Software for Art Education
ArtSite Basic Overview
Build an unlimited museum filled with free images and descriptions you select from museum websites or print resources. Include project ideas to inspire students to contribute their own art collections to the ArtSite Gallery or their studio art to the ArtSite Portfolio.
Create a learning environment which combines curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and a world view of history and civilization.
ArtSite starts you off with over 135 Museum pages organized
into 11 collections. Each page features an image and description as well as a few related project suggestions (a total of over 300 project ideas). Teachers can contribute an unlimited number of Museum pages organized by and unlimited number of collections. It's easy to add. change, and delete Museum pages.
ArtSite supports the K-12 National Standards for Visual Arts Education for grades
K-4, Grades
5-8, Grades
9-12.
Log in to password protected teachers pages to customize ArtSite to match your teaching goals. Add, delete, or change museum pages, collection names, web search categories, web site links, and all student records.
Students contribute to the Gallery by exploring the ArtSite Museum and then writing a description or interpretation of the art on display. Students can also research Internet websites or print sources to find new images and descriptions. The Gallery is searchable by art collection, class name, and student name.
The ArtBlog gives students the opportunity to write comments on Gallery pages. Teachers must approve all comments before they are posted. The ArtBlog can be turned on or off for each class.
Students contribute studio art to the ArtSite Portfolio, a searchable gallery of student art. Students write a description, interpretation, or creative writing under their art. Teachers can save the best Portfolio pages from each year to inspire new students. The Portfolio is searchable by academic year, class name, student, grade level, and media.
Internet access is not requried. However if an Internet connection is available, you can guide students to useful websites with ArtSearch, a teacher customized Internet search engine. ArtSite starts you of with 50 museum website links.
How-to movies and a teacher's guide make it easy for teachers and students to learn how to use ArtSite. All pages are printable for grading and sharing. Take a look at some screen shots.
Copyright law allows teachers to download an unlimited number of images from the Internet for classroom use.
Learn about system requirements, detailed technical information, or read the installation guides.