The Global Educator Program, organized for the Beauford Delaney: Resonance of Form and Vibration of Color exhibition in partnership with J Rêve International, was conceived around the concept of STEAM. Beauford Delaney’s art and life were the focal point around which the program was planned.
Participants in the Global Educator Program were required to read Beauford Delaney’s biography prior to arriving in Paris for their week of professional development. One of the teachers was so inspired by Delaney’s story that she created a presentation that asked probing questions about what the participants should strive to achieve through their training.
The seven educators participating in the program learned about the University of Arizona Augmented Reality project, which coupled art and computer vision technology, and the Blippar platform on which the project is housed. They received training on how the technology works and were able to take it back to their classrooms to apply it to new methodologies for using art to teach science, math, and other subjects.
Listen to the participants talk about their experiences in the video below:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/159150828
