Computer Basics
PhotoShop Processes
Printing on Alternative Surfaces
How to Scan Images
Preparing Images for Web Pages
Web Site Basics (DreamWeaver basics, Dreamweaver advanced) HTML basics
Basics on FLASH for animation and Web site Interactivity (Beyond basic animations with FLASH software)
Digital Video Editing with iMovie
Digital Video Editing with Adobe Premiere
How to Set Up Your Web Site So Search Engines Find It & How to Copyright your Web site
How to Burn a CD-ROM
Site to compare costs and selection of scanners, digital cameras, etc.  
Quick Tips

Search Engines

Web Site HotList  of art lessons, artists, museums, etc.

Click here for a search engine (http://www.ditto.com/)--that searches for graphics/pictures and displays the results as thumbnails. Other good search engines for artworks include: World Wide Web Art Resources; or an alphabetized listing of artists with images, info, and links; or resources and listing of sculptors

Places to download sounds site 1 or site 2 or sounds site 3 and backgrounds or animations, or other images  (use .wav format for sounds, and .gif or .jpg for images). Be sure they are in the "public domain" to use in sites published online. FindSounds.com, is a site where you can search the Web for free sound effects and musical instrument samples.

To build an interactive discussion in your WebQuest you can use free bulletin boards such as:
QuickTopic

Capture screen shots of the Selected Site from the Internet: After you find a site to critique capture screen shots of some of the pages by arranging the windows on the screen and then click: Apple, shift, 3 together. You will hear a camera click if your sound is turned up. Look on the HardDrive for "Picture 1." Open PhotoShop and crop the picture. Check the image size to be no wider than 6 inches (to fit on your 8.5 x 11 essay pages). Check the memory size of the image to be under 75K. Save as .jpg or .gif format. Create and place in an"Images-Web Art Critique" folder. Be sure to label each screen shot with its URL and date captured. Copy and paste the URL into the Scrapbook and then paste into your Word document under the inserted picture and in the Reference list at the end of the paper.

Capture images from the Internet Site: Some of your discussion should be about specific images in the artist's Website. To capture an Internet image, click on it and hold the mouse down until a menu appears. Then slide over with the mouse held down so that "save image to disk" is highlighted. Then let go of the mouse (unclick). Look at the top box to see where the image will be saved.Make sure it goes into you folder "Images-Web Art Critique." Once you have saved the image you can insert it in your Word document or open it through PhotoShop to manipulate (resize, highlight an area, crop, etc.) before placing it in your paper. If you have manipulated the image in the capture for it "Figure 1: state the image was manipulated and give its URL and date captured." Also list the artist, image title, and URL in the reference list at the end of the paper.



How to Cite the Source of Where You Got the Image