Abstract
This project is an Alternative Culminating Experience for a Master of Arts in Education: Curriculum and Instruction with an Elective Emphasis on Arts in Education. It follows Pathway V: Art Educator as Advocate and Leader Promoting Arts Confident Teachers through Professional Development. This project aimed to provide Sacramento area teachers with a Web site to gather resources about arts education and to network with other teachers in order to encourage and aid them in incorporating the arts into their classroom teaching. The author created a resource and social networking website for Sacramento area teachers interested in gathering resources for arts education and for learning more about how to integrate the arts into their classroom teaching. The resource portion of the site provides teachers with resources for arts education such as relevant articles, a listing of applicable grants, different arts education programs, useful links, and other related information such as blogs and other useful websites. The social networking portion provides a place to post lesson plans, photos and videos, to discuss issues and questions in a forum and to be able to blog about arts education related topics such as the achievements they are making in the classroom in regards to arts education. After the creation of the site, the author conducted significant marketing in order to broadcast the site to pertinent individuals. While the initial outcome did not result in a widespread or large audience for the site, it connected the author with important individuals in arts in education and shows promise for a greater following and use if more time is spent marketing and maintaining the website in the months and years to come.