This is an arts-centered Learning project that ART326 students co-created at Colorado State University. You are invited to participate!

(Rewrote from Marshall and Donahue's "Walk in My Shoes" project)

Walking with me: Art, Geography, Technology, and Literacy 

Age groups: K7 or Older

Overview/Process:

Learners will create a map for one of their favorite walking routes on campus/in school. There must be clear navigation and direction on the map. Then the learners will film a video tour to guide viewers to walk with them by pointing out some specific attractions on the way. The initial video will be muted during the production process. The learners will learn to write scripts to guide viewers and utilize a free voiceover app to record and combine the audio with the initial video. The final step of the project in class will be a participatory exercise. The learners will choose one of their peers' maps and find the starting point to follow his/her video on the project website. When they finish walking with their peers, they would share how they fee about viewing the campus/school from another person's perspective.

Purpose:

Understand how people explore and perceive things from their perspectives. Learners may also discover different details from other people's eyes though they may pass by or walk through the same places every day. 

Knowledge:

Knowledge of how people perceive and interpret things differently and become more open-minded to individuals' choices.

Method:

Mapping sites and routes for a personally recommended campus/school route; guiding a video tour according to the designed map; writing a script of the video tour; utilizing a voiceover app to complete the final video tour. (We utilize FilmoraGo in 2020)

Form:

Digital videos. Maps of the campus/school.

Materials:

Digital devices, instruction of the voiceover app, map drawing materials, a project website

Reflection:

Learners make feedback thread to the video creator on the website

Extension:

This project can be extended to explore and connect with a neighborhood, a community, or a public site, such as a park, a bus station, or a library.

Creative strategies: Depiction (Learning to make a map depicting a route with navigation information) Mimicry (Use the method that geographers and the inspired artists use) Layer (Layering different people's experiences to cultivate empathy)

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