ARTSPIRATION -USING ARTS &

TECHNOLOGY TOENHANCE ENGAGEMENT

ACROSS CORE SUBJECTS!

April 2010 – LEAD 3.0 Conference

Lisa Gonzales, Ed.D.

Coordinator - Santa Clara County Office of Education

Devin Vodicka, Ed.D.

Director - Carlsbad Unified School District

* TICAL Cadre Members/ACSA Tech Leaders

OUTCOMES• To become familiar with

online technology resourcesthat support arts standardsand activities

• To explore and practiceworking with online tools

SITES WE’LLEXPLORE…

WordlePhrasrBubblrAnimoto

Art ofStorytelling

ArtsConnectedBlockposters

Word cloudsBuild around certain themes –

descriptors of movement, dance,adjectives to describe a performanceor song

Can work with different colorschemes

Save via “screen shots”

MICHAEL JACKSON’S 25 MOSTCOMMON WORDS IN HIS SONGS

VISUAL AND PERFORMINGARTS STRANDS

wordle.netWWW.WORDSIFT.COMWWW.IMAGECHEF.COM/IC WORD_MOSAIC/WWW.WORDITOUT.COM/HTTP://TAGUL.COM/

• Start with a sentence or phrase

• Select pictures from a group that will be

instantly generated (from Flickr)

• Press play!

• Supports basic writing, creative writing, tying

words to pictures, and expanse of picture play

PHRASR EXAMPLES

WWW.PIMPAMPUM.NET/PHRASR

• Start with a theme or topic (such as dance)

• Select pictures from Flickr

• Add thoughts or “bubble” comments to the

pictures to tell a story

• Supports articulation of thoughts, comments,

sentences with correct punctuation – all built

around a theme, story, or series of sentences

WWW.PIMPAMPUM.NET/BUBBLR

ANIMOTO

http://animoto.com/

ART OFSTORYTELLING

ARTSCONNECTED

BLOCKPOSTERS

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION

www.tinyurl.com/artspiration

IN CLOSING

• Resources on theArtspiration website

www.sccoe.org/depts/ci/vapa

• Any sites you have usedthat you would like to share?