Kyle Jaebker

A TourML driven application used in exhibitions as a kiosk.

The goal of this project is to use tools developed as part of the Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative to showcase the Pulverer collection of Japanese publications (works from the1600s to early 1900s), and essays written about them and the artists and publishers involved in their creation.

TAP for the web is an open source, TourML driven application that facilitates mobile tours. It allows for easier deployment across multiple platforms.

TourML was created to serve as a simple and portable representation for tour content. Having a common language for this content will enable content management systems, kiosks, and mobile applications to speak a common language. Additionally, users of TourML will be better positioned to share and sustain their content no matter how the technology that we use to deliver these tours changes.

ArtNC.org was refined and relaunched in 2012. The new site features 200 of the most teachable works of art in the North Carolina Museum of Art collection. Detailed information and high-quality images allow teachers to easily share works with students. A collection of lesson plans model best-practices for integrating collection works into non-art instruction. Videos demonstrate how art impacts student learning and teaching practice. A blog details new features, programs, and methodologies. All… Show more

ArtNC.org was refined and relaunched in 2012. The new site features 200 of the most teachable works of art in the North Carolina Museum of Art collection. Detailed information and high-quality images allow teachers to easily share works with students. A collection of lesson plans model best-practices for integrating collection works into non-art instruction. Videos demonstrate how art impacts student learning and teaching practice. A blog details new features, programs, and methodologies. All of this content can be shared and saved within personal portfolios.

Content is searchable by 30 teaching concepts, which span grade level, subject area content and skill. These concepts (e.g., change, communication, problem-solving) are immediately recognizable to a wide range of teachers and allow them to connect with the site and its content regardless of their comfort with and knowledge about art. The concepts also relate in authentic ways to NCMA works of art and their historical contexts. As educators browse by concept, they begin to see how those concepts play out in other subject areas. The site helps them discover that art is a powerful common denominator among the disciplines. Site navigation becomes professional development, building teachers’ knowledge about how subjects connect and modeling how concepts and works of art in combination can serve as catalysts for curricular integration.

The innovative Concept Explorer gives teachers the ability to explore and create their own connections between classroom content and objects, while building skill in visual analysis and making connections. The concept maps they create become the starting point for lesson plans. The tool gently guides a teacher’s thinking about the best instructional use of an object, while freely allowing the teacher to determine how an object relates to their own classroom environment.

ArtNC won a 2012 AAM MUSE award and a 2013 Best of the Web award from Museums and the Web. Show less

TAP for iOS is an open source, TourML driven application that facilitates mobile tours.

An educational resource that allows teachers to use art as a tool to teach in the classroom.

A web platform that facilities the publishing and viewing of online scholarly art history catalogues.

TAP is an open source suite of tools for providing mobile tours for museums