19 November 2006
Video History Project: Resources
by jlesageinformation from/about practitioners and groups of videomakers; technical explanations of early video formats and equipment
18 November 2006
Incredible Art Lessons
by jlesage & 1 othermany art lessons from preschool through college; lots of stimuli for the imagination, lots of detail if you are a parent or teacher
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
by jlesageSite is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
by jlesagean entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
16 November 2006
Sequence Analysis
by jlesage & 1 otherby a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
13 November 2006
Center for History and New Media
by jlesage & 1 otherextensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb
by jlesage & 7 othersThe invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web and comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines can't index.
12 November 2006
Drawspace.com - Drawing lessons
by jlesageanother how-to site for a skill useful for film and videomakers' storyboard making
Free, Comprehensive Audio and Video Course
by jlesage Television Production--A Free, Interactive Course in Studio and Field Production by Ron Whittaker, from cybercollege
11 November 2006
LibrarySpot.com: Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries & more.
by jlesage & 7 othersfrom "start spot" which has other such categorized listing pages for movies, shopping, museums, etc.
Librarian Chick - tools for learning
by jlesage & 4 otherslinks to resources like Books/Audio books, Calculators, Collaboration, Student Loans, Foreign Language, Graphs/Presentation, Lectures, Notes/Writing, Online Learning, Poetry, Reference, Science/Space, Test Taking/Prep
Fifty Ways to Take Notes
by jlesage & 31 othersboth online and offline, include clippings or your own musings or both
ScreenReader.net: Our Mission
by jlesageAt ScreenReader.net we have freeware for blindness and visual impairment special needs throughout the world. It is free only to individual blind people for their personal use at home: it is not free to organisations.
Internet Search, Web Design, Online Marketing & more ...
by jlesagean overview search site that gives information on various kinds of search engines and how to improve search; very useful for teaching; can do search from this site, too
08 November 2006
Gcast. Make your voice heard.
by knann & 4 others (via)We'll store all your audio and automatically generate your podcast channel.
We offer many ways to add to your podcast channel:
Record messages by phone (never touch a computer!)
Upload MP3 files from your computer
Add "podsafe" songs from GarageBand.com
Mix all the above with our online playlist manager
Whether you're podcasting a 30-sec phone message or a 30-min radio show, you can publish it with Gcast for FREE. We'll store your media and automatically generate the "RSS feed" that enables listeners to "tune in" to your podcast channel.
Record by phone with Gabcast.com
by knann & 1 otherGabcast.com is a podcasting and audioblogging platform that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content. Most people will use a touch-tone telephone to make their recordings but we also provide worldwide access to the service through VoIP. Once you have made a recording and have published it, a newsfeed is immediately and automatically updated to alert subscribers to your channel.
YackPack - For Education
by knann & 1 otherStudents & Teachers Stay Connected
Motivate students, Give quality feedback with ease
Communicate clearly with students, parents, and administrators
06 November 2006
Pandia Powersearch, all-in-one list of search engines and directories
by jlesage & 1 othernew search engine that also has useful tutorial on how to search and explanations of all the major search engines; good for college students to learn how to use Internet most effectively
Screencasts
by jlesageedublogger gives screen grabs and audio explanations - demonstrating ways of using information and communication technologies for teaching and learning online; effective demos
05 November 2006
02 November 2006
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by jlesage"descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation which might occur in a story or performance"; tips for screenwriters looking for ideas
Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps
by jlesagebasic tips by J.D. Lasica on preparing for doing an audio/slideshow in narrative form, perhaps a first person recollection, tightly crafted. Makes a good handout.
31 October 2006
Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page
by jlesagemuch material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures