Fun with Pre-K! Glow in the dark paints and a black light make our printmaking/splatter paint project oh so much fun!

Great project I want to try!

Who Am I?

Something Provocative from Stadtkind on Vimeo.

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Mr. Winkle has a point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm1sCsl2MQY

http://sketchcast.com

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Kerpoof practice

Kerpoof seems to be a very cool site that I know I would have loved as a child. You can be creative in many ways. I created a picture, story and a movie in a short period of time. They have teacher accounts that allow you to securely create accounts for your student roster. They also have a few art history themes that I want to try with my students. Students can create works based on the scenes of Van Gogh, Dali, and Picasso. I like that you can easily draw your own images or use their clip art that relates to the background. You can even make your drawing move, talk, or express themselves. The movie making part is a little tricky but I'm sure the students would get it after a bit of trying it out. Here is my silly attempt at a kerpoof movie. http://www.kerpoof.com/#view?s=2gs1197Tcgo3dwi33w00-d-ddc9f3

My art class, only smaller

Using TiltShiftmaker.com to create a miniature style of photos by changing the depth of field and boosting the color. Try it out, it is fun!

Its a Small World After All

Using the website http://tiltshiftmaker.com you can create a miniature version of photo. The focus and color are tweaked to change the depth of feild which presents this shrinking illusion. I found this site on the Carrot Revolution Blog under the digital arts tab. I've been curious about this process for a while (I love that odd effect used in the Brighthouse commercial) and am glad to have found out how it is done. So glad that this site not only explains it but lets you play and change your image. I loved looking at the gallery of other tiltshift postings.

Mosaic of Me

Crayola Song

Student Created Video about ART

Art in Translation from Danielle Mulcahy on Vimeo.

Pink Inspiration

Two questions that can change your life from Daniel Pink on Vimeo.

COOL ILLUSIONS

Name on Flickr

Voki Test

My First Blog

Okay so I've just returned from my fabulous FETC conference in Orlando where I learned about 10 trillion cool ways to use technology to make teaching more exciting and manageable. I spent all day yesterday just playing with iGoogle. I'm not kidding, hours were lost searching and exploring the cool gadgets and features that I never knew existed. I had set up a gmail account long ago(mjw015@gmail.com) but never realized the potential of the storing files in googledocs, managing my calendar, and visiting one site to quickly check everything from my email, facebook, weather, local concerts, movie, netflix, news, etc. So now rather than jumping all over the web I just see it in my home. That will definitely save time. I am posting many other cool sites to Del.ic.ious account ( ImaginEngine) and am about to go explore them. Hope I don't get lost in cyber world for hours like yesterday but if I do, oh well, it is a rainy day and I have a cold.

I'm not sure how I'm going to use this blog yet but so many speakers (including the amazing 12 year old genius) really encouraged it. I think I will begin by using it as a way to store my thoughts about the things I learned for my professional development. That way at least I know one person will read it. Hi Debbie!