Archive for the 'The Arts' Category
Youngzine is a site created for elementary and middle school students to help them learn about current events. Youngzine was created by a team of parents who want to provide a safe, bias-free place for students to learn about the world. The site contains stories and videos related to current topics. Each story has a […]
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YouTube Teachers is a YouTube Channel created by YouTube. The purpose of YouTube Teachers is to help teachers learn how to use YouTube as an educational tool. The site includes lesson plans, educational playlists, and training on how to create your own educational videos. When you sign up for YouTube Teachers, you are eligible to […]
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Free Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) is a website created for teachers by the Department of Education. FREE contains over 1,500 K-12 resources related to the arts, language arts, math, physical education, science and social studies. All the resources come from dozens of federal agencies, including the Department of Education, The Department of Health and […]
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Music Tech Teacher is a site created by a music technology teacher from Burmingham, Alabama. The site contains online lessons, quizzes and games designed to teach elementary music concepts. These activities can be used as part of classroom instruction, or students can use them independently at home for practice and reinforcement.
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The Learning Network is a site/blog sponsored by the New York Times. The Learning Network is a current site, updated every school day, that offers a wealth of high quality learning resources — lesson plans, student opinion questions, challenges, crossword puzzles, etc. — for teachers and students in grades 3-12. For example, a periodic math […]
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Art Project is a site that allows you to explore more than a thousand works of art and famous art museums world-wide right from your computer. The site is powered by Google, and uses Google’s Street View technology to navigate your way around the museums. You can zoom into the high resolution artwork to explore […]
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Problem Based Learning: Explained is a video created by Common Craft for the Buck Institute of Education. If you are familiar with Common Craft videos, you know they do a nice job of making complex concepts easy to understand. Problem Based Learning: Explained is a short (Time: 3:50 video that explains the basic concepts of […]
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OER (Open Educational Resources) Commons is a site through which educators share lessons and resources. The site hosts thousands of lessons which can be searched by content, lesson type and level. The lessons are licensed to be used and reused free of charge. All lessons have been reviewed and approved by the OER Commons staff. […]
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Picturing America is a site created by the National Endowment for the Humanities to help promote a greater appreciation for art and American history. The interactive art gallery contains beautiful photographs related to events, people and themes in American history. There is a link to the Educators page, from which you can download a free […]
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Art Babble is a site created and maintained by the Indianapolis Museum of art for the purpose of helping people learn about art, artists and collections. It is a collaborative site which now includes over 20 partners, including The Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Van Gogh Museum. Art Babble, […]
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