Do you teach in one of these ten metropolitan cities? If you said yes, you might want to enter your K-12 students’ art into The Dream@50 Contest. Students are to create artwork inspired by Martin Luther King’s “I got a dream” speech.   

 

Voicegem

08/30/2012

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Voicegem is a sweet little tool to record and send a voice message. 

 
 
StoryJumper allows you to create and illustrate books online with your students and share them for free. The illustration aspect and actual creation of the book is what sparked my interest in StoryJumper, and when books are complete they can be bound and printed for a fee. What a great keepsake of a student’s artwork or even a particular class. Love this site!

 

Hall

08/28/2012

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Create a virtual office and chat with Hall. It’s free, secure, incorporates video and also includes file upload. Hall would be a useful tool to use when teaching online, or meeting virtually with a board or group of peers. Great new tool!

 

Map Art

08/27/2012

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Dallas Artist Matthew Cusick creates incredible artworks using maps as paint. His works are a great example of using collage/ maps as non-representational color within a work. Via My Modernmet

 
 
Check out this incredibly large Elephant sculpture made from recycled tires created by Andries Botha. WOW! Via Inhabitat

 
 
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Need cool text? Want to make your photograph into a pencil drawing or a mosaic?  No Photoshop? No problem. Use PictureToPeople, it’s a free online Graphic design tool loaded with cool options that allow you to manipulate text & images.

 
 
Have you ever wanted to make your images animate? Easily create a quick animation from your images using Gifmaker,me. How about creating your animation from a series of sketchbook drawings that blink from one to another and  then embedding them into a wiki or website?

 

Webs

08/22/2012

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Create a free website with Webs. Drop and drag onto easy templates, add images, files and media. No Html coding needed! 

 

GroupZap

08/21/2012

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GroupZap is an simple to use Brainstorming tool. Just sign in with your email address and you’re good to go! A GroupZap whiteboard appears ready for you and your classes to brainstorm, add, and share ideas. Your board can be embedded, shared by URL and animated. Very cool site!