that one website that helps art teachers

https://sites.google.com/site/visualcultureae/home
Visual Culture to me: Defined as the culture impact and influence on an individual created from the visuals from their surrounding visual culture. This can be from memes, to advertisement, to the way that your family has from generation to generation decorated their home a certain way. 

What are the most important things discussed that are still relevant today in regards to Art Education and Visual Culture?
It is important for us as educators to inform and continuously have our students question their visual culture as growing adults.

In the "Zinester: Art of Individualism" video:

• Have you heard of "Zines" before? Yes
• What do you think about the Zine Library? Doesn't really do much for me. Not a fan of Zines.
• What do you think of the concept of consumers/producers? It's an essential part of our culture.
• Would you find the creation of a Zine an appropriate topic/project to explore in your classroom? Yes zines can be apart of the classroom but I'm not crazy about them myself. Seems like something that can be done just as well with a sketchbook.

In the "Beginning a Lesson" Video:

• What information from this video is of interest to you for your classroom?
• Do you find the "Arguments 1-4" valid concepts to explore Visual Culture in the classroom?
• 1. It is important with there being SO MANY ways to create and disturb content, it's important in the art classroom to be selective and smart about the tools you use when making lessons.
• 2. It's important to teach appoint cultural appropriation. There is a difference and to be smart to have cultural appreciation and if you are to use artistic directions from other cultures if to "remix" Not only give credit but if going in a new direction and making slight changes to work with a postmodern age to give respect to those cultures.
• 3.critique and conversation is ESSENTIAL in an art classroom setting.
• 4."Meaning is made across modalities." Modalities: " A particular mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed." Your concept and your life as an individual regardless if its the same topic, your perception and concept will be different than the person next to you within a lesson if approached correctly.
• How might you use these in your classroom? I would incorporate all of this into my classroom. Being a regular observer in society is easy, but to question is what is difficult. Making art about answers to questions is a wonderful way to run a classroom.