Today in class we did an evaluation of a website of our choice in referenced to or teaching path. Since I am on the Art Education path I googled "art education websites" and I stumbled upon the National Art Education Association website. I was very pleased with this site for many reasons. First, it says in its mission statement that it is a place for teachers and students and many others to share in the belief of the power of arts.
Here is the exact statement from the website:
"This dynamic community of practice is where visual arts teachers, scholars, researchers and professors, students, administrators, and art museum educators, and artists come together around a shared belief in the power of the arts in developing human potential."
I have never made a formal assessment on a website before so this was a great way to see if it was appropriate and useful for the classroom and as a resource. While I was going through the assessment I found it helpful to understand where to look for things like the author of the site and when it was last updated. While this site does have a system administrator it is clear that it takes a collaborative effort to maintain this site. I am most interested in the classroom gallery that introduces student art from around the U.S. I feel this is a great way for my art students to see what students from different parts of the country are making and hopefully will be an inspiration to them.
In addition there are many resources for teachers as well like job, scholarly and research articles, and even a blog site for any teacher to subscribe to and write for. These are all things that I learned today to look for when I look at resources for my classroom. It is important because once I find helpful websites I can then post them on my wiki, blogs, and websites to share with other teachers. This was an easy necessary assignment, I give this assignment 4.5 out of five stars.
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