digi-art sites
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A presentation highlighting some sites you can use in your Art classroom.TRANSCRIPT
Warning…sites contained here are addictive!!!
Topher Olsen
A TOUR OF SOME DIGI-ART SITES
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.artju
nction.org
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.artcy
clopedia.com/ind
ex.html
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/exhibitio
ns/devices/choice
.html
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.ahsd
25.k12.il.us/~Trici
aFuglestad/Visual
Art/page14/page
14.html
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.mom
a.org/moderntea
chers/
ARTISTS TOOLKIT
A fantastic site to
interactively
explore the
elements and
principles of
design.
http://www.artsc
onnected.org/too
lkit/index.html
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/in
dex.htm#stilllife
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.o
rg.uk/
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.artifi
cial.dk/articles/ar
tgamesnetworks.
htm