What are the best techniques to get the balance right when you are teaching a first year class that is mainly computing students, but a minority of arts-based students and keep all in engaged (as far as possible)?
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Maybe that would be some good idea to divide such a group into smaller subgroups containing each at least one student from computing and one from arts and to get the exercise to make using some computer software a visualization of some visual art project. They will need to interchange their skills personally in both computer science and some arts also.
Have short discussions that involve art and programming. Can programmin be an art? Can there be a beauty in the system? What would you consider a beautiful program? Would be nice, if the discussions are followed by a related topic in the course syllabus.
Some discussion starters could be the following books:
* Donald Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)
* Beautiful Code, Leading Programmers Explain How They Think, By Andy Oram, Greg Wilson
* Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, By Jon Erickson
Consider also sites, such as this one "programming is an art, not a science":
http://www.futurechips.org/thoughts-for-researchers/computer-engineering-art-science.html
I have successfully used book-making to combine art and computer programming. Students at both the community college and secondary school levels have demonstrated a positive response with some very skilled and creative solutions. Courses in which this lesson was implemented included: Foundations of Design, Photography 1, and Design 2.
The options are limitless, instructor may determine to have all of the students focus on a specific topic - i. e. the Principles of Design and Elements of Art, or each student may develop a uniquely individual book concept with the subject being one of personal interest. It provides students with the opportunity to find creative solutions while learning basic computer skills over the semester and leave the course with a product which may be used as an example for portfolio reviews or demonstrate skill and expertise to prospective employers.
I work with STEM to STEAM. Just completed two projects with undergraduate students (including math and science majors) as well as students in the humanities. We did small robotic/kinesthetic sculptures for one project, looking at the physics/motion and links between motion and aesthetics. The next project was animation where students chose which form of animation to use, incorporating a range of animation platforms, low and high tech. This summer I'm going to learn arduino and start introducing basic programming into my visual arts courses.
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