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What it is: New Hampshire Public Television has created a great site based on the PBS Word Girl show. I learned about the site from a blog that I look forward to in my Google Reader every day, The Book Chook. The Write-n-ator site features video clips about words and vocabulary for students to watch; after completing the clip, students are offered a related writing challenge.  The clips and challenges are all related to writing, word recognition, and vocabulary development. How to integrate The Write-n-ator into your curriculum: The Write-n-ator highlights words and vocabulary through fun videos and writing challenges starring the PBS character Word Girl.  Offer these challenges to your students as a class using a projector or interactive whiteboard.  Watch the video clip and create a class response to add to the challenge.  Alternately, each student can take the challenge in a writing journal.  These videos and challenges make for a fun introductory activity to use as a writing warm up.  They have the added benefit of introducing new words and vocabulary.  There are 20 videos and challenges total, so these could be a regular feature in your class.  If you have access to a computer for every student, students can complete the writing challenges online and view other students responses to the challenge. Tips: Click on the “For Teacher” tab next to each mission for the correlated standards that each challenge meets. Please leave a comment and share how you are using the The Write-n-ator in your classroom!

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Artopia

Posted by admin | Posted in Art, Fun & Games, History, inspiration, Middle/High School, Secondary Elementary, Teacher Resources, Websites | Posted on 10-05-2009

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What it is:  Artopia is an interactive website that lets students learn more about and interact with different mediums of art virtually.  “Students can closely examine important works of art and take part in activities that teach about styles, principles and processes of each art form. They can write about the artworks online, collect art cards in a virtual portfolio and view videos of professional artists at work. Teachers may exhibit their students’ artwork in a virtual gallery and both students and teachers can communicate with other artists in an online message board.”  Artopia teaches students about dance, media arts, music, painting, sculpture, and theater.  This is an outstanding addition to an art classroom!

How to integrate Artopia into the classroom: Artopia is a nice addition to any classroom.  The site can be used to develop a greater appreciation for the arts.  Students can be recognized and encouraged in their own art in the sites online art gallery.   Artopia introduces students to important works of art and teaches them how to think about art.  This site would be wonderful for working on critical thinking skills, creativity, and innovation.  

 

Tips:  Check out the Teacher Resources for lesson plans using Artopia in your classroom.  Pass this site on to an art teacher, they will be thankful you did!

 

Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Artopia in your classroom.

Comments (4)

Artopia | Eaton Educational Insights said on 11-05-2009

[...] Artopia [...]
ghostlibrarian said on 12-05-2009

I’m thinking about having K-1 students look at books in various styles, such as watercolor for instance. Then they could do a watercolor picture themselves like one in one of the books. Is this a site that could be useful to teach them more about art styles? I’ll have to explore this one. Thanks for the information.
Sujan Manandhar said on 12-05-2009

Excellent posts! I just stumbled on your blog when looking for Ed Tech blogs. You have collected some cool looking tools. I even checked a couple out (online of course). I don’t know if you use (and posted) Google Earth, but my co-worker does workshops when school kids comes into the university for day-trips. They love it and always learn something on-the-fly.
Good work!

Sujan – http://edutechman.blogspot.com/
Art, Creativity, & Kids: 20+ Resources | Teacher Reboot Camp said on 10-11-2010

[...] Teachers can create art galleries of students work. See Kelly Tenkely’s post for classroom application [...]

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