Featured 2-27-2014: My Learning

The collections of several arts, heritage and cultural organizations are the stimulus for My Learning, a resource for teachers and learners.

 

Search My Learning for a resource by subject, age group, organization, or keywords. New resources are added frequently, so please check regularly for new subjects and topics.

 

For a full list of resources covering particular curriculum areas go to the subject tab. Subjects also covers topics such as Citizenship and Enterprise that are often taught with another subject. 

 

The Age group tab is categorized by the different Key Stages plus Lifelong Learning, Early Years, etc.

 

Resources on specific themes and topics can be searched for by entering key words and phrases in the 'keyword search' box. The search can be narrowed to images only if you choose.

 

The individual organizations that contribute to My Learning can be searched for by clicking the Contributing Organisations tab. This will bring up an alphabetical list all the arts, heritage, and cultural organizations that have resources on My Learning.

 

 

My Learning launched in 2006 as a pre- and post-visit resource for teachers offering an integrated approach to learning with museums. My Learning has gradually been expanded to include resources from across the UK.

 

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Featured: 11-4-2013 ArtBabble

ArtBabble showcases high quality art-related video content from more than fifty cultural institutions from around the world.

ArtBabble brings art content from different places and perspectives together, where it can be easily found and accessed. People who love and are interested in art may find ArtBabble a unique and engaging place to explore and learn.

ArtBabble may prove particularly advantageous to educators who can use it as a way to support their classroom activities. The For Educators page helps teachers quickly and easily find what they are looking for.

Browse by Theme, Medium, Period & Style, Location, People, and more, or search by keyword.

Created in 2009, ArtBabble is the product of a cross-departmental collection of individuals at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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COD - 10/2/2012 - ARTSEDGE [Arts]

The goal of ARTSEDGE is to create inspiring, interactive resources for K-12 learners, their teachers, and their families.

ARTSEDGE was instituted by the Kennedy Center in 1996 to reach out to schools and the community offering printed materials, classroom support, and Internet technologies. Four million participate in Kennedy Center Education Department programming each year through ARTSEDGE resources.

ARTSEDGE is expanding their content "to serve a new definition of educators, encompassing classroom and out-of-school teachers, with the single-minded goal to support arts-based student learning, whether in the classroom or an informal learning environment, like the home."

Lesson plans, audio stories, video clips, and interactive online modules make up the easily-browsed collection of free digital resources. Also featured are best practices in educational media and multimedia-enhanced instruction.

The focus of ARTSEDGE is on supporting innovative teaching with the arts, and meeting changing trends in education as well as accommodating the evolving impact of technology.

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COD - 5/22/2012 - ArtsConnectEd [Art]

ArtsConnectEd is an interactive Web site that provides access to works of art and educational resources from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center for K-12 educators, students, and scholars.

With Art Finder, ArtsConnectEd users can search over 100,000 of the museums’ digitized items including works of art, texts, audio and video, and interactive resources.

Art Collector makes it possible for users to save, customize, present, and share items in Art Collector sets. Everything can be commented on, tagged, and rated.

Ask an Educator allows users to submit questions about using ArtsConnectEd to real teachers who already use the site.

Through a train-the-trainer model, ArtsConnectEd is training teachers who conduct teacher workshops in their regions. So far, more than 3500 K-12 and pre-service teachers have participated in workshops focusing on the effective classroom use of ArtsConnectEd.

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Catch of the Day - Show.me.uk - 5/24/2011

The Show.me.uk website is packed with games and resources from the UK's museums and galleries.

The Teachers section of Show.me.uk is designed to help you quickly and easily access relevant content. All content is targeted at Key Stages 1 and 2 (ages 5-11). Interactives and resources are organized by topic and listed in a scrollable menu. These topics include:

• Art and Design
• Science and Technology
• Prehistory
• Ancient Civilizations
• Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Romans, Tudors, and Victorians
• 20th Century Britain
• Natural World
• Dinosaurs
• More

You can receive a regular email newsletter from Show.me.uk updating the educational news from museums and galleries.

Show.me.uk is a free-to-use site produced by Culture24, the latest news, exhibition reviews, links, event listings, and education resources from thousands of UK museums, galleries, archives and libraries.

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Catch of the Day - ArtsAlive.ca - 5/23/2011

ArtsAlive.ca is the educational website of Canada's National Arts Centre. Visitiors can learn about orchestral music, dance, English and French language theater, as well as explore archival collections.

The objectives of ArtsAlive.ca are to involve younger generations in information, multimedia resources, and activities relevant to the performing arts, and to provide free educational resources to students and teachers to help them in learning about the performing arts.

ArtsAlive.ca makes lots of tools available for teachers to bring the performing arts into the classroom.

Music

• Free teacher resource kits
• Play-along recorder music for students
• Interactive activities and games
• Access the life and times of great composers for projects and research
• The Instrument Lab lets you rotate 3D-images of instruments

Theater

• Learn about the professions of acting, directing, design, and production
• Watch interviews with theater professionals
• Explore contemporary theater around the world
• Research theater through history
• Find theater reading lists

Dance

• TheVirtual Dance Studio, an interactive choreography tool to create your own dance
• Over 180 biographies of world-renowned dancers and choreographers
• Advice from dance professionals on becoming an artist
• Dance video clips and artist interviews

ArtsAlive.ca is made possible through the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online program and thanks to financial investment by the Virtual Museum of Canada.

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Catch of the Day - EDSITEment - 5/10/2011

EDSITEment is a resource for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.

EDSITEment links to websites covering a broad scope of humanities subjects including American and world history, language, literature, and art. All have been reviewed for content, design, and educational value in the classroom.

Some of the features EDSITEment offers:

• links to NEH-funded projects of significance to educators
• customizable lesson plan searches that can be filtered five different ways
• direct access to student resources and interactives from the homepage
• a rotating calendar feature with access to a full yearly calendar

EDSITEment was selected as one of the top 25 websites for 2010 by the American Association of School Librarians. EDSITEment is a partnership of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Verizon Foundation, and the National Trust for the Humanities.

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Catch of the Day - MoMA Education - 11/22/2010

 

New York's Museum of Modern Art presents these excellent online resources for teachers and students.

Modern Teachers Online connects teachers with MoMA’s resources and collection. Download teacher’s guides, browse images, or search lessons by subject, theme, or medium.

The Online Collection includes artists and objects from MoMA’s many departments.

Destination Modern Art is an online intergalactic journey where kids ages 5 to 8 travel to MoMA and MoMA PS1 with an alien creature.

Red Studio is a website developed by MoMA in collaboration with high school students about issues and questions raised by teens concerning modern art.

MoMA offers half-day professional development workshops, weekend teacher workshops, and the Modern Teachers Program to help you learn how to integrate modern and contemporary art into your classroom.

View MoMA'sSchool and Teacher Program Brochure (PDF)

All of the Museum of Modern Artonline resources for teachers and students are free.

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Catch of the Day - Picturing America - 11/3/2010

Picturing America makes the nation's artistic heritage – paintings, sculpture, architecture, crafts, and photography – accessible to everyone.

Picturing America strives to give visitors the opportunity to learn about America's history and culture in a new, engaging way. The program uses art as a stimulus for  the study of the cultural, political, and historical strands of America's foundation.

Using high-quality reproductions of significant American art together with the Teachers Resource Book and the website, Picturing America can help students understand the human aspects of American history.

The benefits of Picturing America Include ...

• A free resource that provides educators with an engaging way to teach American history, culture, and other subjects through the use of art
• Educational entities and public libraries in the US may receive up to 40 high-quality, laminated reproductions
• An illustrated Teachers Resource Book with activities organized by elementary, middle and high school levels
• Access to the Picturing America site which contains additional information and resources, including innovative lesson plans

Picturing America is a program of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.

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Catch of the Day - Incredible@rtDepartment - 8/24/2010

The Incredible@rtDepartment provides a wealth of resources to art teachers at every level.

The Art Teacher Toolbox at The Incredible@rtDepartment offers art teachers a vast directory of online resources related to …

• Books and Art Supplies
• Rubrics and Assessment
• Curriculum, Instructional Strategies, and Best Practices
• Special Education
• NCLB and School Law
• Discipline
• Activities and Contests
• Free Things

The Incredible@rtDepartment has art lesson plans for every grade level from early childhood through college, including lesson plans for substitutes at the elementary and middle school levels.

In the Activities & Games section are online activities for kids, art media tutorials, activity/learning centers, and board games. Visit Art Rooms posted by schools from around the world.

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Happy Birthday, MC Escher

The Dutch artist, M.C. Escher was born on this day in 1898. He is noted for his mathematically inspired art which featured impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.

Catch of the Day - Artsonia - 26 Apr 10

Artsonia is today's appetizing catch


Artsonia is the world's largest online museum of kids' artwork.

Artsonia Home Page

Artsonia is the largest student art museum in the world. Artsonia is a place where every kid can have an online art gallery where their creations can be shared and enjoyed by everyone around the world.

Art Project Lesson Plan Starters

Art Project Lesson Plan Starters, submitted by the community of Artsonia teachers, are designed to give you ideas for your classroom.

Entrance Page to the Art Museum

You can enjoy the millions of pieces of kids' artwork showcased in the searchable Art Museum which includes Featured Exhibits, Top Schools, and Artist of the Week. You can browse the museum by media type, school, and grade/skill level.

A School Artwork Gallery

If you are an art educator you may join Artsonia and submit your students' artwork or your own lesson plans.

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Catch of the Day - Great Web Sites for Kids - 28 Sep 09

Great Web Sites for Kids is today's bountiful catch.

Great Web Sites for Kids is a service of the American Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children.

Great Web Sites for Kids is a site directory of high-quality web content made for young people. The database is categorized and searchable. Look for sites by keyword, URL, or intended audience.

The main categories include Animals, The Arts, History & Biography, Literature & Languages, Mathematics & Computers, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Reference Desk.

The ALSC Great Web Sites Committee, consisting of nine members from around country, administers and evaluates ALA's Great Sites within the criteria and procedures established for selection.


Quick video tour of Great Web Sites for Kids

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Great Web Sites for Kids also includes links to sites for parents, caregivers, teachers and others.

Catch of the Day - Stock.XCHNG - 30 Jul 09

Free stock photo site Stock.XCHNG is the fresh catch of the day.

Stock.XCHNG bills itself as the leading FREE stock photo site on the Internet. SXC was launched in February 2001 as an alternative to expensive stock photography. The objective was to develop a site where people could exchange their photos. Since then, the site has evolved into the massive community you see today with over 2 1/2 million registered users and about 400,000 photos online by more than 30.000 photographers.

Yesterday, it was announced that Stock.XCHNG has been incorporated into the Getty Images group of companies. This is not expected to change the day-to-day SXC user experience, but there will be more access to iStockphoto, another Getty Images company and one of the world's leading royalty-free stock multimedia destinations.


If you use Firefox as your browser, here's a handy little SXC search plugin you can add to it.

SXC is also a friendly community of photographers who offer their works to those who need them free of charge. If you have some nice photos that you'd like to share with others, you can do it by joining Stock.XCHNG.

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Catch of the Day - 25 July 2009

Today's catch is the NGA Classroom for Teachers and Students.

This site from the National Gallery of Art is a place where teachers and students can connect art and curriculum. Currently featured lessons include Art & Ecology, 19th Century America, Counting on Art, The Dutch Golden Age, and more. There are learner interactives such as Mobile Maker, Medal Maker, and Cake Maker.

Use the Resource Finder to locate lessons and resources by curriculum, topic, or artist.

Free-loan teaching materials such as CDs, DVDs, and teacher packets are available. The NGA Kids area features several interactive activities and projects.