Orchard Drive Student Art on the Web
Artsonia Project
The artists at Orchard Drive Elementary have
found their place on the World Wide Web! Open this article
and Click Here to view amazing artwork prepared by our own Jackson
R-2 students and posted on Artsonia! (This link will
remain available on the left navigation bar Students
Activities>>Orchard Artsonia.)
Artsonia’s dream is for every child to have a special art gallery
collection, reflecting personal masterpieces from pre-school
through high school. In correlation with this vision, we also
achieve three important educational goals:
§ Increase parental involvement in their children’s education: Parents take an active role in their child’s art education by submitting artwork to the child’s online gallery and sharing the news with family and friends.
§ Integrate technology into the classroom: Teachers and students engage in classroom art projects, and publish their artwork in an online art gallery. Students learn that the Internet is also a means of expression and not simply a large repository of information.
§ Develop multi-cultural understanding: Classrooms engage in "virtual field trips" within Artsonia to view the artwork of other students. Through artwork commentary, they can interact with the museum community and study artwork from around the world, developing a broader understanding of how other students live, learn, and play.
Artsonia is
currently the world’s largest student art museum featuring artwork
from thousands of schools in over 100 countries.
Click here to view
the Orchard Elementary art collection
online.
- Thank you for sending home the Activity Report for Zachary.
I was able to get on-line and place an order today.
- Thank you Susan for all you hard work with this art museum!
What a great thing to have for our children and for all the parents
and families. Great Job! Thanks again.
- I love that art work on line that is so cool! I sent it to
all the grandmas and aunts and uncles so they could look at
Sophie’s artwork.
- I wanted to take time to say thank you for the information
regarding Artsonia. My husband and I are very excited about this
project. This is a wonderful way to encourage our kids and build
their self confidence at the same time. We as parents also get to
purchase one of a kind keepsakes. Thank you so much.