Posted by Amber Coggin | Posted in Site Recommendations | Posted on 07-04-2011
My students beg me to play on Kerpoof.com. BEG, I say! I’ve been promising them a fun activity after testing, so this week I let them have at it. It had been about a year since I’d explored the site, so I was surprised to see a new activity called Spell a Picture. Choose a background, starting spelling a word, and watch the pictures appear! You can also print the finished picture that includes the words that were spelled. Love this! 
Check out the activities on the Queensland Art Gallery website. You can take a quiz on Andy Warhol, create your own patterns, your own world of dots, and more! Below is the Warhol quiz. Have a great weekend!
I stumbled upon GrabbaBeast.com today while browsing Delicious. It’s an awesome interactive website where you can build your own beast using a variety of body parts. You can even paint the beast any color you’d like by using the paint tool. Once completed, you can save it, send it as an ecard, download it as wallpaper, or share it with friends on a variety of social sites. You will even be given a bit.ly url to your beast, as well as an embed code so you can put it on any website or blog. You don’t have to register or log in to do any of these things; however, you will have to name your beast and add your nickname. How awesome would this site be to use for the Monster Exchange or any similar project? Your students are going to love this!
Here is something fun to start out the week (and before Ida makes an appearance). AlbrightKnox.org has a wonderful selection of art-related activities on their site. If you are studying about artists, these activities would work well on the SMART Board as a whole-class activity. On this site, students will learn about artists, paintings, and also play some fun games. Make sure you click on the easel to see the fantastic painter!
