COVID19 Art Ideas and Inspiration.
What has brought everyone together in 2020/Positives.
Technology
Collab-ultra/zoom
Social media
Online group chats
Having a sense of purpose or belonging.
Slowing down
Endless cups of tea at home, and more sleep.
Subtopic
Positive impacts on the environment.
Carbon emissions are down globally.
China recorded an 85 per cent increase in days with good air quality in 337 cities between January and March.
Tourists gone from Italy, the long-polluted canals of Venice now appear clear as fish and other wildlife start returning.
Wildlife is also appearing in other major cities again and the biodiversity is slowly starting to return in various parts of the world.
Baking/more time to cook!!
Less time spent on travelling to work/school and back.
Connectedness
People all around the world are finding new ways to address the need for interconnectedness. In Italy, one of the worst-hit countries, people are joining their instruments and voices to create music from their balconies. People are leading street dance parties while maintaining social distancing.
People are using Facebook groups to connect with others such as looking from my window.
Learning how to become a more resilient learner and Individual.
Education is being reevaluated.
New ideas of how VCE students should be marked..examples of this include the learner profile:being able to include all extracurricular activities such as a first job. The aim of this is to display the students strengths practically outside of academia.
Mental Health
How COVID19 has impacted student's mental health.
Fashion of 2020
Masks, gloves, scarfs
New human behaviours
Social distancing
Acting as though every person is diseased
People can no longer continue with life if they have a simple cold or cough.
Negative effects of COVID19
Increased number of school drop outs
Increased cases in family violence
The economy is being affected
Isolation/peoples mental health is being affected
Not all students have been able to continue their learning due to low SES circumstances.
No access to a computer or WIFI
Parents are struggling to manage working from home and teaching their kids from home.
Not knowing if exams,SACs or the GAT will be happening this year.
Do not have access to a printer: this means I have had to adapt my folio to being an online presentation, even if it was not originally my preference.