Shawn Apostel and Emily Bayma scour the Internet in search of the best, most useful websites to use with assignments, group projects, and creative inspiration. Shawn Apostel is the Instructional Technology Specialist at Bellarmine University and Emily Bayme is the Technology Associate at the Noel Studio for Academic Creativity.
The Google Art Project has used its software to digitize and make available art from some of the greatest museums in the world. Its mapping software, popularized by Google Maps and its street views, lets you “wander” the museum as though you were there.
What you could not do at the museum, however, is zoom in on the detail of the works. See the individual brushstrokes. Read information about the art and the artist. Make a collection of paintings to suit your needs. View the history of the painting itself...how the museum came to acquire it. The level of detail Google has put into its art project rivals a trip to the museums where these works are housed, making it an invaluable resource for art or other humanities classes, and also a great primary source.
Ball dropping is part of the Google Chrome project, which has expanded traditional html. This free interactive website gives you the ability to create music and play with gravity at the same time. The site works by dropping a ball down the side of a blank screen. You control how "heavy" the ball is and how fast the balls fall. By drawing simple lines, you can control where the ball bounces. As the balls hit the lines, they create a sound based on how high or low the line is on the screen.
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