Connecting Creativity and TECH

I cannot even begin to share with you the amount of art apps, websites, and creative uses of technology that truly ignite the student's brain!

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This site below can connect you to thousands of ideas:

http://artistsinblogland.blogspot.com/p/art-teacher-blog-directory.html

Here is a fun site that simply provides art forms in one place (origami, art tutorial, etc):

http://artforkidshub.com/

My students REALLY get their "fine motor skills" on with this site.  It allows for excited engagement while practicing the skills many of our students with special needs require! The origami choices are simple and more easy to follow than typical sites, as well as generally topics of interest.

This other site is dedicated solely to origami but has a section for kids:

http://origamiks.com/origamiforkids/origamidiagramsforkids?start=30  

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Literacy & the Arts

The wonderful connection to the Arts is literacy...

This can be played out through story.  An artist seeks to create a story with its viewer and the arts platform provides so many opportunities to write!!

Just Some websites that allow for this story element in action  (there's hundreds, just google it!):

www.storybird.com

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/story-maker

https://storymaker.cc/

http://www.seussville.com/games_hb/storymaker/story_maker.html