Mr. Harsh, Aesthetics

Mr. Harsh uses visual examples, vocabulary, descriptive narratives for real life connections to the world that surrounds his students. He tries to connect aesthetics to the student through things they might experience in day to day. He engages his students with visual examples and asks questions to get them to think critically. He challenges the student to use vocabulary to describe an aesthetic experience. The students are engaged because they respond to his lesson with eye contact, laughter, eye contact, by performing the exercise, and sharing their work with the class. Mr. Harsh uses art history, aesthetics, criticism, art  looking, philosophy, economy, government in class discussions. The topics covered in class relate directly to their life. The students vocabulary expands and so the the production of their art. I am not sure there are topics Mr. Harsh touches on that I would not discuss. I have a willingness to be open (within reason) to a class discussion, if it focuses on the exploration of a concept and it is fruitful in discovery related to the lesson. In the video, Mr. Harsh uses visual aids that are prints and illustrations, of vocabulary or concepts. In classrooms today, educators use smart boards and power points. In an art classroom today the content is still applicable and the experiment is universal, the visuals would most likely become digital. In my classroom my smartboard does not work, although I have the power points created for each lesson. In adaptation I use books and printed visual aids, not far off from Mr.Harsh’s technology!
https://youtu.be/74DjEGoS-YE