Art Sites

1) Artsology
http://www.artsology.com/games.php
This site is great exploring art and artists. It has links to art related games, lets students examine works of art and match artists and styles and works of art. The most empowering feature, however, is the link called "Your Art Gallery" that lets students post their own art to the web.

2) Incredible Art
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/artgames.html#Tutorials
This site has a plethora of online games for students. It also has lesson plan ideas for teachers. Students can also sign up for online art tutorials. Some tutorials allow students to post their work to online galleries.

3) Inside Art
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/
If learning to conduct art criticism is your objective, this site is for you. It provides a fun, interactive tour that takes a student through the process of critical examination of art. Along the journey, students get to make decisions about why they think the artist did what they did and learn about a great work of art in the process.

4) Art Lesson Plans
http://syrylynrainbowdragon.tripod.com/home.html
This site is extremely useful for the would-be art teacher in elementary grades. It has lesson plans for hands-on and computer art projects. Each lesson comes complete with goals and objectives, vocabulary, and higher order thinking questions that make the student think deeper about their projects.