KET Art Tools For Schools
Jump Start Arts Related Learning With KET Resources
KET Transition to New Education Consultant, North Central Region
Her contact information is abradshaw@ket.org ; 1-800-432-0951 Ext. 7150. Please make Amy welcome and contact her anytime you have any questions or would like training regarding any of KET services and resources.
And now for our services and resources...
Overview of KET's Services
To followup on our recent contact I wanted to share these resources from our KET EncycloMedia services plus stand-alone sites that can help make the concepts you are presenting come alive and engage your students in fun and exciting ways. Take time to explore and enjoy them yourself!
Note: A good example of some of the resources found in our services is the image to the left of this text by Edgar Degas entitled "Dancers in the Wings" (1834-1917). It is from the over 4,000 image collection provided by the Bridgeman Art Library located in PBS LearningMedia.
KET 2014-15 Education Resources Book
KET.org/education
Below this entry are some examples of some of the most used resources found on this site.
A State Divided/ Exploring the Civil War Through Images
This is also a great destination for students to use when doing research.
KET Arts Toolkits Website
KET Young Writers Contest
While this contest occurs in late winter through early spring, I wanted to go on and let you know about this contest so if you want your students involved, you can go on and start preparing them. This description is from 2015 so it will change somewhat most likely.
Ignite your students' imaginations! The Young Writers Contest is a great opportunity for students to write for an authentic audience. While a parent or guardian must sign each child’s official entry form, stories may be submitted by teachers and official prizes can be awarded at a school event. Each story that meets contest guidelines will be read by a panel of judges and each child that enters will receive an official certificate after the winners have been selected.
We now have two separate contests! Due to the overwhelming popularity of our 2014 Short Story Contest, we have decided to continue the contest for 4th and 5th graders . We will also have the illustrated story contest for children in kindergarten through 3rd grade. Please note that illustrated stories must be mailed or hand delivered to KET, while short stories must be typed and submitted online. Short story entry forms are to be mailed or hand delivered separately.
Be sure to read the complete rules for the contest(s) before you get started because there have been a number of changes. Previous winners, contest rules, entry forms and rubrics for both contests are available now at: http://www.ket.org/writerscontest/
Please contact us at writerscontest@ket.org if you have any questions about entering the contest. We look forward to hearing from you!
KET EncycloMedia
To download an explanatory diagram of the KET EncycloMedia service for your use or to share with others, click this link: KET EncycloMedia Diagram 2014-15
Check out some of these resources and features from this service with over 87,000 resources. This site has recently undergone a facelift and new interactive features such as a StoryBoard tool (an electronic poster tool, similar to Glogster or Padlet) and assignment and quiz creation tools.
(Grades K-8) This collection of lesson plans uses dance, drama, music, and visual arts to teach math concepts.
( Gr. K-8) The performances in this collection were filmed at the Beauty of Jasmine Chinese Music and Dance Concert at U.K. in 2012. The videos can be used for teaching and integrating a variety of content at different grade levels. Arts and humanities teachers can use them to teach the elements of music and dance as well as the humanities and purposes of the art forms.
(Grades 4-13) This media gallery takes an in-depth look at this art form. Noh Theater is a form of Japanese drama performed in masks and costumes. Videos include: About Noh Theater, Noh Mask Making, Noh Music, Noh Student Performance, and Noh in the Classroom. Click here to go to the media gallery.
(Grades 3-12) This media gallery collection of learning resources includes two interactives, one a tour of the different buildings and offices in the Capitol complex and another on how a bill becomes a law, plus videos on the Capitol Dome renovation and the three branches of state goverment.
(Grades K-12) This toolkit offers educational materials to help incorporate dance, drama, music, and visual art across several cultures into a Social Studies Curriculum.
Storytelling in China goes back more than a thousand years and plays an important role in Chinese society.
The story “The Little Rabbits” has elements of the Western stories “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs.”
Take a trip to the Great White Way with the ANNIE on Broadway Education Initiative. This engaging collection of arts resources immerses children in the world of ANNIE and provides an up-close look behind the scenes of a major Broadway musical. Learn what a set designer does, design your very own costumes, and more! Each resource includes discussion questions to deepen student understanding.
Writing from Art: August Wilson and Romare Bearden
This video from August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand introduces the play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, which was inspired by the painting “Mill Hand’s Lunch Bucket” by Romare Bearden. In the support materials students analyze Bearden’s work and explore ekphrasis—writing from art.
Learn about the art, the people, and the culture of the digital revolution with Off Book. This revolutionary program combines top-tier journalism with the underground, and often ignored, subject matter of today’s modern digital age. With topics ranging from internet culture and graphic design, to the worlds of videogames and coding, Off Book examines the changing world of contemporary art like it’s never been seen before.
(K-13) is a web video series that introduces contemporary artists who discuss their careers and intentions, then demonstrate hands-on techniques or concepts. Art School provides resources for learning how to break dance, draw comic strips, create animations, and much more.
Spark documents visual and performing contemporary artists, from well-known painters, to ethnic dance companies, to artists working with new technologies. Spark takes you backstage at performances and into artists' studios to witness the creative process firsthand. Accompanying many Spark videos are robust educator guides highlighting historical and cultural context for artists or arts organizations, plus lesson plan ideas, vocab lists, and additional resources.
(Grades 6-12) Join curator Sarah Green as she interviews some of today's most inspiring artists and offers a historical exploration behind their methods and techniques. Whether it’s transforming materials to help people look at the changing environment with new eyes, or taking classic artistic trends and adding a modern twist, The Art Assignment shows that true art can come in many shapes and sizes.
PBS LearningMedia Dashboard and Tools
The following screen captures show where these are located on the site.
DIscovery Education Streaming
This overview looks mainly at two new features, the QuickList, and Board Builder.
(Note: You must have a Discovery account to look at the service and you will need your school's "passcode" to create one. To obtain this passcode either check with your building or district technology coordinator or contact me via email with your school name and I will send it to you. )
This new handy feature of Discovery Ed. allow you to quickly "bookmark where resources are located by putting them in a "thumbnail filmstrip" display at the bottom of the webpage. This allows you to pull that resource up quickly or even drag the resource into a board builder board you are constructing. Once in the quicklist the resource can also be placed in "My Content" , other builder tools, or assigned to a class or student. It is so quick and easy!
Discovery Ed. Board Builder
Here is a link to a board I have constructed as an example. (Note: You must have a Discovery account to be able to access this or any board within the service.)