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This is a ning where art educators can share ideas and project. 

Great games for kids covering topics such as: animals, math, US geography, chemistry, health, history, art, science, language arts, etc.

In this week's roundup Kerry James Marshall has a big solo, Paul McCarthy gets interviewed, and more. Alfredo Jaar and Krzysztof Wodiczko are included in Summer Exposure , a group show at Galerie Lelong (New York, NY). This exhibition of photographic works focuses on themes of political and social injustice, identity, and contemporary conflicts between man and nature.

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Public domain pictures and clip art

open clipart - Don't Be A Troll

'The Flamethrowers' (2013), the acclaimed second novel by American writer Rachel Kushner, begins as its young narrator Reno takes an exhilarating motorcycle ride across Nevada and Utah. Most of the novel takes place in the New York art world of...

IXL has hundreds of Math related games, categorized by grade and topic. It is a subscription based site, but allows quite a few free uses, and even once you've used up your free practice for the day it refreshes and let you try again the next day.

I've used this for students to play independently at my classroom computer

IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for K-12. Used by over 5 million students, IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 4,000 math and English language arts topics. Interactive questions, awards and certificates keep kids motivated as they master skills.

Cool Word Art- Great as a Word Splash activator; you can also use it to pick up on different themes and key words in a text

I found that this website offers a variety of material that can be utilized for the MCAS Alt exams. Along with MCAS sheets, this site offers activities and art projects that I'm kind of excited to use in my class. I found a project where the students paint on terra-cotta pots, resembling the vases of ancient Greece. This makes me want to create a unit on Greece just so I can do this project with the kids.

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Annenberg Learner Interactive website that covers many content areas, including math, science, history and language arts. This site has many layers to it with lessons for upper elementary through high school, and a video library for teachers.

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This fascinating documentary describes the complex and intricate craft of Tsujigahana - a traditional technique of decorating fabric. Since there were no instructions of how to recreate this age-old process, Kubota spent decades experimenting to form his own version of the method called Itchiku Tsujigahana.

Rowland Ricketts uses the natural dye called indigo to make rich blue fabrics and designs.

This blog explains the use of digital photography to entice reluctant writers.