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| Did you ever wish that there was some sort of magic inside the computer? That some genie that would just make things simple? Well, no magic, but lots of tools that will make YOUR teaching easier! Just follow the links below to make it happen. | |
Fun Stuff! Projects |
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| Pinwheels for Peace Join us on International Day of Peace by sending a message of "whirled peace" | |
| Art Junction - Craig Roland's collaborative art space for teachers and students | |
| Empty Bowls - ending hunger thru art | |
| HypArt Project - create a single picture together with other people from all around the world | |
| Gridcosm Gridcosm is a collaborative art project in which artists from around the world contribute images to a compounding series of graphical squares. |
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| The Box Project -Transformational Community Art that Touches, Moves and Inspires | |
| Ideas! Places to get lesson plans, "talk" to other Art teachers, etc. | |
| Arts Ed Net Lesson Plans & Curriculum Ideas, Image Galleries & Exhibitions | |
| Incredible Art Department - the WOW of Art Education sites!! Lesson Plans, ideas, links - just about everything! | |
| Teach Art Try these complete lesson plans, tied to the National Visual Arts Standards. Complete with background information and downloadable visual resources. | |
| The Virtual Art Room Resources to help teachers imbed digital media into teaching and learning | |
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Gallery of Art Teacher Exchange Teacher Exchange & Interdisciplinary Curriculum Ideas from Alumni of the National Gallery of Art Teacher Institute |
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| Photography and Art - In-depth photography lesson plans form Kodak | |
| HomeSchoolArts An extensive resource for parents and teachers. |
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Kinder-Art |
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Source A gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture. |
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| Art Lesson Plans | |
| PBS Lesson Plans | |
| GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials http://thegateway.org/ |
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| Scribbles Art Projects | |
| Geometry
through Art Lessons, materials, and K-6 study guides to help kids learn about geometry and art. |
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| Tools - Things that make your life easier, like dictionaries, art terms, quotes, etc. | |
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Lex Art Dictionary You will find definitions for more than 3,300 terms used in discussing visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references |
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| Glossary of Instructional Strategies | |
| Artsonia the largest art museum in the world! | |
| Artist Index - Find Artists and images from this easy to use index. | |
| Lowenfeld's Stages of Art Development | |
| Animation History | |
| Free Images for Teaching | |
| Modern sculpture - a source for contemporary art. | |
| Artcyclopedia - artists and their work! | |
| Market your art with an online portfolio! | |
| Sculpture - Explanation of the medium | |
| Quotes - Artist Quotes | |
| Artist Quotes | |
| Artist Signatures | |
| Quotes about Art | |
| More Quotes about Art | |
| Artist Birthdays | |
| Famous artist - Artist Index | |
| Master Artist - Links to artists | |
Biographies of famous artists - This list covers 75 of the most famous painters and sculptors |
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| Color Sites | |
| Color Theory - Online Activities | |
| Color Matters - a site dealing with color theory | |
| Mix and Match Colors online | |
| Color in Motion | |
| Free Try-out Software!!! | |
Art and Web Software Adobe (Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.) eZedia (multimedia authoring software) ToonBoom Studio (animation software) Gradebooks Database Software For Palm Pilots To learn how to use the software |
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| Classroom Aides - Puzzlemakers, Worksheets, Curriculum, etc. | |
| Art Curriculum Planning Toolkit - Lesson Planning Program that allows you to store your lesson plans | |
| Class Critique Guidelines - Art Critique sheet, art rubrics and Instructions for a successful class critique | |
| Puzzlemaker - a puzzle generation tool for teachers and students | |
| Box Templates | |
| Optical Illusions - 12 different optical illusions | |
| Pic Search - a quick and easy way to search for images on the Internet | |
| Create Art Anagrams | |
| Worksheet Generator | |
| QuizMaker - Create simple quiz with questions and options or Create a multiple choice quiz | |
| AwardMaker - Make your own awards and print them out | |
| Filamentality - Build Web Activities and Resources | |
| Glossary Maker - Generate a "miniature dictionary" | |
| Rubric Builder | |
| Rubristar - Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities | |
| Response-O-Matic - Free Form Processor | |
| Educational Worksheets - An easy way to generate worksheets for your classes | |
| Flashcards | |
| QuizLab - Generate Online Quizes Plus, an online gradebook (30 day trial) | |
| Concentration Game Generator | |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire Game, Jeopardy for the Classroom, Hollywood Squares, Weakest Link - Download these powerpoint presentations to use with your classes! | |
| Quiz Maker by Hot Potatoes - Download quizmaking software | |
| Game-O-Matic - A suite of wizards that create web-based activities, including Concentration and Vocabulary Drill | |
| Graphic Organizers | |
| Hangman Worksheet | |
| Kaleidocycle Pattern | |
| Self Portrait Collage exercise | |
| Sketchbook journals | |
| Marvin Bartel's Composition & Design | |
| PhotoJam | |
| Lesson Plan Generator | |
| Student Art Sites - Art Sites to use with students! | |
| Student Art Competitions/Contests | |
| Display your student's work online | |
| Yahooligans Art exhibit listing | |
| AccessArt Visual Arts Online Workshops: http://www.accessart.org.uk/ |
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| AP Studio Art: http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/studioart/ |
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| Art Education and Art Adventures from Sanford: http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/ |
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EDSITEment |
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| Going To A Museum? A Teacher's Guide http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/it/projects/Museums/ |
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| Marilyn's Imagination Factory - the art of recycling http://www.kid-at-art.com/ |
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| Scholastic Art Awards | |
| Spiral Art Education http://spiral.aa.uic.edu |
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The National Gallery of Art - 120 free-loan education resources. |
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| Web Pages & WebQuests | |
Teacherweb - Create your own webpages & webquests! |
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| High School Art WebQuests | |
| Middle School Art WebQuests | |
| Grades 3-5 Arts WebQuests | |
| Adult Arts WebQuests | |
| How to create a WebQuest | |
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