Teachers and students together select work to be posted for discussion in the online forums. Each participating class is connected to the Web through one or more computer stations in the classroom. Works of art presented online are often created in group activities as well as by individual students. The online discussions are often shared within the classroom and can be used by teachers to examine common problems among students as well as to encourage proper use of vocabulary and artistic methods. The posting of student works and resulting discussions among network members take place in a user name and password restricted site that is only accessible to members of the online networks.
Artwork is scanned or photographed with a digital camera.
The ARTT network discusses work in traditional media such as painting, drawing, sculpture and photography, as well as digital imagery and web sites that are created on the computer. When student work is posted online, it is accompanied by a description of the work, its state of progress and a request for feedback addressing problem areas in the work. Students are also encouraged to post completed versions of works that have been seen in progress. The conversations surrounding a particular piece of art can go on for weeks while the student revises the piece. Student music compositions are composed using notation software such as Music Time and Sibelius.