5.3 Potential for Teaching

I believe that there is great potential for scanography in the classroom. Scanography is a way for students to work with tactile and digital materials. It is a non-messy method of exemplifying multi-media and multi-step art processes. I see drawing and scanography as a great place to start with youth. They can draw simple shapes or forms that they are comfortable with. They can play around with the drawings on the scanner, and surprise themselves with unexpected imagery. It's immediate feedback, is inspiring and encourages exploration. There is no room for a student to say "I can't draw" or "I'm not good at art" because something as simple as a circle and a triangle can be manipulated into fascinating forms on the scanner.