Media Arts: Grade 8

Creating

Producing

Responding

Connecting

Generate and Conceptualize Artistic Ideas and Work

Organize and Develop Artistic Ideas and Work

Refine and Complete Artistic Work

Select, Analyze, and Interpret Artistic Work for Presentation

Develop and Refine Artistic Techniques and Work for Presentation

Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work

Perceive and Analyze Artistic Work 

Interpret Intent and Meaning in Artistic Work

Apply Criteria to Evaluate Artistic Work

Synthesize and Relate Knowledge and Personal Experiences to Make Art

Relate Artistic Ideas and Works with Societal, Cultural, and Historical Context to Deepen Understanding

Generate ideas, goals, and solutions for original media artworks through application of focused creative processes, such as divergent thinking and experimenting.

Structure and critique ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering intent, resources, and the presentation context.

Implement production processes to integrate content and stylistic conventions for determined purpose and meaning in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated aesthetic principles, such as theme and unity.

Refine media artworks, improving technical quality and intentionally accentuating stylistic elements, to reflect an understanding of purpose, audience, and place.

Integrate multiple contents and forms into unified media arts productions, such as interdisciplinary projects or multimedia theatre, that convey specific themes or ideas.

Demonstrate a defined range of artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, such as strategizing and collaborative communication, through performing specified roles in producing media artworks.

Demonstrate a defined range of creative and innovative abilities, such as divergent solutions and bending conventions, in developing new solutions for identified problems within and through media arts productions.

Design the presentation and distribution of media artworks through multiple formats and/ or contexts considering previous results on personal growth and external effects.

Compare, contrast, and analyze the qualities of and relationships between the components, content, and intentions in media artworks.

Compare, contrast, and analyze how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience and create intention.

Analyze the intent and meanings of a variety of media artworks, focusing on intentions, forms, and various contexts.

Evaluate media artworks and production processes with developed criteria, considering context and artistic goals.

Access, evaluate, and use internal and external resources, such as cultural and societal knowledge, research, and exemplary works, to inform the creation of media artworks.

Explain and demonstrate how media artworks expand meaning and knowledge, and create cultural experiences, such as local and global events.

Demonstrate and explain how media artworks and ideas relate to various contexts, purposes, and values, such as democracy, environment, and connecting people and places.

Analyze and responsibly interact with media arts tools, environments, and legal and technological contexts, considering ethics, media literacy, social media, and virtual worlds.