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Hello Friends! I live, love, and work in Oak Ridge as an Art teacher in Oak Ridge, TN. I work at Woodland Elementary School, which is where I went to school not that long ago! It was there that I met a sweet guy named Chuck Chin...and married him years later! We now live in Oak Ridge with our fur baby, Butters! In my spare time, I work on paintings, gardening, and relaxing!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Website Evaluation

When I read down the list of websites to evaluate, I was intrigued by the virtual field trips. In an art class, it is not only important to make art but also to view and study other works. However, for some schools, taking a class to a museum is not really feasible. So what better way to give the students the experience of going to the museum without the hassle, expense, or risk of a field trip.
The Teacher's Guide website had multiple links to various museums and exhibitions around the world.
I was honestly a little disappointed with the website. I had hoped that the links would provide an interactive interface where students could tour the museum with the click of their mouse. However, the "virtual tours" were merely links to the museum and exhibition websites. I felt this was misleading of the website.
Other than being slightly less exciting than I had originally hoped, the website did provide a large variety and give helpful information.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Welcome to my blog!

Hi there! welcome to my class site! This is my first time blogging and I'm very excited to learn about this! I hope that learning this skill will help me in my future as an art teacher! Hope you enjoy my blog too!!

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