Tinkercad

Tinkercad is a 3D design and modelling tool web where you can create any 3D item you imagine.  It is free to register.  Once registered, there is a Learn section with tutorials that guide you step by step on how to create your own model.  The finished item can be printed or cut out.

Kodu Game Lab...... Game Creation

What I found interesting about Kodu Game Lab is that students can create games without the worry of having design or programming skills.  This is good for creativity, collaboration and problem solving.

Teachers and students can take part in a Skype Lesson
labshttps://education.skype.com/projects/2428-microsoft-kodu-game-labs

Unfortunately it is not a web based program but a download.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=10056

This is a Youtube video that demonstrates how to use program in 1 of 4 tutorials. You can go to youtube to  view all 4 tutorials. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg_jeN5AcPs

Art Appreciation for Kids.....Garden of Praise

This site is called Garden of Praise and it has a section that offers art appreciation lessons for kids on famous paintings and learn about the artists as well.  This site offers biographies, worksheets, prints, puzzles, printables as well as  links for further research on a particular artist and links to art lessons.  The prints on this site are public domain. Not bad for Smartboard use.
This site has a game called "Who is the Artist"?
http://gardenofpraise.com/art.htm

Art Smart 4 Kids

I've referred to this blog for art ideas for a couple of ideas.  Worth looking at.
http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.ca/

Comic Museum

http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/

Alan Levine mentions in his blog about the uses of The Digital Comic Museum as a place to find comic artwork to remix magazine covers or to remix and create posters.   

Artsonia......Free educational tool

Artsonia is a kids art museum website where kids artwork from around the world is showcased.  Teachers can create a school gallery and submit their students' artwork by uploading image files directly to the website.
There are also art project lesson plans available that have been submitted by teachers as a resource for anyone to use in the classroom.  http://www.artsonia.com/

I would like to thank Theresse Gruber for this resource.

SketchUp.........3D models

SketchUp for Education  http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/industries/education.html
Students from K-12 can create 3D images/models by using this online drawing tool. They have a free download version for educators and kids.
http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/download/gsu.html    (download)

For Educators:
Have students sketch a model. They are to teach other students how to create what they created;  they can create a movie describing step by step on how to make their image. This is a good idea to do collaboratively or as a project based learning assignment.

ArtSMart

Some websites have similar names and sometimes when making an error by one stroke, you are presented with a different site than what you expected.
This Art site I came across is an on-line video based tutorial site to help you teach art.
http://199.71.141.249/staff/teachers/ArtSMart/index.html

Curriki

http://www.curriki.org/  Curriki is a free site where teachers can share lessons and resources with everyone;  It is from K-12 open learning resources. The resources can be browsed by subjects.

PBS Teachers

PBS Teachers provide resources and learning.  Along from lesson ideas this site provides on-demand videos, and interactive games and simulations.

http://www.pbs.org/teachers

Watch Know Learn........Educational Videos

Free educational videos from elementary to secondary schools from ages 1-18.
These videos are reviewed, approved and organized into appropriate categories of subjects. 
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/About.aspx

Photo editor by Pixlr

Free online tool for photo editing. I have had this tool in my favourites for about two years but I never thought of posting here.  Check out this tool.  You can also create collages and effects. Pixlr also has an app.
http://pixlr.com/editor/

Art

Art with Mr. E. is a blog dedicated to all things art and art education. If you need ideas or to just see what other teachers are creating, this blog is worth visiting!!

http://artwithmre.blogspot.com/

Artzooka

A site for making crafts and being creative.  http://www.cbc.ca/kids/tvshows/artzooka/ 

Art--Louvre--Virtual Tour

A virtual tour of the "Louvre" art gallery.

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

Modern Art

Destination Modern Art is a  site that explores modern art a website fore children ages 5-8.

http://www.moma.org/interactives/destination/#

The National Gallery of Canada

The National Gallery of Canada has some Resources and Demonstration videos on materials and techniques artists use.
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/teachers/demo/index_e.jsp

http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/en/learn/resources-and-demonstrations.php

Vancouver Art Gallery

Collection of artists and related information. 

http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/

Virtual Field Trips

Virtualfieldtrips is a guided exploration through the world wide web that organizes a collection of pre-screened, thematically based web pages into a structured online learning experience. (Foley, 2003) Below are some sites I found that may be of interest.


http://lib.utexas.edu/geo/onlineguides.html

http://www.simplek12.com/virtualfieldtrips

http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm

http://www.uen.org/tours/

http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp;jsessionid=ED9AAFB5DAB7C603979E6A09591BF69B

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listvirtualgr.html

Link to Learning

I have been using this site for several years. This site links you to websites that support the Ontario Curriculum. There are web based student learning and interactive activities available in all curriculum areas. There is a section for Elementary and Secondary grades. There is also a Just for Teachers area that a teacher can link to teacher lesson plans and teaching ideas, technology integration, assessment and evaluation and on-line learning.