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The MultimediArt Project in Greece. Ms. Katerina Perdikuri MSc., Computer and Informatics Engineer Research Academic Computer Technology Institute. RACTI: Short Profile. RACTI: Mission and Activities. Research and Development; Development of Products and Solutions;
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The MultimediArt Project in Greece Ms. Katerina Perdikuri MSc., Computer and Informatics Engineer Research Academic Computer Technology Institute
RACTI: Mission and Activities • Research and Development; • Development of Products and Solutions; • Technical Consultant in Information Technology for the Greek State; • Support of Greek Education; • Organization Scientific Conferences in the area of Computer Science;
The MultimediArt Project: Steps • Recruitment of schools; • Coordination of the participating schools on research on new forms of art based on the use of new technologies; • Monitoring teachers attendance in training course; • Organization of Dissemination Activities; • Organization of the Lov’Art competition in Greece;
Recruitment of Schools • Athens School of Fine Arts • Responsible Teacher: Prof. George Harvalias • Lab of Arts, Municipality of Agia Paraskevi • Responsible Teacher: Mrs. Viki Betsou
Coordination of schools on research • Contribution of art-works in the ART Gallery; • Contribution of interviews of artists; • Both two schools are situated in Athens, there was a small difficulty on communication and exchange of information;
Monitoring teachers • The majority of Art teachers in Greece lack skills in Information and Communication Technologies; • High interest in attending the courses and obtaining a certification; • Distance Learning was ideal for the set of participating Greek schools;
Dissemination Activities • Distribution of the Greek version of the project brochure in secondary schools and art schools in Patras; • Forum participation: “Informatics in Art and Education”(15/03/2003, Aigion, Greece); Keynote speaker: Prof. Athanasios Tsakalidis R&D Coordinator of RACTI
The Lov’Art competition • Participation of 2 Greek students; • Only one delivered on time the artwork entitled “The world of stars”
Conclusions • Incorporating New Technologies in teaching art is an essential step for improving students creativity; • The majority of Art teachers in Greece lack skills in Information and Communication Technologies; • We succeeded to raise the interest of secondary and art schools in the region of Patras, as far as it concerns the project and its activities and start a fruitful discussion on the initiative of incorporating informatics technologies in teaching art; • We collected information on artists that use new technologies in their work;
“Create the first European virtual art exhibition of European artists” Thank you for the co-operation! Ms Perdikuri Katerina MSc., Computer & Informatics Engineer RACTI, 61 Riga Feraiou Str., 26221, Patras, GREECE Τel.: +30 2610 960 332 Fax.: +30 2610 960322 E-mail: perdikur@ceid.upatras.gr