The Arts:
On-Site and On-Line

How can site-based arts organizations - museums and performing arts presenters - best employ new technologies and the Internet to engage K-12 students in learning and experiencing the Arts?

This web site contains a list of the "promising practices" for using the Internet to foster improved education and collaboration between arts organizations and schools. The information and recommendations contained here may be useful for: K-12 teachers when looking for educational resources on the Internet; museums and arts organizations when creating educational electronic resources; performing arts institutions, museums, and K-12 schools when planning collaborative educational projects that will make use of technology and the Internet; and the larger community of individuals and organizations wishing to make effective use of electronic educational materials.

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• Project Abstract
  A brief project description and list of goals.

• Full Project Description
  A complete project description: Including collaborating school districts and arts organizations, pilot project needs, goals, and intended case studies for review by project members.

• Criteria List and Recommendations
  The main product of this research: A concise check list of recommendations for improved design of electronic on-line educational materials.

• Case Studies
  A list of six case studies (Internet and CD-ROM) of museum and performing arts-based educational resources, with summary points made by project members concerning strengths, weaknesses, and "promising practice" characteristics.

• Meeting Minutes
  A detailed account of eight monthly Arts: On-Site & On-Line meetings (Sept. 1997 - May 1998), including general discussion points.

• Project Participants
  A list of Arts: On-Site & On-Line Project participants (K-12 teachers and UC Berkeley staff), including E-mail and contact information.

• Final Project Report Narrative
  This narrative includes: A Project Summary, a list of Programmatic Changes that occurred during the pilot, Products and Resources that were created, Lessons Learned and Recommendations for project improvement--feedback from participants, and participant suggestions for the Next Steps the Arts: On-Site & On-Line Project could take.

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