Art
Education- Curriculum Lesson Plans
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Art Criticism Fine
Art Images Art History
Timelines Color
Theory
Art Links Art/Technology
Art Careers Literacy
Education
Resources
"We are in the business
of making the kids feel good about themselves and reinforcing
self-confidence. Sometimes that little positive reinforcement is enough to
change a kid, or at least guide them in a direction towards creating more
and more art." ~ Susan on Long Island
@rt
Room:
Art
Sparklers - ideas for art projects. 'Artrageous'
Thinking - learn what it means to "think like an artist." Art
gallery - view art work created by kids from all over the world. Artifacts
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historical facts and trivia from the world of art. Art
library- reviews of books written for kids about art and artists. Art
links- visit other art web sites. Artist
birthdays. See Stages
of Artistic Development. Check out Mr. Roland's "Stepping
Out" site for more links on the web. Notice: @rt Room will only
be online for a short time. Please visit Art
Junction.
Artcyclopedia
Search by
artist, art style or movement, medium, and subject. Quality site with
links to other sites on the Web about your selected topic.
Art
Junction - a collaborative art space for teachers and students.
Site by Dr. Craig Roland, University of Florida. See Artist
Trading Cards (ATCs in the Classroom). Young
in Art: A Developmental Look at Child Art. Art
Sparkers
ArtLex
online art dictionary Definitions of more
than 3,300 terms here, along with thousands of images, pronunciation
notes, great quotations, and links to other resources on the Web. Site
by Michael Delahunt.
ArtsEdge
- Kennedy Center Curriculum materials, student friendly links
to cultures, people, themes, times and seasons. Quality
lesson plans. Great How To's. Art
Quotes
ArtsConnectEd
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts
- Walker Art Center. Classroom materials, art gallery, fun interactive
activities. Minneapolis
Institutes of Art Postcards
Devices
of Wonder Exhibition
explores how optical devices and technologies have shaped our perception
of the world, and teaches us about our social, scientific, and visual
histories. Play with the games, scientific instruments, and optical
devices in the exhibition. Teaching
Tools
Getty
Resources for Teachers See Guide to Building Visual Arts Lessons - Lesson
Plans. TeacherArtExchange
List Serve. Explore Art - On
line Video Gallery
AE
Connect - the art educators' virtual drop in center. Site from
Massachusetts College of Art - has extensive art education
resources including Choice-Based Art Teaching. Lesson plans,
tutorials, art + technology articles and more.
FugleFlicks
- Art Related Videos - Educational short videos created by
Tricia Fuglestad and her students to teach art related concepts.
Incredible
Art Department - links- cartoons - lesson
plans and more!
It's
the Thought that Counts - Teach for meaning - teach the BIG ideas.
Pdf file from Craig Roland. Includes extensive resources.
Knowledge
Network Classroom Internet Library K-12
Visual Art Resources. This is a site from New Hampshire....gives you
links for many artists/art history/cultures etc. - plus has links to
images on the web for each artist. It does have many artists sorted out
by time period and nationality.
Knowledge
Loom -Teaching for Artistic Behavior Choice-based teaching and
learning delivers in-depth curriculum in the context of student-centered
work. More resources for TAB Choice.
What
is Art? What is an Artist? An exhibition exploring the perception of
art and the identity of the artist through history
and in contemporary society. From Sweet Briar College
Eyes
on Art- Interactive site that allows
students to critique works of art, select works for their own
"museum" and even take an on-line quiz. Quality site for
middle school students and beyond. Eyes
on Art alternate site.
AccessArt
-- Collection on online activities for
students and teacher - all ages. For teachers,
educators and artists - AccessArt provides easy access to contemporary
issues in visual arts education and an exchange of information and
ideas. For pupils - Pupils will find AccessArt a fun, creative and
dynamic learning tool across all Key Stages.
Art,
Design, and Visual Thinking An
Online textbook. An introduction to visual arts and design that stresses
the components of visual thinking and visual language underlying design
and the fine arts. Gives an overview of different art media - with
examples to illustrate (scroll in left frame to see what all is
available on this site). By Charlotte Jirousek, New York State College
of Human Ecology Cornell University
Art
Partners: Promoting equity, diversity and access to art experiences
for all children -- a collaborative fieldwork program involving faculty
and students from Buffalo State College (BSC), Buffalo, NY, with
teachers and students in Buffalo Public Schools. Art Partners focuses on
urban students attending inner city schools who have
special learning needs. Quality lesson plans/units!
Comprehensive
Arts Links page for music, dance and
drama. Interdisciplinary units, too.
Learning
to Think Artistically A growing online book of ideas, innovation,
and inspiration for teachers and parents by Marvin Bartel. See "Encouraging
Creative Thinking with Awareness Questions" (see more links for
creative thinking).
Discipline
Help for Teachers- Site gives help
with
many different kinds of behavioral problems. How to handle over 100
different problems. Threat
Assessment - Identifying and Assisting
Troubled Students - from Teachers First.
Hartcourt
Art Express Lots of fun activities listed
for grade 1 through 5 - but suitable for older students, too.
Instructional
Strategies PlasmaLink Web Services
provides the Glossary of Instructional Strategies as a resource for all
educators.
Model
Schools Art Education Resources. Art Advocacy, Lesson Plans,
School links, Museum links and more.
Web
Exhibits.org Causes of Color - Pigments through the ages -- links
for hundreds of art sites.
Ohio
Partnership for the Visual Arts
Free Internet Resources for the
visual Arts Art, History, Music and Photography
Ohio
Department of Education- Proficiency Tests
Ohio Department of Education Standards
Based Lessons.
National
Art Education Association (NAEA) Publications
for professional development. NAEA
Convention news NAEA promotes art education through Professional
Development, Service, Advancement of Knowledge, and Leadership. NAEA is
a non-profit, educational organization.
North
Texas Institute for Educators on
the Visual Arts:
This site uses museum resources to help art teachers in integrating
the arts into the classroom. Art
Education and Museum Links.
Art
Studio Safety Information (Marvin Bartel, Goshen College)
Health and Safety in
the Arts- A searchable data base - provided by City of Tucson's
Environmental Management Division. Also see UniSA
Library Internet Resources for Art Hazards.
Pollution
Prevention for Arts Education
True
Art - Artist Materials Information See Art
Hazards section. Web site is offered by Steven Saitzyk Consulting.
Teachers
First - Contains high quality web resources for the classroom,
sorted by subject and grade level
Visual
Culture Workshop Curriculum materials complied by Victoria
Franklin-Dillon. Visual Culture includes the study of contemporary art
forms, traditional art forms, media, magazines, film, popular music and
culture as well as photography and advertising.
Visual
Understanding in Education (VUE) conducts educational research
focused on the cognitive development that results from interaction with
art. VUE develops programs for schools and museums, principally Visual
Thinking Strategies (VTS).
Animals Symbolism
in Art
- Links page for various cultures
Arts &
Activities® Magazine-
Online
Arts & Activities® Articles Text
SchoolArts®
Magazine - Online alternate
link
Patterns
in Nature This web site gives examples of patterns found in
nature. Plants, animals, water and minerals. Page created by: Sir Robert
Hitcham's Primary School
AP
Art History Lesson Plans Excellent pacing guide using the book Art
History by Marilyn Stokstad. Lessons by Eric Wolarsky.
A
Teacher's Guide to American Art - information about twenty-four
objects that represent American art from colonial times to the Civil War
period. The descriptive information about the artworks is accompanied by
lesson plans.
Art for Kids
Links page of art history
and fun activities for kids.
Art
History on the Web - Sweet Briar College
Internet Resources by time period- maintained by Chris Witcombe.
Art
History Links page From Community Learning
Network. Links to information about Art History.
University
of Michigan- Art History (known
as Mother
of All Art History Links ) If
you can not find it on my site--go ask "Mother". I
found many good sites just playing around.
World
Wide Web - History of Art Virtual Library --
collection of links relating to Art History and computer applications in
Art History. Sponsored by CHArt
Art
History Goes Graphic lesson by Johan Wilkinson. Students create a
graphic novel.
Planning
Art Lesson a guide from Marvin Bartel
Portfolio
Series for Educators High quality lesson plans in many media. Geared
for middle school though high school (and beyond). See also Artists
for many more ideas.
Teach-nology:
The Web Portal for Educators. Web tools, lesson
plans (Art History based), resources, discipline ideas and so much
more. Arts
and Humanities Lesson Plans - lots to see.
Art
Teacher Connection Extensive site by Bettie Lake. Encouraging
Technology Innovation in Art Education
Arts
Connected- Walker Center Themes from the Walker Center.
The
Solution Site -- many lessons given for Fine Arts - select (Find a
Unit). You can also narrow your search by searching for a grade level
and Fine Art. Good site for elementary ideas. (site
was down last I checked)
Spiral
Art Education - site designed for art teachers to share
innovative approaches to middle school and high school art curriculum
developed by research projects spiraling out from the UIC Art Education
Program (University of Illinois at Chicago).
Harcourt
School Art activities for grades 1 through 5.
EDSITEment
Links for quality
sites and lesson plans for art and culture.
Education
World Lesson plans, curriculum information, Web resources -- more!
Georgia
Learning Center's Quality Core Curriculum: Do a search by grade
level for Fine Arts - Lesson Plan.
PBS
Teachers See standards based lessons for the arts by grade
level. Many interdisciplinary.
KinderArt
Lessons - Over 1000 art lesson plans - seasonal units
- cross curricular units and more. See Art
on a Thread: Recycled Materials. Nice summary of Printmaking- with
recommended artists to cover.
Making
Connections - Learning through technology. Lessons are geared
to Louisiana content standards but can be adapted. You will find many
interdisciplinary lessons. Go to Search Feature and see Web sites. Web
sites are also keyed to standards.
Glencoe
Art Online- Home page Select your text book by state for
online activities.
Embracing
the Child Books for art, music and dance.
Lesson plans, activities and links.
Alphabet
of Art This site describes the Alphabet of Art, a notation system
for visual design. The alphabet was developed by the late Robert J.
McKnight, a sculptor, designer, and theoretician of art.
Davis
Publications Lots of ideas for lessons. Browse Student Art Gallery -
search by grade level or media. Online glossary and brief artist
biographies. Textbooks for all grade levels.
Kennedy
ARTSEDGE Teaching materials and quality lesson plans. Many good ones
for Black History Month.
Children's
Services Pre-School Concept Books
Lesson Plans
Utah Museum of Fine Art. Free lessons for teachers and
educators -- see the links to the right for examples.
New
York Times Fine Arts Lessons Lessons
for Visual Arts Photography
Lessons Art
in Society These lessons focus on Big Ideas.
From New York
Times Learning Network
Basic
Art Lessons
- Good ideas - easy enough for a substitute
Series of basic art lessons by Dede Tisone-Bartels. Geared to middle
school level. Many lessons illustrated
Art
Lesson Plans: The Incredible Art Department
A place for art teachers to share art lesson plans.
Ask
Eric Lesson Plans- Art Site has
been re-done. It is worth checking back if you haven't "asked
ERIC" anything for a while.
Looking
and Learning - Lesson plans from
Albright Knox in Buffalo New York. Sorted by theme and by artist. Geared
to third grade level but can be adapted. See ARTStart
Looking and Learning Images - features page for teachers and page
for students. Many include lesson plan.
Teachervision.com
-- a resource for art worksheet ideas, lesson plan links and more. For
example : word scramble and alphabetizing list of artist names, and
artistic movements quiz. Check out the Lesson
Planning Center. See Lessons
by Topic
Teachervision.com
- Black History Month Biographies,
cross-curricular activities, lesson plans and more to help teach about
African American history. Now you have to register to receive
these materials.
Yale-New
Haven Teachers Institute Enter a
search - or go to Curriculum
Resources Many lesson listed under Art.
Crayola
Creativity Central Check Crayola Kids
for elementary children--Lots of on-line activities. Crayola
Lesson Plan Index Search
by medium, grade levels, curriculum.
Digital
Photography - Video - Technology Curriculum by
Harold Olejarz.
Lesson
Plans Page - Art Search for plans by grade level. Search
for plans by medium. Seasonal
Theme Lessons Submit
a lesson plan for sharing.
Art
on Air: Lesson Plans Designed for upper elementary grades - but
could be adapted to middle school. African Masks - Assemblage -
Bookmaking - Color- Drawing - Mapmaking - Shapes - Tessellations - Zoetropes. From KET in Kentucky.
Video tapes available.
Silicon
Valley Art Museum: Free Art Lessons While the lessons are
aimed at children, they are not limited to children. Older children and
adults may find them equally appealing. Portraits, landscapes, puppets
and more - many art appreciation based. Suitable for many age levels -
Some easy enough for a substitute.
WebQuests
Link to lessons using the Internet -- page created by Sherry Rensel.
Community Learning Network Educational Resources in Fine Art.
Lesson Plan
Links - From Sherry, Polk Education Foundation
(some duplication from list on this page)
Lesson Aids:
Art
Teacher Helpers Art on a Cart? Need a quick
idea? Check Michal Austin's helpful hints pages- from The
Art Kids
Preschool
Printables.com Lots of ideas and resources for preschool educators.
Check out Journal
pages , No
Line Coloring, People
and so much more....lots of ideas for journal pages for little ones.
FREE
Art coloring pages - many master works of art from Edupics.com.
Quia Art
Activities- scavenger hunts, matching games, fun activities. (These
have not been evaluated - check them out yourself)
Puzzle
Search Puzzlemaker
Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and
parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and
math puzzles using your word lists.
Crafts links page -
lots of fun projects
Recipes just for kids.
Drawing
One Point Perspective Interactive site
by Harold Olejarz. CD
and DVD now available - CD and DVD contain 29 tutorials.
Drawing
Art Studio -- resource for artists and art
students that focus on the technical fundamentals of perspective,
shading, color and painting. Step-by-step lessons for Linear
Perspective -- Lessons on Color
and Painting, too. Designed by Ralph Larmann from University of
Evansville.
Leonardo
da Vinci - Exploring Linear Perspective
One
Point Perspective Demonstration - from Sanford. Includes step-by
step handout. Here is a hand-out
for two point perspective (pdf file)
Two
Point Perspective Drawing Demonstration from Sanford
Three
and Four Point Perspective Lesson Plan
from Portfolio Series. Floating Art Museum - adaptable to different
themes. Three
and Four Point Perspective Letter Design from Portfoilo.
Illustrated
Guide to Drawing by John Hagan. See all of the Perspective
Drawing Lessons. More
lessons available on John's site. Basic
Painting and Drawing Principles.
A
History of Perspective Nice summary of
perspective through the ages. Some of the images links are broken or
misdirected - search for better images choices.
Art and Geometry
Geometry
of 3-D Drawing A Math Forum Summer Institute Project by Cathi
Sanders. See also Isometric
Drawings, Oblique
Drawing, Perspective
Drawing and
Careers
in 3-D Drawing
Art
Angle Art and math - Baltimore Museum of
Art. See more art
lessons from Riverdeep
Design - Composition
Composition
and Design: Elements and Principles by Marvin
Bartel - Goshen College.
Sanford
Art Edventures- Study Art: Elements of Art
Discover
Design
Product design. Create a watch online and more fun activities. (Site
is off line)
Typography
and Page Layout Design
Figure Proportions
Drawing
Development in Children Chart showing a
summary of Viktor Lowenfeld and Betty Edwards views on creative and
mental growth. See
summary of Lowenfield
Exploration
into the Human Face and Figure -- Lesson-
Demonstration - a Think quest site.
How
to Draw a Head Tutorial - from Academy of Art University.
Requires Flash. Includes a gallery of portraits for the director.
Portrait
and Figure Drawing - Lessons
by Marvin Bartel. Try these to help the students really see.
Figure
Drawing Lab for mature students. From
Evansville University.
Sanford-ArtEdventures-Creating
an action figures Facial
Proportions and Portraits
Drawing
Class Notes - by Walt Stanchfield, instructor for Walt Disney
Studios. Pdf files posted on Animation Meat. Or see Gesture
Drawing for Animation.
Fine
Art Education Online drawing lessons by
artist, Brenda Hoddinott --Graphic
Designer, Illustrator, Painter, and Portrait Artist. She also works as a
Professional Forensic Artist. See Drawspace
- Drawing lessons by Brenda Hoddinott.
The
Color Pencil Challenge -
each month they offer a lesson from a professional artist designed to
challenge you to try a new technique and create something you never
thought possible before. A must see site for any art educator - Lesson
plans included. (site was down last I checked)
Additional Drawing
Sites
Drawing
Trees - Sketches by Jerry Cutler (From
Craig Roland's Art Junction - Keeping
a Sketchbook) See landscape
paintings by the Florida artist.
Notes
on Line - some of the great masters - good examples.
Keeping
a Sketchbook from
the Art Junction
Landscape
Composition Rules Author: Johannes Vloothuis, Contributing Editor
for Wet Canvas.
Teaching
Art from Comics - collection of lesson plans and other resources for
teaching cartooning, caricature, and other drawing skills
Aesthetics:
Questioning the Nature of Art Questions for discussion. From
North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Aesthetic
Questions. For more aesthetics questions, see the book Thinking
Through Aesthetics by Marilyn Stewart.
Art
Criticism for Elementary this lesson originally came from
TeacherVision. Art
Criticism Final - by Maggie Tucker - for middle school and high
school.
Art
History and Art Criticism - goals and objectives from Utah Education
Network - excellent guide to follow.
Art
Criticism - suggestions and activities from North Texas Institute
for Educators of the Visual Arts.
ARTiculation:
Learning To Look At Art A comprehensive program
designed to teach art criticism. Program contains over 50 printable and
online activities! Middle School level but could be adapted for other
grades.
Critical
Inquiry - How to Read a Painting
Learning art criticism skills to enrich the museum experience. Aesthetic
and critical inquiry lesson created by Will Hanson.
Eyes
on Art
- Interactive site that allows students
to critique works of art, select works for their own "museum"
and even take an on-line quiz. Quality site for middle school
students and beyond. Eyes
on Art alternate site.
Artcritical -
Online Magazine for Art Criticism edited by David Cohen. Preview
selections to see which reviews are best suited to your student needs.
Good examples of Art Criticism.
Art
Crimes - cautionary tales of art criticism gone to far
(Aesthetic issues – valuing art - Get your students thinking
about the value of art. Suitable for middle school and high school.
Art
ATTACK Can science help solve an art
crime? The "Why files"
Famous
Paintings for Students Online art
appreciation lessons for students. Very easy to read - biographies of
artists and worksheets for the lessons. Some of the artists are
incomplete (check the bulleted ones).
How
to Look at Art -- guideline containing four basic components or
stages of looking at art as suggested by art educator Edmund B.
Feldmund. The questions can be used to provoke curiosity and inquiry and
encourage active student participation ... and to help students better
understand and share their feelings on a work or works of art.
"It's
the Thought That Counts" pdf download by Craig Roland. Teaches
thinking and questioning strategies. Look at big ideas.
Questions
in Art Criticism (Based on Terry Barrett) from Chicana and Chicano
Space inquiry based unit on printmaking and mural painting.
Successful
Art Class Critique – by Marvin Bartel
Student Handout
– by Marvin Bartel (this is copyrighted - but is online for your use
with students)
What
is Art? What is an Artist? Sweet Brian College – by Chris Witcombe
Whose
Art is it Anyways? Deciding the Fate of Sherry Levine. Copyright and Appropriation Web quest. Students
decide the fate of Sherri Levine. Site created by Craig Roland. Many
artist who appropriated images are listed. This is an Art
Junction project.
Color
in Motion Animated - Interactive experience of color
communication and symbolism by Claudia Cortés.
Color
Theory Interactive - from the Poynter Institute. Good for middle
school and up.
Color
Theory from Color Matters
Color
Theory - Nice overview for you - good site for high school - from
Janet Lynn Ford Worqx.com
Also see her Web
resources
Color
Theory Links - from Woody Duncan
Edible
Color Wheel - by Sandra Hildreth
Color
theory--History For the Woodworkers and Finishers
Color
Symbolism Links page to various meanings from
world cultures.
It's a
Colorful Life Interesting
site on SCIENCE of color.
Color
Matters - Color and the brain - color and
design and more.
Web Exhibits.org/
Causes of Color -
Pigments through the ages. Science
of Vision and the Emergence of Art Color Vision and Art.
See Teacher's
Guide
Introduction
to Color Theory This online lesson
design is created for you to learn about or review Color Theory. Lots of
activities for kids and teachers.
Carmine's
Introduction to Color Interactive game from Sanford
Artedventures.
Sanford-Artedventures
Study Color - good explanation of color and color vocabulary.
Make
a Splash with Color - Interactive - Learn a little about the science
of color - from the Tech Museum of Innovation.
Colour
(Color) Factory - fun interactive site from the BBC for kids. Learn
about the color wheel and how to mix colors to create new ones
(traditional Red-Yellow- Blue as primary colors)
Color
Scheme Generator - selecting colors for the web, but can be adapted
to any color media.
Art
Images for College Teaching: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Modern,
Non-Western "AICT is a royalty-free image exchange resource for the
educational community."
Carol
(Jackson) Gerten Fine Art Scanned
art images - some biographical information
about artists. Carol
Gerten Mirror Site
Mark
Harden Artchive- scanned art images
Olga's
Gallery Listing
of artists This site has many quality images-- If the pop-up windows
get annoying - try downloading
POW to block the ads (Google tool bar will also block pop-ups).
World Literature in
Painting Greek
and Roman myths references.
Web
Gallery of Art is a virtual
museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the
Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods
World
Art Treasures Slide
collection of art form Egypt, China, Japan, India, and Europe
Web
Museum Famous
Painters by artist Theme
Index Mirror sites
Images
from History Images from the history of world art and archeology for
use in the classroom. From University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Art
Serve: Australian National University Art & Architecture -
165,000 images -- mainly from the Mediterranean Basin, Japan,
India & Cambodia.
Artincontext.org
- Images by Genre - "Never knew there were so many genres in
art--you may be surprised at this list with samples of each--also
searchable by medium" (link contributed by Joseph Augusta) Also
search by discipline
Art
and Architecture List compiled by
Kathy Schrock, Discovery.com
Art
Education Links by Marvin Bartel Helpful links for Art
Educators compiled by Marvin Bartel, Professor at Goshen College,
Indiana. Of particular interest Nine
ways to kill creativity (or how NOT to kill creativity). Working
Safely with Art Materials
Art
Links on the World Wide Web compiled by Jeffery Howe, Boston
College. Lots to see --from architecture - technology- art styles,
women's art and so much more. Check it out!
Art
Education Page- K 12 Internet School Library Media Center- James
Madison University. General sites, Art History, Museums, Lesson plans,
Costume and more
Art
Education Resources From the Polk Art Education Association. Page
created by Sherry
Artspirit
Site created by artist/educator Sheree Rensel. Links to WebQuests,
technology, professional
development, assessment, lesson
plans and so much more.
Bright
Ring Publishing: Favorite Web sites List compiled by MaryAnn Kohl --
directed towards elementary and early
childhood education
Art
Education Index A to Z
Skewl
Sites- Visual Arts Links Student approved sites for primary,
intermediate and secondary.
"Know the Artist"
Internet Research Lesson
The
Art Teacher's Guide to the Internet by Craig Roland. Must
have book from Davis
Publications. Compilation of the best resources on line plus steps
to building your own web site. See the companion
web site for teacher files, student activities and more.
LT
Technologies - Kid Pix Classroom applications
for math, science, social studies and language arts.
KidPix For educators and parents.
KidPix
Tutorial and Lesson Plans - Links compiled by Harold Olejarz
Kings
Park Elementary School Technology Lessons
Giga
Palette Site dedicated to the collaboration of
the Visual Arts and Technology. Innovative projects that promote
creative self-expression and divergent thinking. Excellent lesson plans
for middle school.
Harold
Olejarz -- From
Prints to Pixels - Using Digital Images in the Classroom. Links to
image sites and lessons plans using digital images.
Creating and Managing a Class Web Site, an online tutorial for
teachers interested in web page development. Harold Olejarz
Digital Imaging - Seventh-grade students use digital cameras,
scanners, imaging software, printers and computers to explore the
artistic potential of new imaging technology and solve visual problems. Harold
Olejarz
PhotoShop
Elements Tutorials and Lesson Plans - Links compiled by Harold
Olejarz
Digital Video
- Students learn to become more media literate. They
learn to plan and produce video projects, decode images and messages
within media and decide what makes a powerful and effective message.
Harold Olejarz.
Digital
Video Presentation - Software suggestions and
lesson ideas - by Harold Olejarz. Forms - student handouts available
too.
Middle
School Lesson Plans from Alix Peshette, R.W.
Emerson Jr. High in Davis, California. Check out her computer science
program. Excellent online lessons and links
to fun activities for kids.
Middle
School Lessons - from Renee Berge, Mitchell
Middle School. Digital photo editing, Clay animation and more.
Adobe
Digital Kids Club: Lessons and Activities
Lessons use Photoshop Elements
Teach Animation
- Karin Gunn, animation and photography teacher at West Port High School, Ocala, FL, has created a website designed to help teachers teach animation in the classroom. The site includes examples of student animation projects - using low tech and high tech methods. See
Current Student Examples
Technology
Lesson Plans Computer graphics lessons
using PC Paint -- by Carolyn Roberts- Kinston
High School. See how Renee
Berge (Mitchell Middle School) has used these plans - More
PC Paint projects.
Microsoft
Paint Lesson Plans Lessons from classes
taught by Diana Hunter -- adjunct instructor for Ivy Tech State College
and OASIS (Older Adult Services and Information Systems). Easy to follow
Tessellation by
Kenneth Cole.
PowerPoint
Tutorials - from Internet4Classrooms.
Both basic and advanced skills are included in these on-line tutorials for PowerPoint
Artists
E-Reports - from Lazelle Parker, Cave Springs
Jr. High. Students created a report of 19th or 20th century artists.
Resources online.
Creating
a Class Web Site This site is designed to help
teachers create a class web site - by Kerry
Marquis.
Web
Class Page - Curriculum by Woody Duncan.
Lessons using PhotoShop and Web page design using Netscape Composer.
Video Production
G. Osborne, Instructor, Emerald Ridge High School.
WhyArt.com:
Transforming Education Through Art. Lessons for Middle School
students integrating technology. Lessons by Michael Garrish.
Discover
Design Design site -product design. Create a
watch online and more fun activities. Great site to use with middle
school students!
ThinkQuest
Library Resource for quality sites designed by
students for students. List of sites for the
Arts.
Art
and Technology -- Encouraging Technology
Innovation in Art Education. Site created by Bettie Lake.
Art In Technological Times: San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A
technological challenge? Lots of special effects!
Teachable
Moment: Photographic Truth in the Digital Era
Gain visual awareness -- Advances in digital technology mean that anyone
with a computer and image-manipulation software can easily cut and paste
a wide range of images into an apparently seamless whole. Learn to
separate truth from fabrication in photos that appear to be real. Search
site for more lessons.
3-D
Digital manipulation with Rhino-ceros® Software
Adobe
PhotoShop® Artist's site - Craig Mullins
Photoshop® artist - Derek Lea
- artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His illustration work is a
unique combination of original photography, traditional illustration,
and
digital art.
Good
Tutorials - Adobe Photoshop Tutorials Links to
2085 tutorials around the web. Note: Site has
banner advertising. Took a long time to load last I checked - preview
first.
The
Digital Photography Exhibit
An international juried exhibit exploring new work created by
artists who work with cameras and computers. ( Click
here for more Digital Photography resources)
Aardman
Aardman Animations was founded in 1972 by David Sproxton and Peter Lord.
The legendary clay character Morph
made his first appearance in 1976, in Take Hart. Go to
"Culture" and then "Meet the People" you get a
behind the
scenes look at production. See
some videos online (check ads before using with students).
Clay
Animation "How to" page. Click on next to move to
more "how to do claymation" or click on index to find out what
all is available on this site.
Jim
McNeill's Movies So much
fun, you will want to see them all! Mr. Mc.Neill says the software is
easy to learn.
Ani-Mato
Animation, Stop Motion and 3-D Movies. Fun site by Jan-Eric Nystrom.
Catapult
Productions- 3-D Animations
Animation
Bureau site include 3-D animation and some video clips.
Constructor
Software Online--combines math-science
and art. Fun to play.
Museum
of Web Art Things that move, wallpaper
backgrounds, Flash entry pages--and more. Award winning work from around
the WWW.
Math
Art Gallery-- knots and 3-D fractals-
animations
Visual
Music by Brian Evans - Digital Fine art
Digital
Photography Short course--information on a
number of topics
Kathy
Schrock's Home Page Teacher reference site for
integrating technology into the curriculum.
Just
Imagine Art Gallery
Features: Online gallery of digital art in the fantasy / science fiction
- surreal work by artist Dan Campbell
Minnesota
Arts Collection of Digital Art and Computer Art
Collection curated by James
Michael Lawrence.
Whitney
Museum ARTPORT - Web art gallery - portal includes current
"gate pages", that point to the work of selected artists and
change monthly, along with an archive of gate pages dating back to 2001.
Artful
Thinking - program to help students develop thinking dispositions
that support thoughtful learning – in the arts, and across school
subjects. Classroom resources available on line.
Online
Visual Literacy Project What is Visual Literacy? Listen to what
Brian Stonehill has to say. Read the information to understand why
visual literacy is so important. Study each of the elements. Site
created by Pomona College, Claremont, California.
Visual
Literacy - Collection of links
Visual
Literacy Resources Links to articles on teaching visual literacy,
lesson plans and more.
Pictures
& Poetry: Activities for Creating and Literature by
Janis Buchman and Stephanie Briggs
Picturing
Writing Fostering Literacy Through Art and
Image-Making Within The Writing Process. Art-and-literature based
approaches to writing developed by Beth Olshansky.
Visual
Literacy Exercise - Japanese Woodblock prints. Created by Lee A.
Makela for Cleveland State University, Ohio.
Picture
This -
Visual Literacy Activities Picture
This: California’s Perspectives on American History - from Oakland
Museum of California
Learning
to Look at Art - article by Melissa Thibault
Lesson
Plan - Painting Poetry from Read-Write-Think
Artistic
Elements: Exploring Art Through Descriptive Writing Lesson Plan
from Read-Write-Think.
Tips
for Using Picture Books in the Classroom - for all grade levels.
From Reading is Fundamental web site.
Marco
Polo Internet Content for the Classroom. Links to quality sites and
lesson plans using the Internet.
PBS
Teacher Source
Myths
and Legends links page. Aside from the General section, links
are organized by region and language group. Site by Christopher Siren.
Life
Magazine
Tech
Museum Of Innovation- Virtual tours of the
Tech Museum of Innovation
Copyright
information (rules for fair usage on the
Internet)
Copyright
Links "Fair
Use" policy
The
Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use by Hall Davidson - Has
quiz and pdf chart to print off to use as a guide.
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