ideas, tools, and resources for teaching art and design in a post-digital age
Art Education Communities
1. Art Education 2.0 – Art education and technology
2. Art Snacks – Help for aspiring young artists
3. Arteducators.org – National Art Education Association
4. Asia Region Art Educators – Art educators living, working or interested in Asia
Audio Tools
5. Audacity – Sound editor and recorder
6. Find Sounds – Search for sound effects and musical samples.
Blogging Tools
7. Blogger – Create a personal or group blog
8. Edublogs – Education blogs only
9. WordPress – Popular blogging software
10. Technorati – Blog-search tool
11. Google Blog Search – Another way to search for blogs
Brainstorming Tools
12. Bubbl.us – Brainstorm with mind maps online
13. Mind42.com – A collaborative browser-based online mind mapping tool
14. Wallwisher – Generate ideas and gather responses
Collaborative Writing Tools
15. Google Docs – Create and edit documents online w/others
16. PBWiki – Different wiki plans available
17. WetPaint Wikis – Different plans available
18. Wikispaces – Different plans available
Chat & Instant Messaging
19. Chatzy – Free & Plus ($9 yr to remove ads)
20. Edmodo – Secure education platform for micro-blogging, sharing files, etc.,
21. Meebo – Instant messaging
22. Twitter – IM/Micro-Blogging/Networking tool
23. Tweetdeck – Popular desktop Twitter client
Communication Tools
24. Skype – Free video calls
25. Google Apps for Education - Suite of communication & collaboration tools
26. Yack Pack – Web-based voice communication tool
Conferencing Tools
27. Elluminate – Up to 3 people free
28. Tapped In – Online offices and group rooms with whiteboard & other tools
Create a Personal Start-up Page
29. iGoogle- Collect RSS Feeds & widgets on one page
30. Netvibes – Collect RSS Feeds & widgets on one page
31. Pageflakes – Collect RSS Feeds & widgets on one page
32. Protopage – Place RSS Feeds & widgets on one page
33. Glogster – Create a interactive, multimedia page
34. GlogsterEDU – Secure educational platform for classroom use of Glogster.
Create a Website
35. Google Sites – Create a free website or wiki
36. Weebly – Create a website or blog
37. Webnode – Free website builder
38. Wix – Free flash-based website builder
Creative Commons (CC) Sites
39. Creative Commons – Find works you can share, remix, or reuse
40. A Shared Culture Video – Explains Creative Commons licensing
41. Spectrumofrights Comic1 – Explains different Creative Commons licenses
42. Compfight – Search Flickr for CC images
43. Flickr: Creative Commons – Millions of images available for reuse
44. A Flickr CC Search Toy – Another way to search Flickr for CC images
45. Wikimedia Commons – A database of over 4 million freely usable media files
46. Sharing Creative Works – Comic about Creative Commons.
Multi-media tools
47. Scratch – Create and share games, digital stories, artwork, etc.,
48. ScratchEd – Online community for educators
Photo-Editing Tools
49. Adobe Photoshop Express – Image-editing and photo-sharing site
50. Aviary – Image-editing one of several browser-based tools
51. Picnik – Edit and upload photos to other sites
52. Splashup – Edit and upload photos to other sites
Photo-sharing sites
53. Flickr – Most popular site
54. Photobucket – Free & pro accounts
55. Shutterfly – Free & unlimited storage space
Polls and Surveys
56. AnswerGarden – Minimalistic Feedback Tool
57. PollDaddy – Create polls and place them on your website or blog
58. Quibblo – Create polls, surveys or quizzes for your website or blog
59. Vizu – Create polls for your website or blog
Presentation Tools
60. Jing – Online screen recorder
61. Prezi - Powerpoint on steriods.
62. Sketchcast – Record a sketch & add voiceover
63. SlideShare – Host & share your PowerPoints
RSS Readers
64. Bloglines – RSS Feed Reader
65. Google Reader – RSS Feed Reader
66. Alltop (ed) – RSS feeds from the top education blogs & sites.
67. Alltop (art) – RSS feeds from the top Art blogs.
Search Tools
68. SweetSearch4me – K-8 web search tool.
Exhibit Student Work
69. Artsonia – Online children’s art museum
70. Digication – Create e-portfolios
71. Ed.Voicethread – Create multimedia albums
Social Bookmarking Sites
72. BlinkList – One-click saving of web pages
73. Delicious – Tag, save, manage and share web pages
74. Diigo for Educators – Annotate and highlight web pages
75. StumbleUpon – Rate sites, videos and photos
Storage Places
76. Box.net – Free “Lite” plan – 1 GB of storage plus 25MB file uploads
77. Drop.io – Create private temporary space to store and share files
URL Shortening Sites
78. TinyURL – Probably the most popular
79. SnipURL – I use this site just as often as TinyURL
Video Tools
80. Animoto for Education – Create video slideshows in minutes
81. JayCut – Free Online Video Editor
82. TubeChop – Chop a section from any YouTube video and share it.
83. Ustream – Live video-streaming
84. Zamzar -Convert YouTube videos and more
Video-Sharing Sites
85. Art Babble – Art videos
86. TeacherTube.com – Educational videos
87. Vimeo – Popular alternative to YouTube
88. YouTube – Mainstream videos
Technology Learning Resources
89. Commoncraft – Great videos on Web 2.0 tools & practices
90. Digital Generation Project – Portraits of young students using digital media
91. Teaching Copyright – Materials for the classroom
92. Diigo Tutorials – Tutorials on the social bookmarking site
93. Google Reader for Beginners – Tips on setting up and managing RSS Feeds
94. Google Apps for Education – Introductory video
95. Make Internet TV – How to record and publish video on the Web.
96. 7 Things You Should Know About – Guides to Web 2.0 tools & practices
97. Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0 to Change the World (or further your goals)
98. Social Media Tools 101 – Covers various tools from blogs to wikis
99. Tim Davies’ One-Page Guides – Guides to Web 2.0 tools & practices
100. Tweetable Art: 10 Twitter Tips for Artists – by Natasha Wescoat
101. 25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole
102. A Newbie’s Guide to Twitter - Introduction to Twitter by Rafe Needleman
103. VoiceThread in the Art Room – Tips, project ideas, examples, and more.
104. 90+ Videos on Technology & Media Literacy – Compiled by Alec Couros
105. Shift Happens- Home of the famed Did You Know 4.0 video
106. Multimedia ABC Video – Introduction to multimedia tools
107. Pew Internet & American Life Project – Research on the Internet
108. 10 Future Web Trends – Crystal ball gazing
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108 Web Tools and Resources
Art Education Communities
1. Art Education 2.0 – Art education and technology
2. Art Snacks – Help for aspiring young artists
3. Arteducators.org – National Art Education Association
4. Asia Region Art Educators – Art educators living, working or interested in Asia
Audio Tools
5. Audacity – Sound editor and recorder
6. Find Sounds – Search for sound effects and musical samples.
Blogging Tools
7. Blogger – Create a personal or group blog
8. Edublogs – Education blogs only
9. WordPress – Popular blogging software
10. Technorati – Blog-search tool
11. Google Blog Search – Another way to search for blogs
Brainstorming Tools
12. Bubbl.us – Brainstorm with mind maps online
13. Mind42.com – A collaborative browser-based online mind mapping tool
14. Wallwisher – Generate ideas and gather responses
Collaborative Writing Tools
15. Google Docs – Create and edit documents online w/others
16. PBWiki – Different wiki plans available
17. WetPaint Wikis – Different plans available
18. Wikispaces – Different plans available
Chat & Instant Messaging
19. Chatzy – Free & Plus ($9 yr to remove ads)
20. Edmodo – Secure education platform for micro-blogging, sharing files, etc.,
21. Meebo – Instant messaging
22. Twitter – IM/Micro-Blogging/Networking tool
23. Tweetdeck – Popular desktop Twitter client
Communication Tools
24. Skype – Free video calls
25. Google Apps for Education - Suite of communication & collaboration tools
26. Yack Pack – Web-based voice communication tool
Conferencing Tools
27. Elluminate – Up to 3 people free
28. Tapped In – Online offices and group rooms with whiteboard & other tools
Create a Personal Start-up Page
29. iGoogle- Collect RSS Feeds & widgets on one page
30. Netvibes – Collect RSS Feeds & widgets on one page
31. Pageflakes – Collect RSS Feeds & widgets on one page
32. Protopage – Place RSS Feeds & widgets on one page
33. Glogster – Create a interactive, multimedia page
34. GlogsterEDU – Secure educational platform for classroom use of Glogster.
Create a Website
35. Google Sites – Create a free website or wiki
36. Weebly – Create a website or blog
37. Webnode – Free website builder
38. Wix – Free flash-based website builder
Creative Commons (CC) Sites
39. Creative Commons – Find works you can share, remix, or reuse
40. A Shared Culture Video – Explains Creative Commons licensing
41. Spectrumofrights Comic1 – Explains different Creative Commons licenses
42. Compfight – Search Flickr for CC images
43. Flickr: Creative Commons – Millions of images available for reuse
44. A Flickr CC Search Toy – Another way to search Flickr for CC images
45. Wikimedia Commons – A database of over 4 million freely usable media files
46. Sharing Creative Works – Comic about Creative Commons.
Multi-media tools
47. Scratch – Create and share games, digital stories, artwork, etc.,
48. ScratchEd – Online community for educators
Photo-Editing Tools
49. Adobe Photoshop Express – Image-editing and photo-sharing site
50. Aviary – Image-editing one of several browser-based tools
51. Picnik – Edit and upload photos to other sites
52. Splashup – Edit and upload photos to other sites
Photo-sharing sites
53. Flickr – Most popular site
54. Photobucket – Free & pro accounts
55. Shutterfly – Free & unlimited storage space
Polls and Surveys
56. AnswerGarden – Minimalistic Feedback Tool
57. PollDaddy – Create polls and place them on your website or blog
58. Quibblo – Create polls, surveys or quizzes for your website or blog
59. Vizu – Create polls for your website or blog
Presentation Tools
60. Jing – Online screen recorder
61. Prezi - Powerpoint on steriods.
62. Sketchcast – Record a sketch & add voiceover
63. SlideShare – Host & share your PowerPoints
RSS Readers
64. Bloglines – RSS Feed Reader
65. Google Reader – RSS Feed Reader
66. Alltop (ed) – RSS feeds from the top education blogs & sites.
67. Alltop (art) – RSS feeds from the top Art blogs.
Search Tools
68. SweetSearch4me – K-8 web search tool.
Exhibit Student Work
69. Artsonia – Online children’s art museum
70. Digication – Create e-portfolios
71. Ed.Voicethread – Create multimedia albums
Social Bookmarking Sites
72. BlinkList – One-click saving of web pages
73. Delicious – Tag, save, manage and share web pages
74. Diigo for Educators – Annotate and highlight web pages
75. StumbleUpon – Rate sites, videos and photos
Storage Places
76. Box.net – Free “Lite” plan – 1 GB of storage plus 25MB file uploads
77. Drop.io – Create private temporary space to store and share files
URL Shortening Sites
78. TinyURL – Probably the most popular
79. SnipURL – I use this site just as often as TinyURL
Video Tools
80. Animoto for Education – Create video slideshows in minutes
81. JayCut – Free Online Video Editor
82. TubeChop – Chop a section from any YouTube video and share it.
83. Ustream – Live video-streaming
84. Zamzar -Convert YouTube videos and more
Video-Sharing Sites
85. Art Babble – Art videos
86. TeacherTube.com – Educational videos
87. Vimeo – Popular alternative to YouTube
88. YouTube – Mainstream videos
Technology Learning Resources
89. Commoncraft – Great videos on Web 2.0 tools & practices
90. Digital Generation Project – Portraits of young students using digital media
91. Teaching Copyright – Materials for the classroom
92. Diigo Tutorials – Tutorials on the social bookmarking site
93. Google Reader for Beginners – Tips on setting up and managing RSS Feeds
94. Google Apps for Education – Introductory video
95. Make Internet TV – How to record and publish video on the Web.
96. 7 Things You Should Know About – Guides to Web 2.0 tools & practices
97. Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0 to Change the World (or further your goals)
98. Social Media Tools 101 – Covers various tools from blogs to wikis
99. Tim Davies’ One-Page Guides – Guides to Web 2.0 tools & practices
100. Tweetable Art: 10 Twitter Tips for Artists – by Natasha Wescoat
101. 25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole
102. A Newbie’s Guide to Twitter - Introduction to Twitter by Rafe Needleman
103. VoiceThread in the Art Room – Tips, project ideas, examples, and more.
104. 90+ Videos on Technology & Media Literacy – Compiled by Alec Couros
105. Shift Happens- Home of the famed Did You Know 4.0 video
106. Multimedia ABC Video – Introduction to multimedia tools
107. Pew Internet & American Life Project – Research on the Internet
108. 10 Future Web Trends – Crystal ball gazing