Evolving the artist-technologist

Author

Horswill, Ian ; Novak, Marlena

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL

Volume

39

Issue

6

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

69

Abstract

Animate Arts provides a model for training students to cross the boundaries of art and technology, as well as for teaching programming to students who might otherwise find it inaccessible or unappealing. The program offers many lessons for traditional methods of teaching programming as well. Northwestern´s Animate Arts program seeks to unite artists and programmers through team teaching and a curriculum that draws from visual and sound arts, cultural and narrative theory, and computer science. Although Animate Arts is not devoted specifically to game design, it does teach skills relevant to the game industry

Keywords

art; computer animation; computer based training; computer games; computer science education; teaching; visual programming; Northwestern´s Animate Arts program; artist-technologist; computer science; cultural theory; game design; game industry; narrative theory; programming teaching; sound art; student training; team teaching; visual art; Animation; Art; Artificial intelligence; Context; Cultural differences; Education; Logic programming; Programming profession; Psychology; Toy industry; computers and education; digital media curricula; game design and development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2006.193

Filename

1642612