Digital Media Arts Education in Schools
Through Media Arts, students explore and express their identities and ideas with a variety of accessible tech tools like cell phones, cameras, computers and laptops, as well as professional-level tools like animation tablets, wireless mics and software like Adobe, Soundtrap and Ableton. Students look at and ask questions about media created by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), past and present. Digital Media Arts students learn skills like graphic design, scriptwriting and storyboarding, game design and animation, videography, web design, sound production, DJing, beat-making and podcasting.
Digital Media Arts In Our Schools Link to this section
We know that we swim in media every day; we scroll through Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube, we interact with our likes and comments, we play video and online games, we consume passive advertising, we provide data to companies through our online activity. In Media Arts courses, students consider themselves both as creator and consumer.
Students consider the impact of media on social, emotional and physical wellness and how media impacts our relationships, politics and society. They consider how bias and stereotypes appear in media. Students practice responding and connecting to all types of media, while creating and presenting their original work. We want students to build communication and technical media skills, to understand that their voice and stories are powerful and that there is a lucrative career in media arts right here in California, if they choose to pursue it!
Digital Media Arts Standards Link to this section
SFUSD Digital Media Arts Offerings
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This section includes dance classes and programs offered in 2020-21
PreK Digital Media Arts
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Elementary School Digital Media Arts
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Middle School Digital Media Arts
Denman (James) MS
- Multimedia 6
- Multimedia 7
- Multimedia 8
Giannini (A.P.) MS
- Multimedia 7
- Multimedia 8
Roosevelt MS
- Multimedia - MS
High School Digital Media Arts
Asawa (Ruth) SOTA HS
- Computer Art 1
- Media Arts 1
- Media Arts 2
- Media Arts 3
- Media Arts 4
Balboa HS
- Animation 1
- Animation 2
- Game Dev 1
- Game Dev 2
- Creative Computing
- DJ Audio Production
- Media Arts 1
- Media Arts 2
Burton (Phillip and Sala) HS
- Broadcast 1
- Broadcast 2
- Broadcast 3
Downtown HS
- Media Arts 1
Galileo HS
- Digi Comm 1
- Digi Comm 2
- Animation 1
- Computer Art 1
- Media Arts 3
Hilltop HS
- Media Arts 1
- Media Arts 2
- Media Arts 3
Independence HS
- AME Media Arts 1
- AME Media Arts 2
Jordan (June) HS
- Media Arts 1
Lincoln (Abraham) HS
- Media Arts 1
- Media Arts 2
- Media Intro
- Creative Computing 1
Marshall (Thurgood) HS
- Creative Computing 1
Mission HS
- Media Arts 1
- Media Arts 2
- Media Arts 3
O'Connell (John) HS
- Afr-Latnx Mus
- Cncpt Career
- DST: 3D Design
SF Civic Center Secondary HS
- Media Arts 1
- Media Arts 2
The Academy - SF @ McAteer HS
- Creative Computing 1
Wallenberg (Raoul) HS
- Computer Art 1
Washington (George) HS
- Computer Art 1
- Computer Art 2
- Video Prod
Links to PK-12 Arts Discipline Pages Link to this section
This page was last updated on December 24, 2020