Special+Areas

= = = = =Art=

**Interactives**

 * **Toy Theater** http://www.toytheater.com/art.php
 * **Jackson Pollock** http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
 * **Big Hugh Labs** http://bighugelabs.com/
 * **The Super Hero Squad Show** (Comic Creator) http://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic
 * **Art Project**(Google) http://www.googleartproject.com/
 * From the website:
 * What is the ‘Art Project’?
 * A unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail.
 * **Explore museums with Street View technology:** virtually move around the museum’s galleries, selecting works of art that interest you, navigate though interactive floor plans and learn more about the museum and you explore.
 * **Artwork View:** discover featured artworks at high resolution and use the custom viewer to zoom into paintings. Expanding the info panel allows you to read more about an artwork, find more works by that artist and watch related YouTube videos.
 * **Create your own collection:** the ‘Create an Artwork Collection’ feature allows you to save specific views of any of the 1000+ artworks and build your own personalised collection. Comments can be added to each painting and the whole collection can then be shared with friends and family.


 * **Smart History**(Presented by the Khan Academy) http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/
 * From the website:
 * ===About Smarthistory===
 * Smarthistory.org is a free and open, not-for-profit, art history textbook. Part of the Khan Academy, we use multimedia to deliver unscripted conversations between art historians about the history of art.
 * **Odosketch** http://sketch.odopod.com/
 * **National Geographic Kids**http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm
 * Collage Machine
 * Mobile
 * PixelFace
 * 3-D Twirler
 * Cubits
 * Diamonds
 * Dutch House
 * Photo Op
 * PaintBox
 * Wallovers
 * RiverRun
 * SwatchBox
 * Flow
 * Jungle
 * Brushter
 * Still Life
 * Faces and Places
 * Sea-Saws
 * **Picassohead** http://www.picassohead.com/create.html
 * **Bomomo** http://bomomo.com/
 * **Artsonia** http://www.artsonia.com/
 * **Peter Blaskovic** - //escape motions// http://escapemotions.com/
 * Sumo Paint http://www.sumopaint.com/home/

To showcase student work

 * **Animoto** http://animoto.com/
 * **Windows Movie Maker**
 * **Story Bird** http://storybird.com/
 * **Story Jumper** http://www.storyjumper.com/

Teaching Resources and Ideas
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 * **Art Snacks - Kevin Honeycutt**http://web.me.com/khoneycuttessdack/kevinhoneycutt.org/ArtSnacks.html
 * From the website: I started the ArtSnacks network in 2007 with the hope that kids without access to art teachers might get some free art instruction and build their confidence. Since those days a lot has happened. With over 21,913 art works posted, the network is becoming a great place to share your work and get feedback. Kids are learning to draw but they are doing so much more! They learn to give feedback to others in polite, constructive ways, they learn about science, history, geography, writing and much more through the simple ten-minute videos. The second mission of ArtSnacks is to help kids learn to be good online citizens. Through the guidance of mentors and other members, ArtSnacks seeks to develop a healthy filter between kid’s ears. I am proud of this network community has become and welcome you to bring this resource to your kids.