World War II Relived through Sand Painting

Thanks to Open Culture Blog for writing about this incredible artist.

How did the artist Kseniya Simonova win the Ukrainian version of Britain’s Got Talent? By using the art of sand painting to recount the story of Germany’s invasion of Ukraine in 1941. Life was somewhat ordinary, then it all fell apart. And, by the war’s end, an estimated 10 million Ukrainians were left dead. It’s a difficult story to tell. And I’m referring not just to the story’s content, but to the actual medium too. Thanks Steve for the heads up on this one.

For more sand painting, check out the work of Ilana Yahav.

Art Museums

• Louvre Virtual Tour: Visit the museum's exhibition rooms and galleries.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum offers fantastic classroom online activities for use in art and history classes.

• The Forward Thinking Museum is a virtual art museum containing more than 100 exhibitions and videos.

• Prado Museum Google Earth layer that allows users to explore art work through Google Earth.

• The Brooklyn Museum's Flickr photostream contains 54 albums featuring thousands of images spanning numerous aspects of art and art history.

All My Faves / Education

Allmyfaves.com is a visual directory that includes the best sites on the web. They have an education tab as well as a Kids and Games tab.

You can find websites by categories witch makes it easier for you to search.

mrs alline website

Larry Ferlazzon shared Mrs. Alline's Website on his Best collections of educational links.

Mrs. Alline's site is a directory of educational resources on the web.

Browsing Around the Web!

Browsing around the Web to find interesting links:

• 100 free web tools for elementary teachers- List compiled by Jessica Merritt. Great set of resources to tag or bookmark for use with your students.
• 21st Century Learning Wiki- Is a community of educators on a collaborative journey of education, educational technologies and new curriculum's to prepare students for the 21st century.
• Interactive Math- Site with lots of interactive math activities.
• Larry Ferlazzo's Best May Lists
• JayCut – Online video editing

Browsing around the Web!

Browsing around the Web to find interesting links:

• The best list of resources to teach Bloom's Taxonomy- by Larry Ferlazzo
  
• SimpleTechIntegration is a teacher-to-teacher community where you can share all sorts of classroom resources.
• Glossaries by subject
• Free Learning- Here you will find FREE TO USE learning resources that you can use to supplement your own course materials or learning.
  
• Planet Action.com- fantastic free simulation game which leverages the browser-based Google Earth plugin as the primary graphics engine.
• Anithings- is a brand new children's creativity tool. It enables animated stories to be created simply and quickly, allowing children's creativity to run wild.