Creativity and Technology in Mathematics: From Story Telling to Algorithmic with Op'Art

Autor/inn/en	Mercat, Christian; Filho, Pedro Lealdino; El-Demerdash, Mohamed
Titel	Creativity and Technology in Mathematics: From Story Telling to Algorithmic with Op'Art
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 10 (2017) 1, S.63-70 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Mathematics Instruction; Story Telling; Electronic Publishing; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Geometric Concepts; Art Products; Higher Education; Creativity; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Elektronisches Publizieren; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Elementare Geometrie; Künstlerische Produktion; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kreativität; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	This article describes some of the results of the European project mcSquared (http://mc2-project.eu/) regarding the use of Op'Art and optical illusion pieces as a tool to foster modeling and creative mathematical thinking in students. We present briefly the c-book technology and some results we got experimenting it. The Op'Art movement, with artists such as Victor Vasarely, Julio Le Parc or Bridget Riley, uses algorithms to create geometric patterns. It is a goldmine for mathematical thinking, from early ages, with the use of narratives to describe the paintings and produce new ones in a controlled way, up to higher education with generative art produced by the implementation of algorithm. The outcome is that technology, far from hindering the creative process actually can be used to help putting it on firm grounds, narrowing the diverging phase into a converging one by giving means to objectify the description and creation of the artwork itself and making explicit the choices made, allowing for the creative exploration of new original ways: "what if…". This objectivation is done differently by different audiences but comprises the same phases of identifying the relevant variables (disks, squares, colors, position), describing their relationships (the color of the disks depends on their position in such a way) and exploring the space of configurations the modeling gives rise to. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01