Tom R - ICT tutor - Austin
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Tom R - ICT tutor - Austin

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Tom R

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Tom R - ICT tutor - Austin

$31/hr

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  • ICT

Technology applications and digital/new media art teacher works with information technology as a creative outlet to get the job done.

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About Tom R

Tom R. Chambers’ Technology Applications classroom offers more than a sequence of lessons in software and digital tools. It is a laboratory for student agency, a stage for creative expression, and a bridge between classroom learning and community engagement. At its core, the project is curriculum-driven. The digital art assignments are explicitly tied to Science, History, and English vocabulary and information, which provides a clear academic anchor. Students are not creating art in a vacuum; they are translating disciplinary concepts into visual forms. This alignment serves multiple purposes. First, it reinforces vocabulary acquisition through multimodal representation. When students design an image to represent a term, they must analyze the term’s meaning, identify salient features, and decide how to communicate those features visually. Second, the curriculum tie legitimizes the arts-infused approach within a standards-based framework, making it easier for administrators and stakeholders to see the project as rigorous academic work rather than an extracurricular activity.

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About the lesson

  • Primary
  • High School
  • NCEA Level 1
  • +5
  • levels :

    Primary

    High School

    NCEA Level 1

    NCEA Level 2

    NCEA Level 3

    Adult education

    Masters

    Doctorate

  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

In order to generate interest and defuse perceived difficulty in an assignment, knowledge visualization can be pursued to motivate, engage, and empower the student for maximization of cognitive learning in the classroom. The utilization of information technology and computer graphic arts software to generate digital art - a tangible product (byproduct) of the creative process - supports the cognitive aspects of the information searched/researched and its understanding. The creation of art - the making of something that comes from “within”- has always been a boon for the psyche, a gratifying experience that adds to self-esteem, and provides relevance. This creative experience is surround and exciting, which leads to greater motivation for a maximized understanding and retention of content. There is a phrase for this action - moving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) towards STEAM (STEM with an Arts component). To combine the Arts with STEM is to motivate, engage, and empower.

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  • $31

Pack prices

  • 5h: $155
  • 10h: $310

free lessons

The first lesson with Tom R will allow you to get to know each other and discuss your needs for future lessons.

  • 1hr

online

  • $31/h

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