Archive for the 'The Arts' Category
Kitzu is a site that offers digital kits that relate to a variety of topics that teachers and students can download for use in creating PhotoStory and other projects. The digital kits contain images and a summary of the topic. Some kits also include audio files. Teachers are encouraged to include their own kits for […]
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Tap Into the World of Comics is a slide show that offers several good suggestions for using student-created comics in the classroom. In addition to offering teaching strategies it also gives an extensive list of online tools for creating comics. Comics can be great motivators for students. Is there an activity that you’ve used in […]
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View At is a site that offers panoramic views of major sites and cities from around the world. What a great way for you and your students to explore places that you’re studying or reading about. You can use the site’s Search feature to help you find a specific location.
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360 Cities offers beautiful interactive, high-resolution panoramic views of major sites and cities across the globe. By clicking and dragging the images, you and your students can explore places around the world in a way that you can’t do with a single image. I would recommend reading the 360 Help page for tips on how […]
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From Washington to Obama in Less Than 4 Minutes is a short video of pictures of all the United States presidents presented in sequence. Each picture is morphed into the picture of the next president. Included in the video are the years of the presidents’ terms. In addition to being an interesting way to present […]
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The Music Education Madness Site is currently under construction, but I did stumble across this page for teaching general music to middle school students. This page offers several creative ways to make learning music at the middle school level fun and interesting. The page has links to other pages on the site that offer additional […]
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Music Education Online is sponsored by the Children’s Music Workshop, a company that specializes in products for promoting music education. While much of the site is commercial, it offers a wide variety of links to other music education related websites. These links can be found by hovering over the ‘Music Links’ button at the top […]
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K-12 Resources for Music Educators provides resources for music teachers and band, chorus and orchestra directors. The site provides links to many websites related to music education at a variety of levels. I like the fact that the site is updated regularly, so the links are current.
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Teaching Music is a collaberatve site for music teachers. It contains lessons and resources shared by music teachers. Members can also post comments and participate in forum discussions.
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PBS Learning Media offers a wide variety of classroom resources based on current standards. Resources include videos, images, games, interactive activities, lesson plans and more. Resources can be searched by grade level, subject, and type. You can also browse the standards to find resources.
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