Maine K–6 media arts standards

Construct and assemble content for unified media arts productions, identifying and applying basic principles.

Describe expressive effects in altering, refining, and completing media artworks.

Exhibit emerging ability in a variety of artistic, design, technical, organizational roles, and group planning in media arts productions.

Exhibit basic creative skills, use of tools and techniques to invite new content and solutions within and through media arts productions.

Identify and describe the presentation conditions and take on roles and processes in presenting or distributing media artworks.

Share results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.

Identify, describe, and explain how messages are created by components in media artworks.

Identify, describe, and explain how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.

Use personal experiences, interests, information, and models in creating media artworks.

Discuss media artworks, describing their meaning and purpose.

Discuss and describe media artworks in everyday life.

Interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments considering safety, rules, and fairness.

Enact identified roles to practice foundational artistic, design, technical, and soft skills.

Practice foundational innovative abilities, and use design thinking collaboratively in addressing problems within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate use of tools and techniques in standard and novel ways while constructing media artworks.

Explain the presentation conditions and fulfill a role and processes in presenting or distributing media artworks.

Explain results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.

Identify, describe, and differentiate how message and meaning are created by components in media artworks.

Identify, describe, and differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience. Grades 6-8 Proficient Grades 6-8 Advanced

Discuss how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life, such as media messages and media environments.

Interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

Enact various roles to practice fundamental ability in artistic, design, technical, and soft skills in media arts productions.

Practice fundamental creative and innovative abilities, expanding conventions, addressing problems within and through media arts productions.

Examine how tools and techniques could be used in standard and experimental ways in constructing media artworks.

Compare qualities and purposes of presentation formats and fulfill a role and associated processes in presentation and/or distribution of media artworks.

Compare results of and improvements for presenting media artworks.

Construct and order various content into unified, purposeful media arts productions, and describe and apply principles.

Practice and analyze how the emphasis of elements alters effect and purpose in refining and completing media artworks.

Examine and use personal and external resources, and cultural understanding, to create media artworks.

Examine and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and/or cultural experiences.

Access and use internal and external resources to create media artworks.

Examine and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and cultural experiences. Grades 6-8 Proficient Grades 6-8 Advanced

Identify how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life and can influence values and online attitudes and behavior.

Examine and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

Structure and arrange various content and components to convey purpose and meaning, applying sets of associated principles in different media arts productions.

Demonstrate intentional effect in refining media artworks, emphasizing elements for a purpose.

Explain verbally and/or in media artworks, how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday cultural life and technology use.

Examine and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering ethics, rules, and fairness.

Create content and combine components to convey expression, purpose, and meaning in a variety of media arts productions, utilizing sets of associated principles.

Determine how elements and components can be altered for clear communication and intentional effects and refine media artworks to improve clarity and purpose.

Research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to personal, social, and community life.

Examine, discuss and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering ethics, rules, and media literacy.