District 181 Tech Blog » Art http://tech.d181.org/blog Tech Tips, Tricks and News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:25:26 +0000 en hourly 1 Introducing Aviary http://tech.d181.org/blog/2010/03/22/introducing-aviary/ http://tech.d181.org/blog/2010/03/22/introducing-aviary/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:50:47 +0000 eric http://tech.d181.org/blog/?p=470

District Technology is pleased to announce that Aviary is now available as part of Google Apps. Aviary is a web based design suite with drawing, image markup and even audio editing capabilities (though I’d stick with GarageBand for audio editing). Documents that you create are stored in your Google Docs so you can access them from anywhere, and since aviary works in a web browser you can edit them from anywhere too. Unfortunately, aviary is currently only available to staff but we are investigating student access. Note: Aviary requires flash and will not work on an iPod, iPhone or iPad

To access Aviary:

1. login to your Google account at http://webmail.d181.org/

2. Click on the more link in your top Google Apps navigation menu

3. Select Aviary from the drop down menu (It takes a minute for aviary to load after clicking the link)

4. Select the Aviary application you would like to use and start creating

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Thanks to FreeTech4Teachers for finding this site.

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A Lifetime of Color – Lesson Plans Incorporating Art:

“A Lifetime of Color is one of the resources that was listed today in a blog post on Curious Works. The Curious Works post is full of art education resources. A Lifetime of Color offers lesson plans incorporating art activities into Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, Music, and Social Studies. The lesson plans are designed for use with K-8 students. You can search for lesson plans by subject area or you can search for lesson plans by grade level.

In addition to lesson plans, A Lifetime of Color offers a collection of games and interactive activities for learning about artists and learning to create art.

Applications for Education
A Lifetime of Color’s lesson plans could be useful for finding new ways to combine content areas through the creation of art projects. “

(Via FreeTech4Teachers.)

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