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 [] ** Quick fix or cool one-click effects? Use **[|**Pixlr Express**]** ! Install **[|**Pixlr Grabber**]** Firefox and Chrome add on! **[|**Include pixlr in your own site?**]
 * ** This page will be a great reference for Photo editing. **



 [] ** Build yourself as a cartoon but with body parts of wild animals! **
 * ** I do a lesson on fantasy animals creatures. This site will work great for students to explore the different body parts of animals and to brainstorm for their drawings. **



 [] ** Create your own Cartoon by teaching the magic of Animation, in an innovative and fun way! **
 * ** Animation is a field of art which interests many students. This site can be used as a reference for animation or illustration. This site has great tuturials. **



 [] Welcome to Puzzlemaker! Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists.
 * This program will be a great source for students to create their own puzzles using art terms and vocabulary. When finished they can switch with a friend!



[]Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source. An animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.
 * ** Animation is a field of art which interests many students. This site can be used as a reference for animation or illustration. **

[]Create spectacular line sketches from a simple drawing.
 * ** Doodle Art and scribble art can be made fun with this program. It teaches students how to take their sketches a step further! **



[] your own Picasso Head by Exploring Cubism through the use of simple shapes.
 * ** This site reinforces the abstraction of cubism. Students will be sure to have fun creating their own computer generated Picasso Head. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] Aniboom is a "virtual animation studio". This really is a nice and simple way for you or your students to create animations and share them with your peers or the social community at large. Aniboom is a fun tool and it is easy to use in the classroom. Imagine having students animate a famous historical scene or a pivotal moment in a Shakespeare play. It is a fun way to bring the arts into the classroom. > =[|animation]=
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Animation can be used on so many levels, from illustration of books to scientific studies. Not only is this a great tool for art but also for the regular classroom.media type="custom" key="9853879" **



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] Animasher is a simple to use animation website that allows you to combine pictures, drawings, sound effects, and music to make mash-ups that are fun and can be educational. The site is easy to use and allows users to share or embed the animations that they create.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** Animation can be used on so many levels, from illustration of books to scientific studies. Not only is this a great tool for art but also for the regular classroom. **



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] Bomomo is a website that allows the user to create very interesting works of modern art. With a simple to use graphical interface, this is a great way to teach students about art or to just have some fun.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Graphics Arts is a career which many artistic students may pursue. Along with this website the teacher can discuss art careers!**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] Artsonia is a wonderful place for students to host and share their art work on the web. It is a great tool for teachers to use to post artwork and projects of their students in a safe environment that parents and friends can see and even have printed up on various products. The site is kid-friendly, easy to use, and a great showcase of the amazing work that young people across the world have created.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Art is very subjective so students can use this site as a means to learn about art criticism and public display. Be able to get positive and negative feedback from people within the community can inspire and motivate the artist.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] Arts Alive is a performing arts educational website produced by the National Arts Center in Canada. The site aims to engage younger generations of with information, multimedia resources and activities pertaining to the performing arts, and provide free performing arts-related primary and secondary resources to students, parents and teachers to aid them in learning about and teaching the topics presented. A great resource for teachers to use with younger students - some of the interactive and more engaging content is a few layers down, but it is worth the hunt.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**I currently do a lesson with music & art combined. Students listen to music and draw how the music makes them feel. Through the use of this website students can explore a variety of performing arts to collaborate with other subjects.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] ABC Ya is a free site with some nice flash activities for elementary students to use to enrich their curriculum. All the educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers! The activities incorporate content areas such as math and reading while introducing basic computer skills.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Kindergarten and first grade would benefit the most from this program. This is a great tool to follow up on letter sounds with interactive games and activites.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] Be Funky is an easy to use image editor. You can turn photos into artwork with just a few clicks. The best part is that you don't need to register or log in to use the features. Great for students to play with images and make art for websites, glogs, or other media.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**This is a great website for photo editing. I would use this site in conjunction with a lesson on photography, or even as a follow up to Pop Art**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] For Free Photos offers public domain and free stock images that are able to be previewed and downloaded (and used in presentations, handouts, etc.) at no cost. This growing library of images is a great place to look for ways to jazz up your work without the fear (or guilt) that you and/or your students will be in violation of the copyright law. With so much social media and access to almost anything on the web, it is important to teach students about copyright and about owner's rights. This site has a great number of pictures on various topics and might have something just right for your project.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Research is an ongoing process in the Elementary level. Almost all of my lessons include cultural & historical Examples of work. Often there are times when students ask for help drawing animals. Through the use of this site students get visual resources to help enhance their drawing skills**