Utilization of ICT in art education has many implications. Students can experience artistic atmosphere in their daily lives, learn to express creative artistic abilities as well as appreciating art pieces to stir up creative desire. ICT is not only th...
Utilization of ICT in art education has many implications. Students can experience artistic atmosphere in their daily lives, learn to express creative artistic abilities as well as appreciating art pieces to stir up creative desire. ICT is not only the means of engaging in creative art activities, it is also the source of information in art appreciation. Current research sought to utilize ICT in art education with four specific research points: the need to raise creative talents by utilizing ICT in art education; methods to utilize ICT in art education courses; curriculum in art education and utilization of ICT in art department; successful cases of developing art education materials utilizing ICT, and their appraisal; the prospect of developing art education materials utilizing ICT in art education. Results of the research are as follows. Firstly, goals and contents of art education utilizing ICT should be established, so that students may acquire problem-solving abilities and form systematic knowledge. While the goals and characteristics of art education are to increase creativity, existing curricula of art education are abstract and of a let-alone policy. Utilization of ICT in art education will supplement this, and enhance the effect of art education. Secondly, art education curriculum should realize the potential of each student. To achieve such an aim, relations between the curriculum and art activities and the levels and needs of each student should be analyzed and examined carefully. Thirdly, curriculum of ICT based art education is most effective when human resources and educational environments are harmonized. Boosted by government policy of modernizing educational environment, distribution of computers and multimedia system meets global standard. However, lack of full time staff at educational institutions prevents teachers and students from maintaining relations, and makes it difficult to take a multi-disciplinary approach. Therefore it is necessary to establish an educational system that can balance the needs of individual schools and government support, so as to develop educational contents that can be readily applied to educational classes. There are various kinds of artistic information in the daily environment. Artistic information can be recreated as solid artistic knowledge to encompass experience, creation, and appreciation. It depends on how to utilize the media in everyday environment more effectively. Students become most effective in acquiring, managing and utilizing knowledge when they are encouraged to be creative. Art education utilizing ICT will avail the setting up and running of the curriculum of art education whilst fostering creativity of students.