PBS

My manager just forwarded me this link for the kid's section of PBS's website http://pbskids.org/bigbigworld/home.html . . . they have very nice web pages but the coloring activities . . . not so much! I mean all the activities are easy to understand and do, but they have a coloring activity that provides the kids with a basic color pallet that does not match the actual character from the shows the kids see on TV.
Yes, for some kids this would not matter (coloring on the computer is fun by itself), but I know a number of artistic kids who might find that frustrating.

CAC

I got to look at CAC's website and I think that it is another resource that I find to be very helpful, especially for teacher who are working with high school kids (in terms of showing kids Artist career resources). It has a lot to offer in terms of networking, and it is a good source for career development. The website itself is pretty simple, direct and easy to understand - I did not find anything that was vague within it.
Question(and we may have covered this in class before): Is there a website that collects information to all of these web-based resources so that Artists and Art educators (or people in general) can have access to one place where they can find all of this information?

3D beings

I think that in the past 4 days, i have somehow spend a good amount of time being a 3d character - there is some interesting stuff out there . . . sound weird? . . . c-y'all to night!

street-level

The content on the Street level web is pretty powerful - I often view teaching as a profession of inconvenient necessities, and the work that the artists and teachers are doing here is all about that (in my opinion). I also wanted to know the effect of the video letters that the kids made (between the 4 rival gangs).
I was not too crazy about the movement on the opening page because it made hard to select where I wanted to go on the website, but it's cool to see. I also got a little confused because I am used to seeing the mission statement under the "about us" tab, but right now "about us" looks more like the programs schedule and the mission and history are listed under a tiny tab on the side. i think that the info needs to switch over so that the mission and history shows up first first under the "about us" tab. That way people who visit the site are not overlooking the organization's mission and the story that started it all.

Masshall

I will admit; I first read Kattie M's blog about Mass Hall - and then I went to their web...there's LOT of stuff in there. But I like it, even though I first though it was alittle too busy. Their home page basically describes who and what they are about: everything is right there (Faqs, Calendar etc). And if the links are too much, there's a brief description (with pictures)of what they do and how they do it . Another reason why I think it is pretty easy to navigate is the fact that I am a visual learner- and they have a perfect mixture of text and visual-based information (i hope that makes sense). Both their home page and their "mapping" link include images that illustrate their information without using much text.
Big issues: i do not know if it was the computers i was using to look at their web, but the "Map" looked a bit pixilated (that's an illustrator/graphic designer being too picky). I also wanted to see their recent "messy Archives" but i couldn't get it (are they currently working on their archives?).
Over all, it's an informative (non-bureaucratic) organization, it also introduces a lot of other indi Art organizations within the city.
I have one question though . . . and this is just me being slow: what is an "501C3"?

Prosrts Arts

Pros Arts Studios seems to be really grounded on their community of focus (the Pilsen / Little Village neighborhoods). My thesis is based around this idea of integrating culture in a classroom (given the diversity of Chicago), so I think their program would be very useful as part of my research because they inter grade cultural celebrations into the arts. What I would like to know more about are their activities for middle to high school age kids (the kinds of art programs they have for these age groups).

CAD

I really like the set up for CAD, It would be a helpful resource to young and upcoming artists. I say this because as an undergrad student I was not exposed to enough online resources to explore options for exhibiting or showing my portfolio. CAD's web gallery links you directly to flicker and youtube - two FREE, user friendly resource that a starting artist can access through their website. The one thing I'm curious about, though, is the size their actual exhibition space it did not seem to be that much from their web photos.