ArtSite Basic, Art Software for Education

Art Software for Education

• Overview
• Screen Shots
• How-to Movies
• Teacher's Guide
• Try it out Online
• Project Ideas
• Included Web Links
• Buy it!
• New Museum Pages

ArtSite Basic
Create a teaching museum filled with worldwide art and student portfolios. ArtSite turns your classroom computer or classroom network into a dynamic teaching resource filled with art and writing shared by teachers and students.

Build an unlimited museum filled with free images and descriptions you select from museum websites or print resources. Include project ideas to inspire students to contribute their own collections of art to the ArtSite Gallery or to display studio projects in the ArtSite Portfolio.

Create a learning environment which combines curiosity, creativity, a world view of history and civilization, and critical thinking and writing skills. For Mac and Windows, grades 1 through College
Take a tour of ArtSite

• ArtSite starts you off with over 120 Museum pages organized into 11 collections. Each page features an image and description as well as a few related project suggestions. (a total of over 300 project ideas) Teachers can contribute an unlimited number of Museum pages organized by an unlimited number of collections. It's easy to add, change, and delete Museum pages.

• ArtSite supports standards 3, 4, and 5 of the K-12 National Standards for Visual Arts Education:
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12

• Log in to password protected teachers pages where you can customize ArtSite to match your teaching goals. Add, delete, or change museum pages, collection names, web search categories, web site links, and all student records.

• Students contribute to the Gallery by exploring the ArtSite Museum and then writing a description or interpretation of the art on display. Students can also research Internet websites or print sources and add new images and descriptions. The Gallery is searchable by art collection, class name, and student name.

• New! The ArtBlog gives students the opportunity to write comments on Gallery pages. Teachers must approve all comments before they are posted. This feature can be turned on or off for each class. (The Artblog is included on all Windows versions and Mac OSX 10.4 or higher.)

• Students contribute studio art to form the ArtSite Portfolio, a searchable gallery of student art. Under each image, students write a description, interpretation, or include their creative writing. Teachers can save the best Portfolio pages from each year to inspire new students. The Portfolio is searchable by academic year, class name, student name, grade level, and media.

• If an Internet connection is available, you can guide students to useful websites with ArtSearch, a teacher customized Internet search engine. ArtSite starts you off with 50 museum website links.

• How-to movies and a teacher's guide make it easy for teachers and students to learn how to use ArtSite. All pages are printable for grading and sharing.

• Copyright law allows teachers to download an unlimited number of images from the Internet for classroom use over a closed network.

ArtSite Basic - $99.00 - Buy it online or send a purchase order.
ArtSite Basic is licensed to one or more teachers and their students using a single classroom computer or classroom network (not connected to a server.)

System requirements:

Windows NT 4 (SP6a), ME, 2000(SP1), XP, or Vista.

Mac OSX v.10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard).

The ArtSite license is a one-time purchase with no additional yearly fees.
Learn about detailed techincal information and read the installation guides.

ArtSite is also available in 2 other versions which give additional teachers and students the opportunity to share art and writing. With ArtSite Classroom, more than one teacher and their students can share ArtSite over a small classroom network - upgrade for only $100. With ArtSite Network, all of the teachers and students in your school or district can share ArtSite via your network server - upgrade to a site licenses for as little as $250.

Compare all three versions of ArtSite.

If you have a large district or are considering state adoption of ArtSite, please contact us via email or call (845) 496-4709 for volume pricing.

ArtSite Basic is also available from Sax Arts & Crafts - 1-800-558-6696 - www.saxarts.com