REsponse to Nick LaFountain

BP11_20091015_Web_2.0_Tools_kerpoof.com
Imagination is one of the tools we are all born with. Some excel with their gift and create beautiful works of art, while others (myself included) only dream of the ability to create something as easy as a stick figure. Thanks to my pick of the day, all you need is a little imagination and your creativity can flourish. Kerpoof.com is owned and operated by the Walt Disney company and according to their website "is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative" (Disney, 2009). Some of the things you can do in Kerpoof include, making an animated movie, drawing a picture, creating a card or a story, and even designing t-shirts and mugs. Kerpoof has an educator resource side called Kerpoof Scholastic where teachers can create accounts and setup an online classroom. The best part about Kerpoof is that you do not need the artistic skills of DaVinci to create a Mona Lisa. All you need is your imagination and Kerpoof's technology to turn your ideas into a work of art.

Below are a couple of videos to help introduce you to Kerpoof. The first is from CEO and creator of Kerpoof, Krista Marks, showing some of the things that can be achieved within the website. The next is a tutorial on how to create an animated movie in a flash and the final video is an actual user submitted drawing. If you would like to view more tutorials and even get some lesson plan ideas, head over to Kerpoof's tutorial site and learn more.

Great new site for my collection, NIck. Thanks! And great to see that you are still interested in color Theory. There is so much to it. And we all take it for granted, but it is a fascinating topic for study. What do your students do with the Kerpoof site? I am about to check it out further, and imagine many things my little ones will enjoy about it. Just the name Disney causes them to perk up. Do you think he is as great a genius as Davinci, artistically? From a business standpoint I am sure he exceeds most, and his early art was phenomenal, but so much of the more recent stuff, closer to his death, was short of the original standards, I think.

BP16_2009103_Media Asset Reflection2_Architecture Studio 3D

This is one of the best yet, from award winning company, Eduweb.com, known for APintura-Art Detective for all of the Art Teachers out here in cyberspace. The movie for this site explains it further. Check it out! At http://www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/design_studio3d.html.

BP15_2009103_The Incredible Art Department

With a name like this, one does not know what to expect. I thought of the Hulk, (lol) but have come to use this resource for many things. Princeton University continues to update and enlarge this site that I have used for years. My favorite aspect of the site is that is is kept updated and always has new things. It has become my go-to place for the latest art gadgets. Like the Getty, it is well-funded and thus reliable.
The screen shot makes it clear just how many different aspects of teaching art are facilitated by this site, since each word surrounding Mona Lisa is a link. From blogs to suppliers; from lessons to games and activities; from links to association resources for advocacy, this site has it all. When I am in need of some lesson resources, it is always my first stop, and often the only one. For inspiration or even for sub plans, this is site is the best one I know. Check it out for yourself.

BP14_2009103_web 2.0_Art Games at Allbright Knox

Art teachers often need to give students a quiet activity to do when some finish the project early and others are still working. The Art Games at the Allbright Knox Art Gallery site has a paint splattering activity that slightly resembles the work of Jackson Pollock. It is a lot of fun, both for children and adults. I have made a screen shot of my splatter piece, above. It is interestig to try to ccomplish unity and balance while not turning the whole thing into a mess. I'm not sure I succeeded, but the students love to play with this site.Here is another way to engage students in modern art styles in relevant ways, yet remain clean.
Anther feature about this site is the wonderful example of animated perspective drawing of a pencil, on the first page of the games. The steps are fundamental, and all the key words of classical perspective drawing are highlighted and represented in the making of a pencil rocket, in linear perspective. The author also covers shading and crosshatching for shadows. Very well done demonstration animation. Students of all ages enjoy this site for it's activities and don't even realize they are learning in the fun processes.

BP13_2009103_Web 2.0 Chunky Monkey

BP12_2009103_Response to Soyeon re Flickr

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

BP12-2009103-Reflective Media on Flickr

How can an art teacher maximize the art making time in class
and give a specific individual feedback at the same time?


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Copyright(c)soyeonenator 2009

1 comments:

artsmatter2 said...

Soyeon, These are great ideas for using Flickr. Does your school allow you to use it, in this way? Currently Flickr is still one of the blocked sites for us, but I am hopeful for change, when we can show uses like this for it. Thanks for something I can present to my technology administration.

October 18, 2009 11:41 AM

BP11_2009103_Reflective Post 1

The Web 2.0 tool I have used most is the National Gallery of Art's The Art Zone, with it's interactive activities for students to create their own masterpieces with Virtual paint, clips, or other digital tools for making their own art works.From first grade through 6th grade, my students have enjoyed this site. Watch out for the ink supply in your printer, because students love to print their compositions to share.