Google+Art+Project

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1. Resources links and/or class examples: [] 2. Strength: Weakness: Opportunities: Threats: 3. Ideas for the classroom:
 * Turns classrooms into a virtual field trip to a museum
 * Brings popular pieces of art from different genres into the classroom
 * Partnered with 17 museums world wide
 * Share museum pages
 * Search museums by their floorplans
 * Get the history of the museums
 * Not all art pieces are included under each museum on the site
 * Exposes students to artwork that they might never get the opportunity to see
 * Teachers need to be mindful of copyright laws per the museums the art is coming from and Google
 * When studying a certain period in history or literature, have students interpret the art and how it relates to what was going on in those time periods.
 * Math students can look at the art and find the parallel & perpendicular lines, along with other equations.