5/2: Scanography and Art Education

Scanography is a really interesting medium that can serve many purposes in the art classroom. With scanography, one can explore light  color, movement, and  texture very easily. The results of a scan is nearly immediate, so students can experience instant satisfaction.

I have several assignments in mind for students to explore scanography

1) )Learn about your environment through scanography

- students will be brought to a nature area with the art teacher and collect items  that they find on the ground

- students will share what they found and why it  interests them

- students will be split into groups and scan there items

- all students share with the class

2) Explore motion and light with scanography

- students will be given flashlights and objects that they can move in the scanner

- they will play and see the shapes and movements they can make

3) create  a story about things that are special to you

- students will be asked to bring a things that is special to them

- they will share that thing with the class

- I will bring additional things to scan, then students will make a narrative on the scanner with their objects and the ones in the art room