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Fellow Educators, I am the deputy director of eduction at the Taubman Museum of Art located in Roanoke, VA (see http://taubmanmuseum.org). I have designed, and we have recently had created, a Web-based Art Interactive Tool (WAIT) that allows users to interact with works in our permanent collection in a unique manner. Using a scaffolding interpretive model that I also designed (REED-LO), users, through WAIT, formulate an interpretation of a work of art in our collection. WAIT provides the user with guiding questions and allows users to record their thoughts online - in the end, they publish their overall interpretation of the work of art online. Teachers can create, for free, "classrooms" through WAIT that includes all of their students. They can then assign a specific work of art to their students. The students then access the work using a unique username and password. After they publish their interpretations, the teacher can approve each interpretation which then allows the students to access what their peers wrote about the work of art as well as the "expert" essay related to the work. In essence WAIT allows users to formulate a personal meaning of a work of art before reading what others have written about the work. WAIT can be found both through the Taubman Museum of Art's website, under the "Learn" section, or by going to www.waitarttool.com - it is free to use. I was hoping some of you would check out WAIT and discuss your thoughts about the tool through this forum. Be aware, however, there are some minor bugs that we are working through - but for the most part it is working fine.

This movie provides an overview of how the art teacher, Tricia Fuglestad incorporates technology into her program at Dryden Elementary School, in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The movie was made by Craig Roland, with support from a College of Fine Arts Scholarship Enhancement Grant at the University of Florida. October, 2008

flash and animated gifs by contemporary artists. use your mouse to make it work. ShockwaveFlash, RealPlayer and/or QuickTime needed.

Spend a day with Kris Fontes, the Art and Graphic Design Teacher at Union City Middle and High School, in Union City, Pennsylvania. Visit Kris' website at krisfontes.com

An extraordinary moment happened in the making of this commercial for SMART. Students were collaborating, storyboarding, visualizing, and coordinating their strategies for creating this video project on the art room's interactive whiteboard. These 4th grade students are hoping to win a SMART board for their classroom since they understand how transformational this interactive tool can be for learning. Luckily for them, their class is looping to 5th grade with the same teacher, so they would be directly benefiting if their video is chosen. See our behind the scenes video at: animoto.com/play/9i4RJibVJrLt2O0Qs1ZKDw

Type is art - drag and drop the 21 parts of a letter form to recreate letters, or to create a new "alphabet"

Play free online games with Getty Art

page of links to many ways to investigate art

Viscosity is an online application that allows you to create and save modern art. It lets you create and save beautiful shapes, forms, and animations

Upload an image to generate a color palette based on the image's primary colors. Useful for quickly grabbing a particular color within an image for inspiration. Would be a useful site for art, for color and toning, color families, etc.

Use Raven to create fully scalable vector art appropriate for logos or tee shirt designs. You won't find a similar tool on the web." "Aviary is on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing."" Look at the other Aviary applications: "Aviary is a suite of powerful creative applications that you can use right in your web browser. We're on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing. Sign up for an account today to start creating, sharing, and collaborating with our community of artists."http://aviary.com/tools

a basic paint with a brush program

Welcome to the Web Japan Virtual Museum which brings all the beauty of Japan's traditional culture to your screen. We hope that you enjoy your visit.

Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more. There are many ways to begin your journey through Eternal Egypt. The guided tour is a quick way to experience the best that the site has to offer. You can also begin with one of the cultural highlights below, or make your own discoveries using one of the many other ways to explore. There are many ways to explore the artifacts, characters, and places that together comprise the wonder that is Eternal Egypt.

"Livebrush is a drawing application. It employs an easy-to-use brush tool that reacts to your gesture. By combining simple motion controls with brush styles, Livebrush offers a fun and unique way to create graphics."

Build your own face from the selections of eyes, noses, chins, hats etc... \n\nEach illustration is taken from portraits which are part of the collections of Museums Sheffield. (UK)

use full screen mode for IWB

interactive drawing/painting screen with good variables among the tools, colors, opacity, pressure, diffusion and other settings

'Ideas to Inspire' is a collection of Google Docs presentations, which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lesson activities in a range of curriculum areas.The presentations are a collaboration between lots of fantastic teachers around the world.Choose a presentation to begin,

Have students build and rotate mobiles