Scanography has great potential in the classroom. It is a completely new media to me, and I found it really engaging and easy, that is once I got my scanner working again after probably two years.
It could be interesting to explore self portraiture through different media, including scanography. It is a quick way to include a different media. They could even draw the scanned image in color pencil and just use the scan for composition. It could be used as well as an alternative still life project.
The process is so instantaneous and trial and error, since you cannot truly see what the image will look like until you try it. I believe that students will easily engage with the process and having the opportunity to try and try again without the fear of doing something wrong.
That's a very good point: students can try and try again without the fear of doing something wrong. I think that's what we need to point out in classrooms again and again. New media is a good place for that.
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