Digital Tools for Visual Art Learning (good ones/free ones)

1. PANORAMIC STITCHING SOFTWARE
   http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/panoramic-software.htm
2. PHOTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE
   http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/sw.htm
3. Pencil (animation software)
   http://www.pencil-animation.org/
4. 45 Websites For Students To Create Original Artwork Online
   http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/45-Websites-Students-Create-Original-Artwork-Online-3442983
5. What's new at FluxTime Studio
   http://www.fluxtime.com/
6. 10+ Best Free or Open Source Photoshop Alternative Software
   http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2011/04/10-best-free-or-open-source-photoshop-alternative-software.html
7. Ten Free Alternatives to MS Paint
   http://www.trickswindows.com/2010/12/ten-free-alternatives-to-ms-paint.html
8. Art21
   http://www.pbs.org/art21/
9. Collection of Free Art Tools Found Across the Web, Including 2d / 3d Animation, Drawing, Fonts, Textures, Image Generators
   http://mikeodden.com/online_art_tools.html

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Readings to Push the Envelope / Visual Art LEARNING

1. Ten reasons why teaching the arts is critical in a 21st century world
   http://edge.ascd.org/_Ten-reasons-why-teaching-the-arts-is-critical-in-a-21st-century-world/blog/3549601/127586.html
2. 3D printers give engineering classes a boost: High schools, colleges using rapidly developing technology to illustrate real-world applications of technology lessons http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/04/22/3d-printers-give-engineering-classes-a-boost/
3. Object Lessons: Teaching Math Through the Visual Arts, K-5
   http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9334
4. Bringing Art into School, Byte by Byte: Innovative programs use technology to expand access to the arts
   http://www.hepg.org/hel/article/498
5. Teaching Creativity.... http://people.goshen.edu/~marvinpb/arted/tc.html