The question of how to share our completed transdigital artworks is a problem I’m continuously trying to solve. I began by hosting digital animations on my blog, but in doing so, I detached one-half of the transdigital art and presented it singularly—it only told half the story. The whole story of a second-grader’s giraffe painting, for example, is that it not only looks like it can dance—it can. How do I showcase both experiences simultaneously? I’d like to share one highly engaging and almost addictive solution: Flipbookits!
Art teachers incorporate technology and new media into their lessons. Young students become subjects of historical American artworks through digital projection, elementary students create outer space-themed LED circuit-enhanced drawings, middle-school students research the art of printmaker Barbara Jones-Hogu and design posters with powerful messages, high-school students digitally illustrate food recipe layouts, and more.
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