Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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?

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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!

Monday, April 6, 2009

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.