators - clearly he's wrong - and here's the proof. I think it’s a dinosaur eating a jellyfish. The other day my son tried to tell me jellyfish have no natural predators – clearly he’s wrong – and here’s the proof.

]]> By: John http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-735 John Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:48:06 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-735 I don't have any kids, and wouldn't know which way to turn, but I would like to say I absolutely love that picture!!!! I don’t have any kids, and wouldn’t know which way to turn, but I would like to say I absolutely love that picture!!!!

]]> By: Arthur Whitman http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-734 Arthur Whitman Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:23:27 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-734 Karl, Are those supposed to be dinosaurs? Karl,

Are those supposed to be dinosaurs?

]]> By: Lisa http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-733 Lisa Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:03:56 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-733 That was my next question Karl - where to find kid art on line. Thanks for the link Arthur. Karl - let us know what she thinks. Do kids like looking or would they rather just do? The problems I see in the public schools (ie little money) in Denver are that the equipment can not keep up with the technology. My kids school has 4 year old machines running linux. This is likely to disqualify them from a very cool program my ex-husband recently got funded. http://gamedev.cs.du.edu/news.html#new1 The idea is to use computer game creation to teach kids math, art and computer science in high schools. The program will track the kids exposed to this program through college. But if the equipment won't run the software the schools can't really participate. Which would be a bummer as my son's teachers are pretty excited about the idea of incorporating game creation into the curriculum. That was my next question Karl – where to find kid art on line. Thanks for the link Arthur.

Karl – let us know what she thinks. Do kids like looking or would they rather just do?

The problems I see in the public schools (ie little money) in Denver are that the equipment can not keep up with the technology. My kids school has 4 year old machines running linux. This is likely to disqualify them from a very cool program my ex-husband recently got funded.

http://gamedev.cs.du.edu/news.html#new1

The idea is to use computer game creation to teach kids math, art and computer science in high schools. The program will track the kids exposed to this program through college.

But if the equipment won’t run the software the schools can’t really participate. Which would be a bummer as my son’s teachers are pretty excited about the idea of incorporating game creation into the curriculum.

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-732 Karl Zipser Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:14:19 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-732 At Hanneke's suggestion I added a drawing by Hanneke's older daughter, who was the same age as Fran when she made this (she is past her teens now). At Hanneke’s suggestion I added a drawing by Hanneke’s older daughter, who was the same age as Fran when she made this (she is past her teens now).

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-731 Karl Zipser Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:06:37 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-731 Ron, The pace of technological change poses a problem for schools, if they choose to see it that way. Or an opportunity. When I was in high school in the 1980's, our creative writing teacher made us keep a daily diary. If I were teaching the class today, I would strongly consider having the students maintain daily blogs. But this would require some technical support. If a school sees this as a good option, they have to be know what a blog is and how to use it for educational purposes. Can schools keep up with the changes? Should they? Ron,

The pace of technological change poses a problem for schools, if they choose to see it that way. Or an opportunity. When I was in high school in the 1980′s, our creative writing teacher made us keep a daily diary. If I were teaching the class today, I would strongly consider having the students maintain daily blogs. But this would require some technical support. If a school sees this as a good option, they have to be know what a blog is and how to use it for educational purposes. Can schools keep up with the changes? Should they?

]]> By: Ron Diorio http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-730 Ron Diorio Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:01:15 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-730 Last night I was elected to our local school's leadership team. My particular interest is in media literacy for parents and children. I think things are moving too fast not to engage the conversation right now. I don't see any benefit in denying the computer or the internet to the children however it is always supervised. Last night I was elected to our local school’s leadership team. My particular interest is in media literacy for parents and children. I think things are moving too fast not to engage the conversation right now. I don’t see any benefit in denying the computer or the internet to the children however it is always supervised.

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-729 Karl Zipser Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:02:39 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-729 Hey Arthur, Thanks for the link. I'll show this to Fran when she gets home from school today. Lisa, The idea of getting Fran interested in other kids' art online is a new one for us. This link from Arthur is a great place to start. Hey Arthur,

Thanks for the link. I’ll show this to Fran when she gets home from school today.

Lisa,

The idea of getting Fran interested in other kids’ art online is a new one for us. This link from Arthur is a great place to start.

]]> By: Arthur Whitman http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html/comment-page-1#comment-728 Arthur Whitman Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:31:14 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/2006/12/kids-online.html#comment-728 <a href="http://violetmakesthings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a> is a kid's drawing blog. (I tried posting this earlier but it didn't work for some reason.) here is a kid’s drawing blog. (I tried posting this earlier but it didn’t work for some reason.)

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