Art Education 2.0

Using New Technology in Art Classrooms

A global community of art educators exploring uses of new technology.

Welcome to Art Education 2.0

The mission of Art Education 2.0 is to support a growing global community of art educators exploring uses of new and emerging technology in the classroom by promoting:
  • professional discourse
  • best art teaching practices
  • innovative uses of technology in the art classroom and studio
  • the production and study of visual culture
  • collaboration and joint creative work
  • curricular projects and student art exchanges
  • the sharing of information, ideas and experiences
  • other activities deemed important by its members.
To join our global community, sign up for a free Ning account by filling out the profile information, uploading a profile picture, and verifying your email address. Once you registration has been approved, you can participate in forums, groups, blogging, photo and video sharing, and RSS. We welcome newbies as well as experienced technology users.

Quote of the Month

The web matters because it allows more people to share ideas with more people in more ways. -Charles Leadbeater (2008)

This Month's Featured Websites

Check out powerful projects for a great list of art and social action projects.

Visit the Google Apps Education Community for all things Google.

Here is a great story boarding exercise for students: Reimagine your favorite film as a six frame comic book story.

Thinking about buying an iPad? Check out Mashable's Comprehensive Apple iPad guide. For a different perspective, see GIZMODO's 8 Things that Suck About The iPad.

Browse 100 Great Blogs for Art Students & Enthusiasts from Online College.

For more online resources, check out our Flinkit page (click "Network Flinks") and visit the Art Education 2.0 Annex.
 

Members

  • james rees
  • Caroline
  • Caroline
  • Barbara Kelly
  • Karelia Dubkowski
  • dan
  • Kelley Quinn
  • Sheila Lehnert
  • Suzanne Tiedemann
  • Barb Maring
  • Noreen Overholt
  • Kristin
  • Alex Hamil
  • Kimberly St
  • jeff falick
  • Catie Miller
  • Sarah Maguire
  • sherrie pettigrew
  • Deborah Wood Lajoie
  • Jane Mueller
  • michellebarnes
  • Laura Vermeulen
  • Meghan DeStefano
  • Diane Porter
  • wendy  Welander
  • jan
  • jonathan ogle

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Current Projects

NewProject: If your classes are looking for a way to help the people in Haiti who were affected by the terrible earthquake, you might want to make "Haiti Houses" to sell. Learn More

New Project: Join Art Ed 365 Group for 365 days of PHOTO Fun! Learn More

New Project. Students are encouraged to use light painting to suggest a story or reveal something magical about the places that they live in the Paint the World With Light Challenge. Learn More

New Project: The Student Creative is a new collaborative project with the goal of promoting (and sharing) how creativity is being taught in schools. Learn more

New Project: Submit student work inspired by your city to the Share Your City Project so that students from around the world can visually teach one another about their homes. Learn more

New Project: Rotoball 2010, the popular collaborative animation project is back! This is an unique opportunity to connect your students with other students around the globe. Learn more

New Project: Students create "wish tags" to hang in their school or exchange with another school. Learn more

Ongoing Project: Trade portraits with other teachers, participate in a portrait swap with another school, or host a Portrait Party in your classroom. Learn more

Ongoing Project: Join our Voicethread in the Artroom project. Make a Voicethread as a teaching tool or have your students make one in the classroom. Learn more

Join our Art Education 2.0 Blog Roll. If you have a personal, school, or group blog, submit the title, url, and a short description to be listed in our blog roll. Learn more

Post Your Best Project or Lesson. Help us build a curricular resource that we can all use by adding to this ongoing project. Learn more

Forum

james rees

AP concentration ideas that work for you and your students

Just as the lengthy title suggestions, I'm curious what all you AP studio teachers do to help assist your students in finding their concentration projects...what ideas seem to that for you and your s…

Started by james rees in Secondary Art Education 8 minutes ago.

Barb Yanoshek

Lesson Plan Templates 2 Replies

I am in search of a lesson plan format. Can be 2-sided. Needs to include a space for explaining initial motivation, supplies, art prints, visuals, and the steps to go through in completing the lesson…

Started by Barb Yanoshek in Elementary Art Education. Last reply by Barb Yanoshek 1 day ago.

Robyn Burckhardt

ACT 48 credits for PA teachers

For the past year I have been offering art teachers the opportunity to gather ACT 48 credits while taking a jewelry workshop that is so fun and NO, I repeat, no thesis to write. I am curious as to wh…

Tagged: County, PA, Chester, in, Workshops

Started by Robyn Burckhardt in Other Member-generated Discussions Feb 6.

Katrina Walls

Collaborative projects for K-3rd grades 2 Replies

I teach at two campuses with 350-400 students each. I am looking for some suggestions for collaborative projects that would include one class at a time. Hopefully this can be my focus for Youth Art M…

Started by Katrina Walls in Elementary Art Education. Last reply by Katrina Walls 1 day ago.

Matt Cauthron

Whose Got issuus? 2 Replies

Was wondering how many of you have created publications on issuu.com? It is a great way to celebrate the work of creatives young and old and worth a peep. Please paste your code below and share…

Started by Matt Cauthron in Other Member-generated Discussions. Last reply by Matt Cauthron Feb 6.

Katie Marsjanik

Interactive Whiteboard Study 2 Replies

Hi! I am an elementary art educator in Hingham, Massachusetts and am currently finishing up my Master's Degree at Boston University. My thesis is about the impact of interactive whiteboards on visual…

Tagged: technology, thesis, whiteboards, interactive, visual

Started by Katie Marsjanik in Digital Practices in the Artroom. Last reply by Kristin 3 hours ago.

Heather Stanich

Webcams 2 Replies

I have Skype set up and a couple of webcams but I could use some ideas on how to use it in the classroom.  Are there any Museums that have interactive tours or discussions?  Any other ideas? 

Started by Heather Stanich in Digital Practices in the Artroom. Last reply by Anthe Feb 8.

Tom Bremer

Online Interactive Calendar

So I wanted to create a schedule for my students who are filming right now, but I wanted it to be online so they could see/access it.  I found this site and I thought I would share it.  If anybody ha…

Tagged: online, calendar

Started by Tom Bremer in Digital Practices in the Artroom Feb 5.

jeff falick

Software or equipment ideas for incorporating technology into an art class. 8 Replies

I teach art at a small continuation highschool and have $1500 to spend. The money needs to be spent on incorporating software or technological tools into my art curriculum. I'm new to all this and ho…

Started by jeff falick in Digital Practices in the Artroom. Last reply by Suzanne Tiedemann 2 hours ago.

Jill Bandhauer

Upload an image of your artroom for organizational ideas 4 Replies

I constantly battle with feeling organized and I think the best way I can learn is seeing other art-rooms for ideas. If possible I think it would be too cool to attach and upload an image of your art…

Started by Jill Bandhauer in Classroom Management. Last reply by Amy Kratochvil Feb 6.

Blog Posts

Kimberly St

FRENCH ART ANYONE?

Posted by Kimberly St on February 9, 2010 at 7:46pm

Nancy Walkup

Doodle 4 Google

Posted by Nancy Walkup on February 3, 2010 at 9:51pm

Christian D Schmit

2 Artists I dig

Posted by Christian D Schmit on February 2, 2010 at 4:30pm

Emily E Storch

agendas

Posted by Emily E Storch on February 1, 2010 at 5:39pm

antonio brech

PSYCHO-SOUND-GRAPHYC

Posted by antonio brech on February 1, 2010 at 12:30pm

Nancy Walkup

Cover story about the arts in AFT's "American Teacher"

Posted by Nancy Walkup on January 31, 2010 at 10:54pm

Nancy Walkup

Powerful Projects

Posted by Nancy Walkup on January 30, 2010 at 1:10pm

terri menefee

Back To The Basic Understanding

Posted by terri menefee on January 29, 2010 at 10:24pm

Laura Kaiser

Art Over Video

Posted by Laura Kaiser on January 27, 2010 at 2:26pm — 9 Comments

Nancy Walkup

The Theme of Compassion

Posted by Nancy Walkup on January 27, 2010 at 7:21am — 4 Comments

Emily E Storch

#1

Posted by Emily E Storch on January 26, 2010 at 6:30pm

 
 

Latest Activity

james rees added a discussion
Just as the lengthy title suggestions, I'm curious what all you AP studio teachers do to help assist your students in finding their concentration projects...what ideas seem to that for you and your students?  What are some good tools to help them fi…
8 minutes ago
Sure thing! I think the picture quality is great and I did not even purchase the HD Flips. I have the Flip Minos. I bought one for personal use first, and really liked it. The main reason I purchased Flips for my students is because they are so user…
2 hours ago
That's really fun. It would be a great warmup to a Picasso lesson - aren't there famous pics of him doing that?
3 hours ago
I'm with you - 50m. I need to get much more strategic and do what you do. It's killing me! I have 28 kids at a time, too. Ok tell me more if you get a chance.
3 hours ago
WHEN I REMEMBER TO DO IT I choose "'art stars" from each class period (3 of them) and take their photo. At the end of a week (or 2 weeks, or 4 if I'm really behind) . . . I read the name of 1 kid from the pool of "stars" for each grade level on the…
3 hours ago
Absolutely the best application of whiteboard in the art room, I've found are on the National Gallery of Art (nga.gov). Check out what they have on Thiebaud - maybe you've used it already. :)
3 hours ago
Hey, Jeff - There are several online portfolio sites (I have attempted several as part of my own online presence). I would have to argue, however, that how Google is currently handling their online content (apps and interactivity), I would encourage…
3 hours ago
Kimberly St added a blog post
Hey Everyone! I am so excited to finally join this great website! I am going to have my first clinical teaching experience in the beginning of March. Our lab school only has one art teacher and way to many art student teachers so I have been assigne…
4 hours ago

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