The purpose of this study was analyzing children's art web contents to support
the children's art teaching and learning method. To investigate the present state of
the children's art web contents inside and outside the country, 100 sites which are
served education information of children's art within ranking 5th search engines
were searched and the contents in these sites were analyzed. The evaluation tool
of children's art web contents was based on ‘Online Preschool Children Learning
Website Evaluation Tool' and ‘Evaluation Criterion of Children's Art Web Contents.'
According to the type of sites, 80 questions were analyzed by researchers of this
study, one of an ICT education expert and one of an art education expert. To analyze
the data, frequency, percentage, correlation, multiple response etc. were used. Total
tendency of contents in children's art web sites was widely distributed in 4 art
education parts, but many sites served ‘Art Appreciation Education Program' both
inside and outside the country and ‘Children Gallery' which exhibited children's art
works at on-line was much served inside our country. So this result suggested that
online is practically much used to appreciate children's art works inside our country.
The type of children art learning sites got from 115 points to 200 points(total
points equal 200). The top ranking 12th sites got high points in quality of education,
suitability, and integration. They were considered to have high quality contents, but
besides these sites were thought to be necessary to reinforce the quality of the contents.
The type of the materials for teacher sites got from 123 points to 186
points(total points equal 200) and the points were narrowly distributed than a type
of children art learning sites. Like ‘CoCo Dream Village' and ‘Art Storm,' some
of domestic sites were ranked in 10th. It proved that domestic web contents were
as good as foreign web contents in a type of the materials for teacher sites.
Within 30th ranking sites got over 160 points, were investigated to have reliable
and useful contents for children's learning and teacher's learning materials.