Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice | Just another WordPress.com weblog Google Art Project : un musée pas si ouvert Quand Google offre aux 2 milliards d'internautes terriens une visite gratuite des plus grands musées du monde et l'accès à 1061 célèbres tableaux photographiés en très haute résolution, comment peut-on l'accuser d'œuvrer contre l'intérêt général ? De restreindre l'accès du grand public au patrimoine culturel ? Une telle position paraît pour le moins absurde en regard du Google Art Project sorte de Google Street View intra-musées mis en ligne la semaine dernière. Et pourtant, ces arguments sont défendus par de nombreux militants libristes, dont les contributeurs des projets Wikimédia, qui ont une tout autre idée de la notion de partage de la culture. Le projet est impressionnant. Détail de “La Nuit étoilée” de Van Gogh -- DR Google ? Depuis mercredi dernier, donc, les médias ne tarissent pas d'éloges sur le projet. Mais si la contrainte n'était que technique, elle n'aurait pas autant offusqué les défenseurs de la culture libre. Lire les réactions à cet article.

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Classroom of the future? A response This article from the New York Times on the use of technology in classrooms and test scores merited a response: Dear Mr. Richtel– I enjoyed your article “In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores” — but I have a key concern. The entire “debate” around the use of technology in classrooms is focused around using new technologies to teach the same, old stuff. Instead of using these tools to teach centuries-old subject matter, perhaps we should instead use them to help us develop meaningful skills and personal knowledge — and to enhance our capacities to imagine, create, and innovate. Any furtherance of using such devices for “teaching” ancient information hinders the potentials these technologies provide, and puts our children at risk by excluding them from the co-creation of opportunities in the 21st century. Sincerely, John W.

Google Art Project : vision critique - Compteurdedit Depuis deux jours, le web (et notamment le web « culturel », mais pas seulement) s'enthousiasme pour le dernier-né des projets développés par Google, Google Art Project. Le principe est compréhensible facilement : Google Art Project, sur le modèle de Google Street View, permet de visiter virtuellement des musées en offrant aux visiteurs une vue à 360°, un déplacement dans les salles. On peut aussi zoomer sur quelques œuvres photographiées avec une très haute résolution et pouvoir en apprécier tous les détails, certainement mieux que ce qu'on pourrait faire en visitant réellement le musée. Et donc, tout le monde s'extasie devant ce nouveau projet, qui permet de se promener au musée Van Gogh d'Amsterdam, au château de Versailles, à l'Hermitage, à la National Gallery de Londres, etc. En effet c'est surprenant, intéressant, on peut s'amuser à se promener dans les musées. 1- d'une part, la qualité n'est pas toujours là. Are the images on the Art Project site copyright protected? Yes.

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Mr. Foxhole's Classroom: Standards Based Assessment w/ Bloom's Taxonomy I just started to teach an alternative to Algebra II, called Applied Math III, this year. The students I have are those that do not enjoy math and thus do not enjoy math homework. Each one of them has also failed Washington State's standardized math test, the HSPE, required for graduation. Three weeks into the semester, I had the highest amount of missing assignments per student than I have ever had in all the years I have been teaching. I started to look into some alternative ways of ensuring that they meet the standards, without throwing them into the same old pattern of demonstrating a skill and then giving them the remainder of the period to work on their assignment. Here is how it works. The catch here is that while I do not have them turn a paper showing me what problems they did, I do give a daily quiz (formative assessment) on the previous day's lesson. Now I know the next thing you are going to say. That is only the first part of this strategy.

The Google Art Project Makes Masterpieces Accessible to All - Eliza Murphy - Technology Gone are the days of jet-setting to galleries in Manhattan, Florence, London, or Madrid. As of yesterday, all you need to become a museum maven is an Internet connection. Google Art Project, the brainchild of a small group of art-happy Google employees, brings the Street View technology of Google Earth and Google Maps inside 17 museums around the world. The roster includes The Uffizi, the Tate Britain, The Met, MoMA, and the Van Gogh Museum. The Google Art Project collection, as a whole, consists of 1,000 works of art by more than 400 artists, and this is only the beginning. Google hopes to add more museums and works of art to its virtual dossier soon. As I explored the project I couldn't help but recall my first college art history class, "A Survey of Art History." Thank you, Google Art Project, for saving us all from pretentious museum buffs worldwide. See for yourself. Image: Venus of Willendorf, Wikimedia Commons.