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Virtual Display Activity Examples

Animated Patterns
Grades: K-8
Ongoing? No
This small site provides an example of electronic publishing of student work using simple geometric animations. Ideal for connections to the math. curriculum, an explanation of the process used to create the animations is provided and each student’s example can be viewed.

Castles Under The Rainbow
Grades: K-2
Ongoing? No
Based around the children’s book Skycastle by Sandra Henken, this site has some excellent curriculum ideas connected to history, art, literature, and writing. Each classroom involved in the project focused on one particular area related to castles and then posted their experience on the site. Particularly helpful are the extensive notes for teachers about how to structure the project. Also, be sure to check out the medieval feast page…they show you how to create the menu!

Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled Virtual Art Gallery
Grades: K-5
Ongoing? Yes
"The Central Office of Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled maintains a display of student artwork for viewing by the public, Central Office staff and the State Board of Education. This display is located in the Jefferson Building in Jefferson City. Artwork from each featured school is showcased for a month. The same artwork is now featured here....With this program we seek to increase the sense of connection between the students and staff in our central office, while publicizing the creative abilities of our students. All art created for display is the result of students learning one or more of their Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals."

TheBlog WeeMade
Grades: Young children
Ongoing? Yes
"THEBLOG WEEMADE is a user-generated showcase. We accept posts from anyone and everyone. Scan and post your children's artwork or your own artwork from when you were child. Found artwork. Anything! Brian created THEBLOG WEEMADE in February 2008. The inspiration was a box full of his old schoolwork and drawings that his parents had kept over the years. Poring over all this old papers, Brian and his wife were entertained by how bizarre and imaginative a lot of the work was. He knew that there must be millions of people with similar material to share, so he decided to create a forum in which the artwork and creativity of children everywhere could be showcased."

 

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