Technology impacts every part of our lives, from how we conduct business, to how we learn. 

The frustrating thing about technology is that no matter how much you know, there is always 

more to learn as new products and software packages arrive on the market.  Therefore, as an

art education assistant professor at the University of North Texas, one of the first things I teach 

my students is that no matter how much they learn in my class they will never know everything 

there is to know about technology---and that's ok! 

This web site, designed by Bartholomew Nkurumeh, has been created in order to fulfill one of the 

course requirements of ART 5850- Seminar in Art Education: Computers in the Art Museum. Although 

this course was originally designed for graduate students pursuing a career in museum education, 

the framework for this course was expanded in order to accommodate the needs of all art educators--

whether they intend on teaching in a museum setting, public school, or university.  The seminar 

consisted of a combination of discussions, lectures, hands-on demonstrations, writing assignments, 

and projects. One thing that was slightly different about this course was the constructivist approach 

that I took in conjunction with the project requirements.  After teaching a set of technical skills for 

each software package, students reflected on how they could best utilize that software to meet their 

own needs and THEY designed each project.  They were required to write a contract which stated 

the objectives, intended audience, and overall design of their project.  For example, when we 

learned PowerPoint, one student created a slide show for a featured artist in the museum gallery,

(as a promotional piece) while another student created a slide show based on the life and works 

of Chuck Close, which she intended to use for instructional purposes in her classroom.  It is my 

belief that, like any artistic medium, students learn technology best when they are given both 

guidance (learning the technical skills) as well as freedom (to experiment and express their 

personal messages).  

Bartholomew Nkurumeh, as an artist and educator, is interested in collaboration.  Web sites are an 

ideal environment for collaborations because individuals can work together no matter if they are 

geographically near or far from one another.  Bartholomew's site features the work and messages 

of several art educators from our seminar.

Christina Bain