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.

A selection of free and paid apps for use in stage and theatre designs. Especially useful for lighting designers and technicians is the portable gel book. Very cool!

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.

Several cool links to free and paid apps that are useful tools for costume designers or anyone working with textiles and designs. As a costume designer for my school's theater and musical productions, I have used several of the applications listed here.

A variety of essays and videos by and about artists and actors. They discuss how technology has changed the entertainment industry.

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.

An excellent article about using technology and the arts to assist students with learning disabilities grasp concepts and make connections in academic subjects. Several sources of technology applications are also included. This piece is very relevant for me and for the work that I do with students who learn "differently".

Pictify is Pinterest for artists and art lovers. A great way to curate your favorite artworks from around the globe. pictify.com

This site has multiple articles and reviews about art, design and technology. I can spend hours here just browsing.

Although listed as an educational site, Storybird.com is a mini gallery of original artworks and a social storytelling website. As an interactive create-your-own self publishing site, users can combine original text with available artwork to create unique children's books that can be shared with others. http://storybird.com/

Article about Google Art Project, a searchable database of museums and artworks from around the world. http://www.googleartproject.com/

This article is about Art.sy, which is an artwork bookmarking site similar to Pinterest. Here you can bookmark favorite art pieces from museums and galleries around the world. (You can actually bookmark favorite pieces in Pinterest). Artsy.net is an automated guidance system for art lovers that does for art what Netflix does for videos or Pandora does for music. It allows the user to sift through parameters using keywords to discover artworks from around the world. http://artsy.net/

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