Lascaux Cave Drawings - A Virtual Visit to the Cave

This website is simply AMAZING!

Imagine being able to take your students into the Lascaux Cave's in France to truly experience the depth and wonder of the Lascaux Cave Paintings...  now you can.


http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml/ 

Instead of analyzing the Hall of Bulls from afar using a 2-dimensional image you are given the feeling of going into the cave and exploring the paintings close-up and in-depth.

I'll let the website verbiage tell you more:

"To celebrate this prehistoric wonder, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication's is pleased to present its latest multimedia publication – an update of the original Lascaux website, which was first put on line in 1998. The new site has been entirely reworked in both form and content, reflecting the latest advances in archaeological research."

"Visitors to the site are presented with a three-dimensional digital version of the cave, which allows them to go from room to room, completely immersed in the site. As they travel from the Great Hall of the Bulls all the way to the Shaft of the Dead Man, they can stop at each of the many images, read descriptions, play video sequences and examine overlay lines that helpfully reveal some of the more difficult to identify figures. A zoom feature enables visitors to get as close as possible to the walls that these talented artists decorated. "

Art of the Reformation and the Counter Reformation - A VoiceThread Conversation

I recently had my students contribute to an online discussion comparing Reformation and Counter Reformation Art.  To keep them honest I also thew in some Medieval Art as a review.  The point of the discussion was to demonstrate their knowledge of the evolution of art from the Dark Ages through the Renaissance and then the characteristics of both Catholic and Protestant art after Martin Luther's reformation.

I was quite pleased with the results.  The kids had a great time with it. 

You'll notice with VoiceThread the students had several options as to how they wanted to comment: Text, video or audio. 

By the way, if you're an educator, you can sign up for a VoiceThread account and use up to 50 conversations at one time.  Go to VoiceThread.com for more details.

I did this with four classes, this is simply on of those classes.  Towards the end of the thread, I chose a medieval painting to demonstrate how to comment, and there was very surreal moment with the sun behind me, like I was in a Medieval Paintings with a halo... it was quite funny. See if you can find that.

I realize some of the students may have mislabeled the art, but rest assured that any inaccuracies by the students were cleared up the next day...