Carrye Campbell
SLM 521
Spring 2005
Clip Art
Clip
art is a fast and easy way for teachers to add zest to any document or Web
page. Since thousands of clip art Web sites exist, the task of finding a good
site with exactly what you are searching for can be exhausting. I have perused
tons of clip art sites and have selected my favorites, which are listed below.
These sites are user-friendly for teachers and students alike, and have been
chosen because of their high quality images, especially in the area of visual
art.
Discovery School - Clip Art Gallery
This
site is great for teachers because the clip art images are geared toward
educational use and are divided into academic subjects. I especially like the
art category, which has several black and white images of art materials and
media. To assist students with confusing written objectives and directions for
assignments, these images could be inserted next to each step to help students
who are visual thinkers. http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
Microsoft Office Online – Clip Art and Media
This
Web gallery is designed to work with Microsoft applications and fairly simple
to use. The site offers thousands of high-quality clip art images in a
remarkable 47 different categories. Several of the images are 3-D graphics or
photos. The Decorative Elements category is really nice and offers interesting
ways to jazz-up a page that I have not seen anywhere else. http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us
If you
can tolerate the blinking advertisements and pop ups, Classroom Clipart would
be a wonderful resource for any teacher. In addition to clip art, the site
features free downloads of photos in variety of categories. The architecture
images would be great for art lessons and could also be incorporated into lessons
for several other subject areas. The seashell category is definitely my
favorite, featuring 63 detailed pen and ink drawings of seashells that could be
used for decorative as well as technical purposes. http://classroomclipart.com/
Clips
Ahoy – Free Clip Art Island
Clips
Ahoy features hundreds of free clip art in the usual, as well as not-so-usual
categories. The school category is great and even features clips of students
playing at recess. This site is the only place where I have found clip art of
celebrities and body/ facial parts. Unfortunately, this site produced an absurd
amount of pop ups that were difficult to close. http://www.clipsahoy.com/index2.html
Go Graph offers the most categories of clip art that I have found.
The Animals section, for example, breaks down into 149 separate categories,
with 18 categories dedicated just to fish. The Drawing, Painting, and Fashion
categories could also be useful for art teachers. The site also contains other
types of graphics and multimedia that could enhance activities and
projects. http://www.gograph.com/fusion/EN/DisplayCategorie/Category01.cfm?cfid=81200502&cftoken=96842023&Position=2400