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A fascinating article about the melding of man and machine to create art. Rather than be a detriment to human creativity, this article discusses how technology can actually enhance the creative process and ultimately the finished product.

A free animation app for making videos. This site has more features in free mode than Xtranormal does. It is useful for students for use in alternative learning exercises or for anyone who wants to make a simple animated video. This site/app was recommended to me by my animation major daughter.

I always wanted to make an animated story. I'm going to use goanimate for this weeks technology assignment.

There are orchestras being formed, mainly by students, to perform video game music, and they collaborate with professional orchestras i. Also, video game makers are turning to professional composers and musicians for musical accompaniment so that music for video games is becoming more symphonic. However, the performances with orchestras are not interactive, which seems to me to defeat the purpose.

Artist Bruce Munro uses light to create natural feeling, large scale art installations.

There is much discussion about the manipulation of photographs using computers.  But as this exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art demonstrates, photo manipulation dates back to the 1800's.  So, is the method of manipulation actually relevant, or are computers just another step in a long history of the technological evolution of the medium?

This is a great article about art apps. The one that interests me the most is ArtRage. It is amazing that a computer app can mimic the look of a real watercolor. One color actually bleeds into the next.

Frank is a performance artist, composer, humorist, musician who has compiled a website that is filled with an amazing assortment of how tos such as some tongue in cheek (or not) emotions for actors or how to dance properly, to poems where people can collaboratively contribute illustrations or prose, or "angrigami" where one can create beautiful origami out of a sheet of hateful and angry words and so much more. Inspiring, creative, funny. For an introduction to Ze Frank, here is a TED talk with him:http://www.zefrank.com/ted/2010.html

This is a recent article from The Atlantic, detailing how art museums are beginning to embrace the inevitability of the smart phone, rather than treat it as a nuisance/hindrance to the museum experience. This includes allowing patrons to map out their destinations using GPS, so they have a virtual guided tour. Museum-goers can also ask live questions to curators via their cell phones, as they peruse the artwork. Read on for more cool information regarding the future of technology in museums.

A useful listing of apps related to the Arts and education for all age levels. I personally have used the Musee du Louvre app listed in the article and found it very useful when traveling to Paris, or just for reliving the visit to the Louvre. This site deals primarily with the fine arts, but is useful for anyone interested in the subject of art.

Plotting a novel or short story (or paper) and struggling to keep your notes in order? yWriter is a word processing program that does just that. Though Spartan in appearance, y Writer is functional and free to download.

Modernbests.com is a terrific website that allows musicians a direct opportunity to submit music for Jobs in the industry as well as provide the latest Sound Samples for Production to download into your studio and Legal Forms and Consultation.

Need to make a timeline? Want to create a cool visual flipbook using that timeline info? Dipity.com is a great tool for this. It is also extremely easy to use and allows you to use it more than once for FREE!

A list of links to online resources and tools related to digital storytelling

ArtStack is a social media platform that allows users to find, share, and discover art, architecture, design, and video. The platform is very similar to that of Pinterest in which users can follow artist they like, comment on images, and create art stacks which are similar to boards on Pinterest. This is a great platform for artists and art enthusiast who want to share there interests with others.

This is just a generic link to information about the different Bamboo Drawing Tablets Wacom has available. There are specific functions for each one. I have been using this for my design projects and it is really cool! It hooks right up to the computer,othr s ee is no more having to scan and send your art.

This has been big in the new recently, but what better marriage of art, design and technology is there!? Very cool and very accessible to all.

Quite lovely...magical. It brings to mind the interplay of atoms, or even particles...the unceasing movement of the universe. And, yes, accessible to all!!

University of Wisconsin-Madison offers summer classes for students completing grades 5-8 that integrate technology with the arts. It's great that people are beginning to realize that technology and the arts can complement each other, and are offering these kinds of classes to such young students. I wish I was young enough to take some of them!

Through the Education Leaders Institute, the National Endowment for the Arts will convene decision makers from several states to develop coordinated state arts education strategies to design public education with arts at the core. Rocco Landesman, former head of NEA, delivers a wonderful speech explaining why the arts are so important and why they need to be included in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education.

There is so much discussion in the art community about how the ability to digitally alter a photograph impacts its perceived "legitimacy". My favorite quote from this article, which sums up my position on the debate: "... no amount of technology will turn a mediocre photographer into a great one. Nor, in conceptual terms, will it transform a bad idea into a good one. For that you would still need to possess a rare set of creative gifts that are still to do with seeing, with deep looking."