Category: Images

10 Best Uses for the Internet in Art Education

I recently discovered the following ToonDoo created by Angela Christopher and thought it was certainly worth sharing. I’m also pleased to mention that Angela is a doctoral student in our IDT program.

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For Discussion
What additional uses would you suggest for those integrating the Internet with art education?

Animoto Does Even More

I’ve been a fan of Animoto ever since @kconger introduced it to me about a year and a half ago. I’ve used it to make fun videos for friends and family and for end-of-event presentations for things like a conference we hosted and for church camp. I even got the 10 free bumper stickers back when they were offered.

The Animoto Video Contest finalists and winner have just been announced. Wow, folks are doing some really “cool” things with Animoto. I knew that I could now upload and add video into my Animoto files, but I haven’t gotten around to actually trying it. I’m not sure that I would have thought to be as creative as these folks, though. Take a look at the contest page and see if you aren’t inspired. I’m hoping students will begin using this to complete some of their assignments, too.

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Suggested Reading for 07/28/2009

Animoto: Quick and Slick – Tom Barrett

How to Become a Twitter Teacher – Kapil Bhatia

Why Spend So Much Time on This Stuff? – Liz B. Davis

Powerful Images to Give Lessons Punch – Danny Nicholson

Photos from Washington, D.C.

I spent some time working in Washington, D.C. in April and was able to go sightseeing for a few hours. Here are a few of my photos from the trip. Looking at these makes me excited about returning to Washington in a few weeks for EduBloggerCon and NECC.

Kwout Has Gotten Even Better

I’ve been using Kwout for a long time. It’s easy to use and useful in multiple ways.

  • It’s FREE!
  • It is a quick and easy way to capture images (grabs, screenshots, etc.) from the Internet.
  • It’s a simple strategy for citing images.
  • Your images are stored on the Kwout servers saving you the time and hassle of downloading the image and then uploading it to your own server, flickr or Picasa account, etc.
  • This (#4) also saves you a bit of storage space on your server.
  • Kwout generates and provide you with the HTML code so that you can easily embed your image and citation on your own website, blog, wiki, into a presentation, etc.
  • It is important that we model the necessity of acknowledging when we borrow the work of others – even beyond text. The use of Kwout could encourage students and other educators to integrate citations into their common practices.

Well, the unthinkable has happened. Kwout has been largely updated and it has gotten even better. Woohoo! Kwout has added support for…