With the age of technology upon us, many Presbyterian College professors are making the effort to step into the modern age in their classrooms. Mark Anderson is one such teacher. In Anderson's art appreciation class, students can expect more than lectures, handouts, and essays. Anderson uses videos, digital images, slides, and the Internet to help make his class exciting to his students.

Anderson uses slides to help students form a concrete image of the art being discussed in class. A 3" x 5" picture of Picasso's Guernica in the textbook does not have the effect of an almost life-sized version of the same painting projected onto a blank wall in the classroom. To help students compare and contrast two or more pieces of art, Anderson shows them side by side on a screen or with one on the screen and one on the wall.

To prepare students for the final examination, Anderson uses the Internet. Part of the final consists of identifying a selection from over one hundred different works of art, their artists, and the time period of each. To expedite studying, Anderson places the images on a Web page. Then students can study the works at their own convenience and often in the comfort of their own dorm rooms. Students can also print these images in color and then cut them out for flash cards. During the final examination Anderson shows the students one slide at a time, and students then write the identifying information.

Sophomore Sarah Bowie gives a positive evaluation of Anderson's use of multimedia: "He could have made students stare into a book or listen to him merely lecture. Instead, he supported his lectures and the textbook with slides, the Internet, and other multimedia to keep the attention of the class and make his course exciting and engaging."

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