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"Art does not solve problems, but makes us aware of their existence," sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz has said. Arts education, on the other hand, does solve problems. Years of research show that it's closely linked to almost everything that we as a nation say we want for our children and demand from our schools: academic achievement, social and emotional development, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity.

Every Australian student will study the arts from their first year of school under the new national arts curriculum, which was released today for public consultation.

Lots of great multimedia and links between literacy and art 

Great sight with a huge list of sites where students can create Art Work online

We can't understand the humanities without understanding the cognitive processes that make them possible. Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the evolution of culture. E.O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor emeritus.

Interactive games for art, reading, writing, maths and more!

great interactive ICT activities in the area of math the arts and english

Great art activities which can used in all curriculum areas from the NGV 

Really, there are so many apps available it can be hard to know where to begin and once you find something that looks useful, it's difficult to assess it properly until you've download and installed it on your iPad. iPad music apps that are free can take away the risk of choosing a dud and they can be useful when book-listing apps for students on a tight budget.

The Buck Institute for Education (BIE) received a generous grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to help promote and provide deeper learning opportunities for teachers and students. Recognizing that 11,000 teachers will participate in BIE's 3-day PBL 101 workshop in 2012, the Hewlett Foundation helped BIE expand its professional development resources and expertise online. Now BIE can work with every school and every teacher through PBL University (PBLU). This summer, PBLU will pilot several Common Core aligned Math & English/Language Arts projects with complementary 2-week online classes. Teachers can receive PBL Teacher Certification from BIE, if they choose to complete all the necessary classes and implement the project with their students.

My Home Page - great summary on current academic research from journals and publications world wide.

This looks like an interesting tool for some fun art activities. Might see if we can get this one put on the server for all to use. 

Brilliant Australian author/illustrator Shaun Tan talks about all facts of his art

These are great template for some of the thinking routines from the "Making Thinking Visible" book from project zero. Team leaders all have a copy. 

This is our Italian blog at North Fitzroy Primary school in Victoria Australia. It has information about activities taught, important dates and ideas for incidental teaching in the classroom. Please leave a post! Arrivederci!

Cool Online music creator as well as editor and image editor definitely worth checking this one out. 

Fun, great to view, some people have time on their hands!  These experiments were created by designers and programmers from around the world using the latest open standards, including HTML5, Canvas, SVG, and more. Their work is making the web faster, more fun, and more open - the same spirit in which we built Google Chrome.

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