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Microsoft Photostory 3 provides a great software to create any kind of photo slide show in which you can sync up with music and transitions. One nice way art teachers can use this software is to create slideshows of your students art work to play at parent teacher conferences, or as an end of the year recap of all the great projects your artists have done. Check out my tutorial.
Tags : Technology, Tools
Budget cuts are deeply felt by students and teachers. Have a great idea, but no money to fund it? Log in to digitalwish.com and post your lesson idea. Visitors to the site can choose from wishes on the site to make donations. Want to help support great ideas?? Donate :0)
Tags : Inspiration
Visit webexhibits.org for cross curricular resources such as “Pigments Through Out the Ages,” “Color Vision and Art,” and “Causes of Color.”
Besides the websites excellent science and art connections, there is an excellent section called “Van Gogh’s Letters” inside you can select from several key words that will send you directly to quotes from Van Gogh’s writing that exemplify the key word you selected. Amazing.
Tags : Cross Curricular
I love to start the year off with some excitement, one way I’ve done this is with Graffiti art. It many things in one, lettering, shape and proportion, value, and unlimited creativity all wrapped in one. Also starting the year with a graffiti based lesson, makes for a great opportunity to pre-assess all your kids skills. I do this even in the elementary with 5th grade. Along with a discussion on what is private and public property- where is graffiti legal and illegal. So far no problems. A great source of graffiti art that’s legal is a place called 5 points in New York. Its a an artist owned building for the sole purpose of legal graffiti art. This building is absolutely covered from head to toe. Since this building is ever-changing, the best way to check it out is to Google images on 5 points. Warning to educators– before you get all power point happy with copy/pasting these images really make sure you check for profanity or nudity. Sometimes at first glance you may not see it.
Go straight to Google Images of 5 points, click here.
Kurt Wenner, one amazing chalk artist!! You probably at one point or another got an email with this guy’s art in it. Hugely famous for his incredible illusions on city streets.
Check him out at http://www.kurtwenner.com, or go straight to Kurt Wenner’s chalk art gallery.
For even more amazing chalk art like Kurt’s.
Wordle is a really fun application in which you add words of your choice, usually with in some sort of theme. Really, you have to try it out…
Go here http://www.wordle.net/
Tags : Design, Technology, Tools
The largest kids art museum! Perfect place to check out images of kids artwork, get ideas, and lesson plan ideas.
Visit http://www.artsonia.com/
Tags : Gallery, History, Inspiration, Lessons, Student Art
Fun interactive art game. Students help solve the mystery of grandpas missing painting by identifying artists and styles as clues. Visit http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
Tags : Games
What is web 2.0? Basically, they are interactive web applications, and they come in a huge variety of functions.
To check out some art related web 2.0 tools, go to this wiki http://artseducator20.wikispaces.com/Of+Interest
Bonus- All the apps linked to the download site.
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May.15,2011
