Firenze
Paula Laakksonen
The course was called Digital Tools for Cultural Heritage Education. It focused on cultural heritage and various types of digital materials. The course covered a wide range of different digital tools. As part of the course, participants visited museums and urban sites in Florence, where they completed assignments and learned to use various digital tools. The tasks and materials from the course are particularly well suited for enriching online courses and for teaching art history.
On the first day of the course, everyone had to draw a coat of arms based on their own surname and things that are important to them. The coats of arms were used to introduce the course participants to each other. My own surname does not mean anything, so I used my mother’s surname instead, as it is easier to draw. I also invented a noble title for myself :D
We visited the Novacentro museum, where, using ChatGPT we practiced AI prompts, that is, giving instructions to artificial intelligence.
Everyone had to choose one artwork and explain it to a partner who could not see the piece. The partner then wrote instructions for the AI. The goal was to get the AI to generate an image that looked as similar as possible to the original artwork.
Pompeo Borra, Ritratto do Maruzza 1935
The image on the left is the original and the right is generated with AI and prompts.
Goosechase is an app that can be used for teaching in a variety of environments.
The app is particularly practical for museum visits with students or for exploring a city, buildings, or even nature. In the app there are locations to be visited and tasks to be completed at those locations. Tasks are set on a map. Users log their location in the app and record, photograph, or write an answer to a question. The app includes a time limit within which the task must be completed. Tasks can be shared with others and reused. It is certainly well suited for language teaching as well.
"Here are some links to the digitaltools that were used during the course."
