TEACHERS USING TECHNOLOGY
These links give you some idea of how some arts teachers are using internet technology to enhance their curricula.
RENEÉ'S APPALACHIAN LITERATURE SITE
http://http://www.ferrum.edu/applit
Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults. Be sure to check out the study guide developed by master teacher Reneé Wyatt and Avis Caynor on "West Virginia's Appalachian Music and Literature."
DIGITAL ART EDUCATION RESOURCES ONLINE: What, Why, When & How to Teach Art With Technology
http://www.pixelpixie.net/artedlinks.html
The headline sums it up. This site is LOADED with ideas and resources. It belongs to Alison King, an artist living in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a Technology Curriculum Consultant for the non-profit organization Teaching Matters, Inc. She has worked with hundreds of public school teachers and students to implement creative ways of using technology in the curriculum. Alison is also TMI's visual arts specialist and web designer. She currently designs and delivers courses over the internet using live voice and whiteboarding tools. Alison also teaches college at the Art Institute of Phoenix. Don't miss her Digital Sketchbooks.
MS. SELIGMAN'S ART CLASS
http://seligman.homestead.com/index.html
See how master teacher Nanette Seligman uses the web for her art classes at Parkersburg High School.
SEVENTH GRADE DRAMA
http://sites.penncharter.com/ms/Roche/home%20page.htm
Study guides, practice tests, homework assignments and much much more at this wonderful site developed by drama teacher Michael Toolan Roche.
DRAWING IN ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE
http://www.olejarz.com/arted
A terrific interactive lesson for beginning artists on one-point perspective. Go to the home page to see more of how artist-educator Harold Olejarz is using technology in the classroom. Includes student activities, examples of student portfolios and an essay on Integrating Technology into the Art Curriculum .
Personal or educational uses are allowed with permission from Harold Olejarz.
TORRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
http://www.thsmusic.net/tech.htm
Splettstoeszer, a music teacher, teaches band and music courses to students in grades 9-12. "Every year, teachers here have to write out job targets, or mini action-research projects. The Web site was created during the 1999 school year as part of my target for the -- to see if a Web site would improve student learning."
MR. DICONTI'S ART CLASS
http://www.lcusd.net/lchs/adiconti/index.htm
Example of a 7th and 8th grade teacher's site. Be sure to check out the "Extra Credit" link at the bottom of the opening page.
and now... A Webquest for YOU, the educator
How do Educators Use the Internet?
http://ettenborough.net/wow2004