I found last week's class demos so neat, I had to peruse further. I especially enjoyed the Image Detective resource, which provides strategic scaffolding in looking at images. It reminded me of Thinking Reader for art. I guess that would make it "Thinking Viewer," or something like that. However, this site and others we looked at in class also brought up a question for me about balancing cognitive accessibility with guidance. With a strategic guide for looking, how do we know the strategy given isn't the creator's interpretation?
This is not so much of an issue with text or books. It's easier for words to "speak for themselves" (excuse the pun). But art--art is sensitive to interpretation. This is a difficult question. I know Tina Grotzer must have grappled with this a little as she made the Art Works for Schools curriculum with Project Zero. Perhaps that would give insight to how to approach art openly and give scaffolds.
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