Technology and Art

Check out our Guide to Great Online Resources
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Here are some great videos by Meghan Bassett at Carolina Forest High School: One Point Perspective, Two Point Perspective, Animation Screenflow, and the very cool "World Without Art" Video Trailer

Art Education 2.0 - This site offers a cool way for art educators to connect. The site features a new and current projects, photos, videos, forums, and tons of ideas.

Apple offers resources for educators. This page has curriculum guides, funding information, apps for education, special education information and more. Check out their Guide to Creating Student-Led Documentaries or their Distinguished Educators or check out these:

• A Curriculum for Digital Media Creation: 16 lessons, from storyboarding to producing a documentary. 
• Check out Apps in Education for some great animation apps that can be used in the classroom.

Adobe Education Exchange has some cool resources for teachers looking to combine art and technology:

• Impressionist Artwork Lesson Plan - Impressionism is an important genre in the study of art. Impressionism was about light, surface, color, and capturing fast-fleeting moments. By exploring the impact of photography, a new technology at the time, students can better understand impressionism. Students will illustrate their understanding of impressionist-era work by taking photographs around the school and then working with lighting, surface, color, and movement to turn them into impressionist works of art
• Typography Portrait Lesson - In this lesson students are taught about the elements of typography and how to create type in Adobe Illustrator.They choose someone they want to do a portrait of and then they interview or research that person to find out words that describe them and a favorite quote they can use in the project.They also learn an amazing amount about typography and creating type in Adobe Illustrator along the way. Lesson by Julie Rivard

Science Toy Maker: Ok, it is a little cheesy looking, but this site has some really neat and easy hands-on projects for younger students! Check out the top that draws as it spins or the dragonfly with a "mechanical advantage."

Building Bridges Lesson Plan - Students work together to design and test a scale bridge. The Internet is utilized as a research tool to allow them to gain background information in three basic bridge designs -- beam, arch, and suspension -- and the forces that act upon them. At the conclusion of their research, the students choose a bridge style and construct a model that satisfies a given list of criteria. Destructive testing is also performed to measure deflection. (Grade Level: 8-10)


Fluid Power Systems Lesson Plan - Students design and build a hydraulically operated robot arm. Using the World Wide Web, students gain background information about fluid principles, hydraulics, pneumatics, and mechanical advantage. At the conclusion of their research, students construct a prototype that satisfies a given list of criteria. Devices are then tested and checked for range of motion and satisfaction of the given criteria. (Grade Level: 8-12)
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R is for Robots:

Building a Bristlebot: A tiny directional vibrobot: Ok, this does require a

small motor (like a vibrating pager motor) but all in all, it is a pretty simple creation and super cute! And check out the Kid's Draw Bot.

 FIRST Robotics Programs: For lots of great information of the world of robots, technology, and education.

Robot Shop: If you are feeling particularly wealthy go to this site, or go just to windowshop at least. They have all kinds of awesome robot kits and information.

Online Robot Constructor: This site lets students build a virtual robot and try it out in the TestZone.