August Is Appreciate American Art Month! Who Knew?

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is celebrating American Art Appreciation Month with selected American artists' work. They also include lesson plans for easy integration. Click here to get a peek.

They cover a wide swath of artists including Edward Hopper, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence and (of course) Norman Rockwell among many others.

Check it out! David

"House by the Railroad Tracks". Edward Hopper

PS. Daphna asked me to include news about useful apps for teachers. I know that some of you have either an iPhone or an iPad. A very cheap app called, "Teachers Assistant Pro" allows you to track student behavior, disruptions, and achievements all in a very neat interface. It's $3.99 and could come in handy as an easy to use assessment helper. More soon D

New Prezi

As promised I am including a link to my finished PREZI  from the Institute. Click on the following link:
http://prezi.com/pbmfhhcuxhrg/the-web-and-what-it-means/?auth_key=95aa98d17ec61bea4284385896ef0b5534aaa214

Daphna asked if I could post more art and tech sites for educators and I have a few that I need to check out, One that has promise, but alas is not free is an interesting animation site called, animoto.com The basic premise is it takes collections of your pictures (jpegs) and a soundtrack (of your own or their own royalty free music and create a unique real time video. If you upload the same materials it produces a different video piece. Each piece is always unique. I'm intrigued by the originality of the process and the one of a kind outcomes of the process. The "free" version of the software limits your choice of music to their own. For a $5.00/mo fee you can get more choices including offline work space. Let me know what you think of the site and the usefulness of the Prezi.
See ya.
David

Sorry I'm late!

Just a word to apologize to all for being late to get on board. It's been a hell of 2 weeks. My high school started back on Monday 8/15/11 and last week was rush, rush to get devices up and running which they still are not. Nevertheless in about a week or so I'll be posting more digital eds apps info, a regular audio postcard and (if I can get the bloody beast done) my Prezi project for Web 2.0 Luddites.
Talk soon,
David

anybody out there?

Thank you Matt for creating this blog! I'm in and just waiting for a signal from one of our fellow media people.