A presentation highlighting some sites you can use in your Art classroom.

1. A Tour of Some Digi-Art Sites Warning…sites contained here are addictive!!! Topher Olsen

2. Art Junction @rt Junction-a great resource for creative arts as well as incorporation of technology. Be sure to scroll down and see the videos and tutorials of the Web 2.0 toolkit. http://www.artjunction.org

3. ArtCylopedia ArtCyclopedia is a great resource to find information about specific pieces of art and/or artists. Would be a great resource for students in conducting an artist research project. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html

4. Devices of Wonder Devices of Wonder offers an interactive way to see how things work . Animate Indonesian shadow puppets or look inside a chromatrope. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/devices/choice.html

5. FugleFlicks Fugleflicks has some great animated videos to teach art concepts. (Check out the video on pattern…warning, song will get stuck in your head!) http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/~TriciaFuglestad/VisualArt/page14/page14.html

6. MOMA This site by MOMA offers a lot of great interactive tools for teachers. Check out the Destination Modern Art, an animated tour of several of MOMA’s modern art pieces. http://www.moma.org/modernteachers/

7. Artists Toolkit A fantastic site to interactively explore the elements and principles of design. http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html

8. National Gallery This is a great site to explore composition. Students are able to manipulate various elements of a still life to explore perspective, emphasis, and movement. http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/index.htm#stilllife

9. Tate Modern A fun way to interact with pieces in the Tate Modern museum in London. Check out the films, they are short, fun, and informative. http://kids.tate.org.uk/

10. Art Games This art game site is a great way to “enter” pieces of art. Check out the Pac Mondrian…Pac Man on Mondrian’s art!! http://www.artificial.dk/articles/artgamesnetworks.htm