Posts Tagged ‘Art’

Wacom Pen Tablets: Great Support For Teachers, Etc.

18th September 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet
Grades: Middle Elementary & Above, Businesses, Marketing, NonProfit
Good Advice From a Teacher:
A couple weeks ago, I received an email from a math tutor asking advice on the Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet.
“I want to be able to write the equations on the tablet and then somehow embed them in [...]

Dangerously Irrelevant-Interesting Website

19th August 2009 by LisaHill 3 Comments

Subject Matter: Education Website
Grades: All grades
Ruminate on Education I’m probably not the only educator that has stumbled onto this site. It’s hosted by Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D. Dr. McCleod is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration program at Iowa State University. He also is the Director of the [...]

Studio 5 By Toon Boom (beta)

8th June 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Animation & Media, Graphic Art
Grades: Middle School to College

Multi-Technique Animation Software for Beginners & Hobbyists
Toon Boom has a wide selection of animation software for home users, school and professional users. I’ve reviewed other animation software programs, and it’s impressive the variety of animation software ToonBoom offers. No matter what level of [...]

FREE – Kerpoof by Disney

16th May 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Subject Matter: Art, Drawing, Media, Illustration
Grades: PreK to Elementary, maybe Middle School and High School

Drawing Fun for the Little Ones
A teacher mentioned Kerpoof in a Twitter. Hmm…what’s Kerpoof? There’s not many free, quality offerings for PreK to early elementary students, but Kerpoof fits the bill. Kerpoof is a free, colorful, online application [...]

Wacom Bamboo Fun Drawing Tablet

14th April 2009 by LisaHill 4 Comments

Subject Material: Art, Drawing, Animation, Media
Grades: Elementary & above
You Get What You Pay For
When it comes to drawing stylus, I found it’s best to pay for brand name products.

Eye on the Sky

23rd March 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Grades: Elementary school
Subject Matter: Astronomy, Geography, Weather
Fun With the Sun
Last November, I picked up the Eye in the Sky brochure at the Portland NSTA conference. This organization is associated with Project First, and is supported by NASA, the California Space Institute, and UC Berkeley.
Naturally, after teaching Astronomy for six years at an elementary school, I [...]

BrainPop

20th March 2009 by LisaHill 5 Comments

Grades: Elementary, middle to high school
Subject Matter: Arts & Music, Health, English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Brainpop offers numerous creative videos that explain a wide range of subjects for 3rd to 12th grade students. Two animated characters, Tim and Moby, help explain simple to difficult subject matter, from art history, algebra to chemical equations. [...]

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