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The Art of Education University is a great resource for art teachers. It is made by art teachers to help connect other teachers with possible topics and ideas to integrate into their classroom. They also have a website, Instagram, and other social media platforms. All of their platforms are all under the same name: theartofEd

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Edutopia is a fantastic resource for teachers of all age groups and subjects. This resource is particularly helpful because there are so many different topics that are covered on their cite. I chose this particular article because it is beneficial to me in the art classroom. It gives me good ideas on how to integrate technology into the elementary art classroom. It can also be applied to other age groups.

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When I was a technology specialist, one of my favorite people in the building to work with was the art teacher. Over time, we came to have a lot of fun seeing how we could work together and combine our respective disciplines.

Just like it is for our students, collaborating on projects with a colleague will make them more powerful.

Sometimes that meant that we would work on a project with another teacher, like when we made green screen videos about the weather with second grade. The classroom teacher taught the content and worked on the scripting with the students, the art teacher helped them create new backdrops, and I filmed it all and combined it into this: News 210.

In order to make this video, I filmed the students using the fantastic Green Screen App by DoInk for the iPad, which allowed me to combine the backdrop with the students live, a significant time savings over traditional methods of green screen processes.

Caveat: Before filming in front of the green screen, make sure to tell your students not to wear green that day! We had a few kids who needed wardrobe changes or had to turn shirts inside out.

Each video got saved to the camera roll and then imported into the iMovie app, where I edited it together using the CNN iReport theme. It probably took about 1 week for the students to do the writing in class, 1 class period for them to design their backdrops, 1 class period to film them all, and about 20 minutes to edit them altogether on my end and upload to YouTube. With older students who are already familiar with iMovie, the entire workflow could be offloaded to them.

Every year we also hosted an Arts and Technology night. Most years that meant there was an art exhibition in the hallways, and a further exhibition of technology projects in the library. Last year, however, we stepped it up by tightly integrating the arts and technology. Every student spent the year creating artwork in art class, but then we extended it by having every student also create a video about one piece of art. The videos were linked to the artwork with a QR code.

Some of the students were recorded simply talking about their artwork using the camera app on the iPad.

Others told a story about their artwork. They drew their pictures in art class, came up with a story, and then I took a picture and we did the screen recording in Explain Everything. It took me about two class periods to get through an entire class working with each one on one to do the recordings.

And others made their artwork talk using the YAKiT Kids App. This only took about one period to make their videos, including introducing them to the app.

In order to make the QR Codes, I found this TOTALLY AMAZING QR Code Auto Generator Template for Google Sheets. All you have to do is paste a URL into the first column and BOOM you have a QR Code. Older students were able to copy and paste their URL directly into the sheet, then type their names into the description, saving us hours of work creating codes. Of course, we still needed to check each one individually to make sure that it worked properly, then track down the ones that weren't.

We sent out info to parents so they'd all have QR code readers loaded on their phones. It was a great evening that really allowed parents to connect with their child's work.

With any and all of these things, it's a good idea to budget for much more time than you think you'll need, because things can and will go awry at various points. We had whole classes where we copied the URL incorrectly and had to regenerate QR Codes manually. Some kids needed reshoots, and, of course, some kids were absent on their shooting days.

How have you integrated art into your classroom?

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Arts & Tech Integration: How to Collaborate and Have Fun Doing It | Edutopia

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When I was a technology specialist, one of my favorite people in the building to work with was the art teacher. Over time, we came to have a lot of fun seeing how we could work together and combine our respective disciplines.

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Art Teachers Hate Glitter is a blog that uses humor to bring together art teachers. This blog is about personal experiences that art teachers have had to let other teachers know that they are not alone as well as bring a little bit of joy to the matter. Sometimes being a teacher can be hard, and when you are an art teacher, sometimes there are not any other teachers that you can talk to and get advice from. Classroom teachers tend to have more colleagues that they can talk to than art teachers. This blog helps art teachers be able to connect and give advice to each other.

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This is not your typical art teacher blog. This is a humor blog.

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National Gallery of Art is a website that provides lesson plan ideas for art teachers. They have an easy to navigate page that allows teachers to select an age group and then it provides different artists that can be clicked to learn more about. After you click on an artist, it provides ideas that can be used to help teach about that artist in that specific age group. It is an incredibly helpful resource that allows art teachers to get ideas for lessons with only a few clicks.

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New Resources

Uncovering America, a new resource for K-12 educators on the intersection of art and American identity and history.

Art Tales, a new resource for teachers and caregivers of young children to explore art together.

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Find lesson plans for pre-kindergarten, grades 1-2, grades 3-5, grades 6-8, and grades 9-12, as well as college/university classrooms. Also, explore new resources to support your teaching during the pandemic.

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This is a great resource for art teachers created by art teachers. It is a two part podcast where they talk about resources as well as the importance of Cultural Responsiveness in the Art Classroom. This also gives information on the different people on the podcast as well as places to follow them on social media. This is a great resources for art teachers because it gives insight and advice from other art teachers.

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Dr. Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz

Oral Historian and Co-Host

Joy Hammond Wright

Drama Teacher

Joy Hammond Wright developed a passion for theatre through her work as a professional actress and has since been sharing her love of theatre arts with the students she encounters. She enjoys working with children in a creative space and bringing industry professionals into these spaces to share their experience with learners. Joy supports the pursuit of artistic careers and works to bridge the gap with parents.

Hilary Morefield-Colman

Media Arts Educator

Hilary Morfield-Colman is a photographer and media arts educator based in Ventura, California. Hilary currently teaches 9-12 visual and media arts at Ventura Unified School District and is an adjunct faculty member at California Lutheran University (CLU). She holds a BA in Media Arts and Communications from UC San Diego and a master's degree in education from CLU.

Luana Palimetakis

K-5 Music Teacher

Luana holds the position of lead elementary music teacher for Craven County Schools and was named the teacher ambassador for her school for the 2021-2022 school year. Luana is a National Board Certified Teacher and a proud member of NAfME and NCMEA. Luana holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from West Liberty University in West Virginia and a Master of Arts in Education from Muskingum University in Ohio.

Emily Ban

Dance Teacher

Emily Ban is a dancer, choreographer, and elementary dance educator, teaching in Oakland, CA. She serves as Oakland Unified's dance teacher on special assignment, coaching new Dance Teachers, and designs and leads weekly professional development for the district's elementary arts educators. She holds an EdM in Arts in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a BA in Dance from Carleton College.

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Joy Hammond Wright and Hilary Morefield-Colman

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Professional Learning Community (PLC) Leadership, Parts 1 & 2

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Explore these resources from the K12ArtChat podcast, Professional Learning Community (PLC) Leadership, with Joy Hammond Wright and Hilary Morefield-Colman.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a #metkids page where it gives videos and resources for kids that explain art. There is a good variety of topics that can be used in lessons. Because the videos are geared toward kids, it is easier for a variety of ages of students to understand. These videos are a good resource that can be used for different lessons and is a good way to integrate technology into an art lesson.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum

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#MetKids is a digital feature made for, with, and by kids.

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PBS is a great resource for many different subjects and age groups. The link is specifically the subject of art. There are many different lesson plan ideas as well as videos that can be used. PBS also makes it easy to find what you are looking for. They have subjects sorted into different age groups which makes it easy to find what you need.

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Resources And Activities For Art Lesson Plans | PBS LearningMedia

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Find supplementary resources for art lesson plans. Inspire your students with videos, games, and activities aligned to state and national standards.

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Deep Space Sparkle is a website that has many different resources for art teachers. There are many different lesson plans, advice for teaching in the art classroom, as well as a podcast that you can listen to. It is easy to navigate because it is separated by grade, subject, and many other things. It has many different beneficial resources that can be used by art teachers.

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Art Lessons by Grade Archives | Deep Space Sparkle

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We Are Teachers is a website created by art teachers, for art teachers. This specific article provides twenty different art museums that have virtual tours. For an art teacher, this can be very helpful because it can provide an easy museum experience without having to organize a field trip. This also allows teachers to talk about many different museums in a short time frame that would otherwise be difficult.

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Did you know that you can access art museum virtual field trips, tours, and resources from around the world for free? Why not take your students on virtual museum tours to the lavish Louvre in Paris? Or the majestic Metropolitan Museum of Art? Or any one of these historic art museums from around the world? Check out the list below to get started!

Located in Greece, the Benaki Museum features European and Asian pieces of artwork dating all the way back to prehistoric ages. In addition to having a massive collection of art you can explore virtually, the Benaki also offers audio tours for several of their larger exhibits. Our favorites include Chinese and Korean Art, Historic Heirlooms, and Childhood, Toys, and Games.

Frick, yeah! Click your way through this interactive map for a tour of the beautiful building and collections of art from the likes of Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and more.

Explore thousands of items in the Getty's collection with help from Google Arts & Culture. The J. Paul Getty Museum specifically has several interactive options for exploring their collection: a "museum view" virtual tour, three ebook-style online exhibits, and the library of over 15,000 collected pieces of art.

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The largest art museum in the western United States is offering art museum virtual field trips. Watch videos and museum walkthroughs, listen to soundtracks and live recordings, learn with online teaching resources and courses, browse their art collection, and more on LACMA's redesigned website.

One of our favorite art museum virtual field trips-and the world's large museum-is the Louvre with options for some of their best exhibition rooms and galleries. Explore rare Egyptian artifacts, iconic paintings, the beautiful structure of the building, and much more through their 360-degree viewing feature.
(NOTE: Several of these virtual tours require Flash Player.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (aka the Met) developed #MetKids for, with, and by kids-but we think parents and teachers will have just as much fun using it. Our favorite features include a fun and highly interactive map, a "time machine" search function, informational and how-to videos, and so much more.

Instantly transport to the middle of Paris with the Musée d'Orsay and their online tours and art collection. Here you can explore art history with the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces from renowned artists such as Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, and many more.

Also known as La Casa Azúl (the Blue House), this historic art museum was developed where renowned artist Frida Kahlo lived and created masterpieces. While there, you can learn about her life, her art, and more as you take a virtual tour through her former residence.

The British Museum and Google Cultural Institute teamed up to create one of our favorite interactive projects: The Museum of the World. The British Museum's digital art collection lets users travel through time-starting with 2,000,000 BC-while seeing how each historical piece in their collection connects with others. Wow!

Click and scroll your way around the National Gallery in London with their three interactive virtual tour options. The National Gallery has hundreds of paintings in its collection ready to be viewed online, many of which are from the Renaissance period.

Washington D.C.'s National Gallery of Art has a wide variety of great educational resources, including video tours of their exhibitions, in-depth looks at the best pieces of their collection, downloadable learning resources and exercises, pre-recorded lectures by artists and curators, and more.

One of Germany's largest museums, Pergamon is home to a variety of ancient artifacts, including the Ishtar Gate of Babylon and the Pergamon Altar.

The Rijksmuseum is the museum of the Netherlands and contains an online collection of well over 160,000 items. Not only is their digital collection incredibly stocked, but it's also one of the more immersive collections online today. In addition, we highly recommend you try their "stories" feature (shown above), which walks users through the story and emotions behind the artwork created.

Step inside the San Diego Museum of Art from anywhere! Enjoy 360-degree scans of your favorite galleries, zoom in to see art details, and read full label text in both English and Spanish, all from the comfort of home.

The San Francisco MoMA offers exclusive content featuring artists and their work online. Watch videos, read articles, and more right on their website.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has several art museums around the world, which means more history to absorb virtually! Their Collection Online has over 1,700 diverse artworks by over renowned 600 artists-and it is definitely worth checking out as one of our top art museum virtual field trips!

The Tate Modern put together this video tour of their famous Andy Warhol exhibit. Museum curators Gregor Muir and Fiontán Moran talk in-depth about Andy Warhol and his work through the lens of the immigrant story, his LGBTQ identity, and more.

Here you'll find the art collection of one of Florence, Italy's most famous families, the de'Medicis. Wander the halls from any classroom!

With an obvious focus on Vincent van Gogh, the Van Gogh Museum is home to the largest collection of van Gogh pieces in the world. The museum, virtual tours, ebook "stories," and online collection dive into the life of van Gogh and the inspiration behind his art. Moreover, we think teachers everywhere will appreciate how big a fan he was of reading books!

You can finally say you've seen the Sistine Chapel thanks to this online program! And, you can also virtually visit the Raphael Rooms, the Chiaramonti Museum, and more historic sites through these virtual tours by the Vatican Museums.

Did we miss one of your favorite art museum virtual field trips? Share them with us, and we might just add it to this list!

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20 Famous Art Museums You Can Visit from Your Living Room

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Take your students on art museum virtual field trips and tours to the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and more!