ETIPS - Make Thinking Visible
Ready Access
Ready access to supported, managed hardware/software resources is provided. Teachers must be provided with convenient and flexible access for educational technology. Although part of this is provided by the work environment, this resource area provides some access points and resources for classroom utilization and further exploration of the subject matter.
Tools for Visual Arts Education
Kid Pix (Painting and drawing software)
Grades: Grades K-8
Description: Kid Pix (different versions for parents and educators) is a versatile resource for enhancing learning across the curriculum. Dazzling, easy-to-use features like the realistic art tools and photo editing with Electric Mixer effects inspire students to create and enrich the learning process by making it more fun and exciting.
Adobe Illustrator (Painting and drawing software)
URL: http://www.adobe.com
Description: Adobe Illustrator software offers creative options and powerful tools for efficiently publishing artwork on the Web, in print, everywhere. With Illustrator, you can produce superb Web graphics using symbols and innovative slicing options. Explore creative ideas with Illustrator’s live distortion tools.
Adobe PhotoShop (Photo editing software)
URL: http://www.adobe.com
Description: Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0 software, the professional image-editing standard, helps you work more efficiently, explore new creative options, and produce the highest quality images for print, the Web, and anywhere else. Create exceptional imagery with easier access to file data; streamlined Web design; faster, professional-quality photo retouching; and more.
GoLive (Web Design Software)
URL: http://www.adobe.com
Description: Design, develop, manage and deploy dynamic content for the Web and wireless devices with Adobe GoLive 6.0. You can now move quickly from concept to site deployment with its built-in Web authoring and dynamic database tools.
InDesign (Desktop publishing software)
URL: http://www.adobe.com
Description: Adobe InDesign 2.0 software delivers the page layout tools you've always wanted. It integrates tightly with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat®. InDesign allows you to be more creative by delivering intuitive features that reduce elaborate design tasks to a few quick steps.
Premiere (Video editing software)
URL: http://www.adobe.com
Description: Premiere is an essential tool for professional digital video editing and is fairly easy to use. Its tight integration with other Adobe products means a smooth transition for designers used to working with applications like Photoshop and Illustrator.
iMovie
URL: http://www.apple.com
Description: Create your own movies with iMovie technology, available on every Mac computer. iMovie professional-quality movie editing tools are fun and easy to use and require no prior video experience.
Wacom Graphire 2
URL: http://www.wacom.com
Description: The Graphire2 Pen is a great graphics tool for retouching photos or hand-tinting black and white images using the bundled Photoshop Elements; or just add a painterly look with the bundled Painter Classic software. Use pressure-sensitive tools in many drawing and painting programs for creating and editing your graphics and clip art.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11
Description: Carefully designed to make work more enjoyable, CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite 11 delivers powerful software for graphic design, page layout, photo editing and vector animation. It offers live feedback, extensive compatibility and a full range of output options.
Art Ed CD-ROMs and Laserdiscs Davis Store and Catalog
URL: http://www.davis-art.com/catalog/index.html
CDs from the Davis online catalog http://www.davis-art.com/catalog/:
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Encyclopedia of Western Art: CD-ROM (MAC/Windows)
The first comprehensive interactive two volume Encyclopedia of Western Art invites you to journey through 900 years of artistic creation. Travel from the Cluny abbey built in the eleventh century to the subway entrances created by Hector Guimard at the beginning of the twentieth. -
National Gallery of Art Laserdisc
This laserdisc contains 1,600 masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Barcodes in the Teacher's Edition (The Visual Experience) offer instant correlated access. -
The Louvre Museum: CD-ROM (MAC/Windows)
Full-screen images and close-ups can be accessed from the interactive map and timeline, while games provide entertaining challenges. -
With Open Eyes
This CD-ROM offers younger students the opportunity to examine works from the Art Institute of Chicago. Explore detail, see each work in scale, and meet the learning challenge of hundreds of instructional games and puzzles.
Philadelphia Museum of Art Museum Store: A is for Art, C is for Cézanne
URL: http://store.yahoo.com/pma-store/cdroms.html
Description: Created for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this remarkable CD-ROM for children is a fun-filled introduction to many famous artists, their art, and their influences. The animated art of Paul Cézanne guides young viewers in an unprecedented adventure exploring 33 masterworks from the Museum's collection.
Company: Crystal Productions CD-ROMs
URL: http://www.crystalproductions.com/cdroms/cd-roms.html
Descriptions of CD-ROMs from Crystal productions:
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Moorditj: Australian Indigenous Art and Cultural Expressions
The cultural expressions of the indigenous people of Australia are among the oldest forms of art in the world, stretching back for more than 60,000 years. Moorditj–a Noongar word for “excellent”–explores nearly 300 artworks from 110 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, including Sally Morgan, Yorthu Yindi, Neville T. Bonner, and the Bangarra Dance Theater. -
The Impressionists
A dynamic in-depth view into the world of the Impressionist painters and their masterpieces. This informative program enables you to explore Impressionism through high-resolution paintings, photographs, animated diagrams, and concise commentaries with interpretive animations bringing the artists and paintings to life. A special navigational tool allows you to create, annotate, or print a personal file. A unique way to relive the approach, techniques, and emotions of the Impressionist painter.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Teacher Resource Services
URL: http://mag.rochester.edu/learn/teacherServices/teacherResourceCenter/cd.html#top
Description: This Web page has a list of art CD-ROMs that may be borrowed for up to four weeks.
General Tools
InternetOnline reference toolsWebQuestsSpreadsheetsDatabasesWord processingDesktop publishing softwareWeb authoring toolsEmailTelecommunication technologiesBulletin board, chat room, discussion forum, ex. Tappedin.orgDiscussion software, ex. Instant MessengerDatabase, ex. ERICComputer simulationVideo clipsCD-ROMsOnline magazines and newslettersSchool-based or teacher's website for posting grades and comments, assignments, attendance, summaries of lesson plans, ex. ThinkWave.com
Inspiration
URL: http://www.inspiration.com
Description: Inspiration is a powerful visual learning tool that inspires students, grades 4-12, to develop ideas and organize thinking. Use Inspiration to assist you and your students in outlining, diagramming, concept mapping and webbing. Set up live hyperlinks to create direct connections to the immense resources of the Internet.
Kidspiration
URL: http://www.inspiration.com
Description: Kidspiration helps K-3 students see, organize and develop their great ideas. Students can brainstorm ideas with pictures and words; organize and categorize information visually; create stories and descriptions using engaging visual tools; and explore new ideas with webs and visual mapping.
HyperStudio
URL: http://www.hyperstudio.com
Description: For over 10 years, HyperStudio has been the de facto standard classroom multimedia-authoring program. The newest version, HyperStudio 4, represents the next level in desktop and online multimedia communications for educators and students. Use this versatile application with high school students to develop electronic portfolios.
PowerPoint
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/default.asp
Description: With its easy-to-use tools for creating presentations, Microsoft’s PowerPoint is an engaging form of communication in the classroom. Instructors and students use PowerPoint to add images of art, video clips of artists, and art techniques for instructional or creative purposes.
PDAs for Art Education
Ways to Use PDAs in Your Art Classroom
As a way to check for understanding, ask the students three questions about the lesson and have them beam their answers to the teacher.
Secondary students, either individually or in groups, use PiCoMap to create a concept map of a theme, subject, style, or artist. Using the jigsaw method, they share their work by beaming to each other. Printing is possible by beaming directly to an infrared-capable printer.
Students can use PiCoMap to create a concept map of elements and principles and beam to teacher for assessment of learning.
When introducing a new unit, students use PiCoMap to brainstorm ideas. PDAs facilitate sharing of ideas by students beaming directly to each other.
Students use the PDA module camera to take pictures of their own artwork, and then upload the image to their electronic portfolio. They may also use Go’n Tell to create a portfolio with notes about their work.
Use Sketchy to draw preliminary studies for a future work using traditional art media. Create a short animation demonstrating an idea or to write and share ideas.
When high school students are working in small groups doing Internet research on a topic, teachers and students can use FlingIt to download and share materials for offline use. They can also create their own reference library.
Students create text documents on the PDAs for a research assignment. The document is then beamed for peer editing.
The word processing application on the PDA can be used by students for note taking and journaling about the art making process.
When students are having a class critique of artwork, they can write critical comments and beam them to the student who created the work. PDAs enable comments to be shared in a personal and private way.
Teachers create a game for students, or have them create their own art game with art vocabulary and art history using Bubble Blaster. Teachers use HandySheets to create worksheets, quizzes and surveys for students. They have a permanent record of students’ work.
Software Applications and Hardware/Peripherals
Software:
Handheld Computers as Mindtools
URL: http://rainbowtech.org/workshops/summer2001/Mindtools.html
Scroll down for a detailed list of software applications for handhelds computers. Many may be downloaded free.
Go‘n Tell
URL: http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/download.htm
Create a virtual scrapbook with this free download. Allows text and graphics. Can be used in combination with Kodak PalmPix Camera.
PiCoMap
URL: http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/download.htm
It is a free graphic organizer tool for students. It allows students to create, share, and explore concept maps.
Fling It
URL: http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/download.htm
Allows you to download and share web content for offline use. Free download.
FreeWrite
URL: http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/download.htm
This word processing application features a 109,000-word spell checker. It is useful for taking notes, journaling and peer editing. Free download.
Sketchy
URL: http://rainbowtech.org/workshops/summer2001/Mindtools.html
This is a free animation/drawing tool with an easy to use interface.
Bubble Blasters
URL: http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org/download.htm
Bubble Blasters is an application that provides teachers with practice drills for students.
TealPaint
URL: http://www.tealpoint.com/softpnt.htm
This is a feature-packed painting and drawing program . It also has the capacity for image animation. Check the website for pricing.
DiddleBug
This is like a small sketchpad on your Palm.
BugMe! Messenger
Take notes, set alarmed reminders, send and receive handwritten, graphic and text notes with your Palm Powered handheld. Use it to exchange doodles, diagrams and even photographs.
Thought Manager for Teachers
Hands High Software
URL: http://www.handshigh.com/html/tmteachers.html
Allows for the creation of collapsible outlines. Check the site for pricing.
Teacher's P.E.T. v2.5
Coffee Pot Software
URL: http://www.coffeepotsoftware.com/
Designed for teachers, by a teacher, it offers grading, attendance, contact info. Scroll down to see Compatible Desktop Gradebook Page for comparison and pricing. Register for a free trial.
Media-X Systems, Inc.
URL: http://www.media-x.com/products/index.php
Desktop and mobile products for teacher productivity and assessment.
Hardware/Peripherals
Handspring PDA
URL: http://www.handspring.com/
Palm PDA
URL: http://www.palm.com/
Stowaway Portable Keyboard
URL: http://www.targus.com/product_details.asp?sku=PA810U
A full-size keyboard that folds up to the size of a handheld device.
Bachmann PrintBoy Deluxe
URL: http://www.bachmannsoftware.com/pbdeluxe.htm
Print your palm databases, documents, spreadsheets, and other data directly to any printer.
Canon Mobile Printer
URL: http://consumer.usa.canon.com/printers/bjc55/index.html
Print anywhere with ease and convenience.
Document Camera and more for educators
URL: http://www.videolabs.com/product_service/camera_edu/teacher/index.php
Learn about products to make your classroom truly interactive. The popular FlexCam document camera is featured.
Springboard Modules: Multimedia
URL: http://www.handspring.com/products/Category.jhtml?id=170018
EyeModule2 Digital Camera
http://www.handspring.com/products/Product.jhtml?id= 250037&cat=170018
Attach this module to your handheld computer and take instant photos with this tiny digital camera.
ProRecord Digital Voice Recorder
http://www.handspring.com/products/Product.jhtml?id=240035 &cat=170018
Record directly into your handheld computer.
Mi-NotePad
http://www.store.yahoo.com/pilotgear/minotepad.html
Attach Mi-NotePad to your Palm handheld, and you can take notes, draw, jot a message, or sketch on a paper notepad.