ArtsEdNet: arts education resources on the Internet.Teachers with access to the Internet are finding they can tap into a vast, growing body of resources from around the world placed there by arts education organizations, museums, galleries, universities, K-12 schools, government agencies and various arts agencies. Educators can also participate in online discussions on thousands of topics through electronic mail and online bulletin boards. Among the art-related resources on the Internet, ArtsEdNet, from the Getty Center Getty Center, art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif. operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory overlooking Los Angeles. for Education in the Arts, is designed specifically for K-12 arts educators and general classroom teachers who incorporate the arts into their curriculum. It also links similar Web sites by Getty regional institutes. Below are examples of how educators use ArtsEdNet. Arts Education Library A third grade classroom teacher found the Arts of India Multicultural mul·ti·cul·tur·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, or including several cultures. 2. Of or relating to a social or educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than in only a mainstream culture. Art Print Series (MAPS) on ArtsEdNet. This curriculum resource contains five images of artworks from India plus textual tex·tu·al adj. Of, relating to, or conforming to a text. tex  tu·al·ly adv. information about the
cultural and historical context for each work. It also includes sample
questions to use with different grade levels. The teacher engaged her
students in a discussion about where the artwork originated, if it was
religious, if they thought it was pretty, if their parents would think
it was beautiful, if the statues were in natural poses, etc. The teacher
used ArtsEdNet to prepare for the lesson and had her students view the
image on a computer during the discussion.
ArtsEdNet contains an expanding database of materials that can be used in arts education. It includes online images of art, a diverse set of curriculum resource materials associated with the images including links to related materials on the Internet, articles on the theory and practice of arts education, and listings of professional development opportunities. ArtsEdNet focuses on presenting resources on discipline-based art education (DBAE DBAE Discipline-Based Art Education DBAE Doctors in Britain against Animal Experiments ), an approach to teaching the arts that draws on four perspectives: studio production, aesthetics aesthetics (ĕsthĕt`ĭks), the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of art and the criteria of artistic judgment. , art criticism, and art history. Online Discussions A high school teacher was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a class far away with which to collaborate on student photography shows. Another teacher wanted to find out about contemporary artists whose work dealt with ecological issues. Another teacher wanted innovative lessons on classical art. These teachers can send messages to the ArtsEdNet Talk e-mail discussion group to see if colleagues have answers to their questions. Many teachers from around the country subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; this group and receive all questions sent to it. A teacher with an answer for any of the questions can send a response directly to the person making the inquiry or can send a response to the entire group for comment and discussion. ArtsEdNet provides arts educators with the ability to connect and collaborate with other educators from around the world through an online discussion group focused on art education called ArtsEdNet Talk. Participants ask each other questions, initiate debates and seek other people working on projects similar to their own. In addition to the ability to communicate with other educators from around the world, ArtsEdNet Talk schedules special guests to participate in the discussion and address special topics. These guests include artists, art educators, discipline experts and master teachers. Gateways to the Internet ArtsEdNet lists pointers to the many other arts education and arts-related resources on the Internet. With just a click of your mouse, you can tour the art side of the Internet. ArtsEdNet also provides pointers to Internet resources that can help you learn more about the Internet and how to search it for the information you need. ArtsEdNet provides an excellent starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the for arts educators to begin surfing surfing, sport of gliding toward the shore on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of maneuverability. the "Net." How to Access ArtsEdNet ArtsEdNet consists of a Web site and an e-mail based discussion group that are accessed through the Internet. Once you are on the Internet, there is no charge to use ArtsEdNet. The World Wide Web site can be reached at: http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/. To join the e-mail discussion group, send e-mail to: artsednet@getty.edu. You can also send e-mail to this address to request a free ArtsEdNet brochure. Glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. Internet: The Internet, a large part of what is sometimes called the Information Superhighway (1) A generic name for the Internet. (2) A proposed high-speed communications system that was touted by the Clinton/Gore administration to enhance education in America in the 21st century. Its purpose was to help all citizens regardless of their income level. , is a network that has evolved over the last two decades to connect millions of computers around the world -- something like the telephone system which links callers in far-flung communities with one another. The Internet enables each computer on the Internet to exchange information with any other computer on the Internet. World Wide Web: The most exciting and fun part of the Internet is the World Wide Web -- also known as WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. , or just the Web. It consists of computers on the Internet that run World Wide Web software. This software enables people to publish collections (called Web sites) of attractive electronic documents (Web pages) that contain a mix of text, pictures, sounds, animation and video. Most Web sites have a home page; they also contain hyperlinks, which allow you to jump to other related information within the Web site or on any Web page on any Web site anywhere in the world. World Wide Web sites such as ArtsEdNet contain many linked pages and connect to many other related Web sites. Home Page: A World Wide Web site almost always consists of many Web pages. One of these pages is usually set up like the cover of a magazine. It is generally the first page a person sees when visiting a Web site. Hyperlinks: Or hypertext hypertext, technique for organizing computer databases or documents to facilitate the nonsequential retrieval of information. Related pieces of information are connected by preestablished or user-created links that allow a user to follow associative trails across the or hypermedia--a way of presenting information in which certain words or images can lead to related information about the selected item. For example, clicking on the artist's name, Faith Ring-gold, highlighted in an article could bring up an image from her children's book, Tar tar: see tar and pitch. (Tape ARchive) A Unix utility that is used to archive files by combining several files into one. It is often used in conjunction with the "compress" or "gzip" commands to compress the data. Beach. Candace M. Borland is a Program Officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts in Santa Monica, California For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, . |
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