This document discusses the history and evolution of online educational communities for art teachers. It begins by outlining early forms of online communication like email listservs and internet chatboards in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It then describes how the community has changed in recent years through the rise of blogs, social networking, wikis, and other user-generated content sites that allow for more interactive sharing and collaboration. The document provides an overview of various blogs, file sharing sites, and educational tools that art teachers can use to participate in and create an online presence. It concludes with brief discussions of etiquette and the potential applications of highlighted programs and websites.

5. KinderArt etc.

6. Incredible Online Art Department

8. Limitations (pictures, participation, etc.)

11. Poor organization

12. Similar limitations as listservs

15. Tumblr

16. Google+

17. Wikis and NingsInteractive World Sharing Questioning Seeking Emphasis on education and life-long learning Sites developing educational uses Using “old” technology in “new” educational ways.

18. Sites and Programs Sharing/Collaborative-Based Sites to Create Your Online Presence Blogs RSS Reader Slideshare Scribd Pinterest Webs Wix Flickr Educational Tools (may also be used for sharing) Smarthistory ArtBabble Glogster Voki Tagxedo

19. Participating: Blogs Do not need to author a blog to participate Comment on blogs Recommend favorite blogs to other teachers 2 popular services for blog publishing Blogger –easier interface but with limits Wordpress –can develop websites

20. Participating: Reading Blogs Going to the url of each blog you read can be timely and hard to track Use an RSS Reader to read favorite blogs a web application which aggregates syndicated web content (news, blogs, podcasts and vlogs) in a single location for easy viewing. Google Reader FeedDemon (designed for Windows)

21. Participating: RSS Reader How does an RSS reader work? You “subscribe” to blogs and “tell” the reader The reader aggregates all new posts into one place

22. Creating: Blogger Blogger is powered by Google Use your gmail to login Easy set up with templates that can be customized Limits to embedding pictures Limits to privacy

23. Creating: Wordpress Wordpress More complex options, but you need to be savvy Lots of privacy options No template editing You own your content *See a blogger vs. wordpress comparison chart by clicking here.

24. Creating & Participating: File Sharing Use the internet to find templates, worksheets, and various other “written” aids Scribd Share .pdfs, .docs, and .jpgswith other users Can be glitchy depending on browser platform Slideshare Primarily for sharing .ppts Share .pdfs, .docs, .jpgswith other users Has a button selection to prevent downloading When sharing, consider using pdfs and/or making your documents “read only”

25. Participating: Pinterest Easiest way to participate without a blog or website

26. Creating: Websites Why create a website? A website is like creating your ultimate online profile Adds professional clout to your online presence Use to direct visitors to your web “haunts” Important for sales Popular online platforms for website creation Webs.com (offers free hosting) Wix.com (flash based, offers free hosting)

27. Creating: Webs.com Simple platform for creating websites Great for simple, information-based sites Offers free website hosting

28. Creating: Wix.com A flash-based platform to create websites “drop and click” style interface Offers free website hosting

29. Participating & Sharing:Flickr Flickr is one of many photo sharing sites Powered by Yahoo Join different groups to share photos Share 200 photos free, 200+ photos $25/year Easy to have photo misappropriated

30. Tools: Smarthistory.org An online, free, non-profit, interactive art history timeline One of Time Magazine’s top sites of 2011 Possible applications Student research projects Quick in-class art history reviews

31. Tools: ArtBabble.org Considered the “YouTube” of the arts scene; compiles videos from museums and modern day artists. Partners include: Indianapolis Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago J. Paul Getty Museum Hammer Museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art The New York Public Library San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Jose Museum of Art Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum Van Gogh Museum

32. Tools: Glogster.com An interactive, digital poster-maker Alternative engagement for students Great project option Sample

33. Tools: Voki Create customizable avatars that include voice Use for engagement Use for projects

34. Tools:Tagxedo Online app that gathers popular words from a text to create an image Can use your own image or a pre-saved Use to introduce ideas Use as a project

35. Online Etiquette Once it is online, it is there forever Always link to info you use that is not yours Do not publish how-to guides that are based (not inspired) by the work of someone else When you blog about a project you/your class did that was inspired from another art educator, it is courteous to link to the source of inspiration

36. Questions?