With developers and manufacturers pursuing varied ways to promote their creations, the gaming domain is often engulfed in a flow of ingenious ideas. Nintendo has joined hands with visual art educators located in the US for rendering a distinct approach to support drawing and painting activities. To strengthen its collaboration with the National Art Education Association, the company has developed an innovative interactive art tutorial software title dubbed Art Academy.
“The abundance of visual images being displayed through technology is transforming the ways art education in schools can be presented to students,” explained Deborah B. Reeve, EdD, NAEA Executive Director. “In today’s schools, an emphasis is still placed on rational and analytic subjects like math and science. Art class is one of the few places where kids can exercise their creativity and develop flexible forms of thinking to build additional skills for their future. We are thrilled that the incorporation of Nintendo’s Art Academy into the classroom provides students with another creative outlet that supports teaching and learning in art, and the students agree.”
According to the gaming giant, Art Academy has been designed to open up new arenas and perspectives in the field. Developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS family of systems, it transforms the portable gaming system into a plain white canvas. Gamers can employ the Nintendo DS stylus as paintbrush or pencil to splash their imagination on the device with additional help from integrated guided tutorials.
The company has revealed that select participants of the program were presented with the Nintendo DS system and the Art Academy software to introduce interesting classroom activities.