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INDEPENDENT PROJECT OUTLINE POST ON FEB 17TH NAME: Cynthia Scott CONTENT AREA: Art TOPIC: Taking Digital Creativity to the Art classroom JOURNAL ARTICLE BIBLIOGRPAHICAL INFORMATION; Shin, Ryan. Art Education V. 63 no 2(March 2010) p 38-42, “Taking digital creativity to the Art classroom” Mystery Box Swap.” Retrieved from: http://www.wilsonweb.com BRIEF EXPLANATION OF IDEA PRESENTED IN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE (BULLETS) -Encourages Art educators to explore the digital world and it’s teaching and creative advantages in the classroom -Discusses bringing digital technology as creativity to the Art classroom -Explains how Art educators explore digital technology through a project called Mystery Box Swap -Encourages Art educators to take advantage of the new technologies available to them as educational research tools -Each box was filled with objects that signified students most memorable experiences ,drawing out their creative ideas. Later the boxes were swaped. PROPOSED ACTIVITY TO BE DEVELOPED THAT COINCIDES WITH JOURNAL ARTICLE CONTENT Using web 2.0 tools such as smilebox ,students can make a scrap book of digital images of items representing some of the most memorable experiences of their lives.