Artsonia - Just another online gallery or not?

I ran across an article by Theresa McGee discussing the use of Artsonia in the classroom. She is an art teacher that uses this online environment as a place to showcase her student's artwork. This gives students an opportunity to not only share their artwork with friends and family but the world. After reading a bit, I decided to investigate it some more.

So what is Artsonia? It is the world's largest online are museum. A place for student's creativity to soar. The beauty of this site, is that it will store work forever. Your post will never expire. The artwork stays online forever. If a someday a 2nd grade student wants to show his/her artwork to his/her children, it will be possible. Another nice feature is the parental control. If someone leaves a comment, then the student's parent is notified for approval.

This site also has a store which will allow friends and family to purchase items displaying the student's artwork. An added benefit is the school will receive 15% of all sales. If you are not sure how to get started, this site even provides you with the important documents such as: how to get started,  parental permission forms, benefits as well as a certificate in recognition of the student whose work is being published.

Setting up an account is simple. First find your school, add your name and email, choose a password, and finally agree to the terms. Then your ready to being sharing your student's work via the web. So what are you waiting for?  Give it a try...... I believe this would be a great movitator for students to excel in the area of art.