Using the Technology
- Photograph student work--> Many student have cell phones that can take pictures (don't forget photography is an art form)
- create online student portfolios (with the pictures they just took)--> Use sites like Weebly where students can link to their artwork from a picture account like Picasa or Flickr
- be mindful of TOU's; sites such as Artsonia can use the artwork for anything they want
- online art galleries http://www.googleartproject.com/
Creating new art
- Take a picture of a candy box; change it to a line drawing; print 3 copies and color using only 4 colors (Andy Warhol)
- Have the students walk around and find lines with a digital camera; create an Animoto video using the pictures
- Another camera activity--take a picture of the student's face, cut it in 1/2 and have them sketch the other 1/2
- graphic design--> show students 99designs, have the students pick a project, sketch it out by hand, then create online and enter
- use google sketchup to create a product and then build using clay or paper mache
Fav Programs
Gimp- http://www.gimp.org/
Inkscape- http://inkscape.org/
Google Sketchup- http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/index.html
Odosketch- http://sketch.odopod.com/
Andrea Mosaic- http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/download/
Mark Kistler- http://www.draw3d.com/
The Artist's Toolkit- http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm
Incredible Art- http://www.incredibleart.org/
Inkscape- http://inkscape.org/
Google Sketchup- http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/index.html
Odosketch- http://sketch.odopod.com/
Andrea Mosaic- http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/download/
Mark Kistler- http://www.draw3d.com/
The Artist's Toolkit- http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm
Incredible Art- http://www.incredibleart.org/
Misc
Finger painting on the iPad- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CQfc-z9Nn4