November 2006
Visuarios: broadcast your skills
how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video that is perhaps instructionally more useful than YouTube.
Mojiti-video commentary software
by 11 othersuseful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."
activelearning strategies
a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography
Fifty (50!) Tools which can help you in Writing - lifehack.org
by 22 otherssimple, intuitive, thought provoking tips that really work
Adding meaning and value to information
what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
What Can We Do With Flickr? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
how to create hotspots with popup notes on Flickr. Very useful for image analysis and assignment requiring students to comment on social aspects or formal aspects of image; or to formally critique them.
Incredible Art Lessons
by 1 othermany art lessons from preschool through college; lots of stimuli for the imagination, lots of detail if you are a parent or teacher
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
Sequence Analysis
by 1 otherby a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
Low Probability of Racoons - Hypertext and Flash animated poems
uses the duration of video to make kinetic poetry that has a narrative in the words and beyond them; nice example for students of simple form with complex effects
The Dead - Billy Collins Animated Poem
video by Juan Delcan; model for students about good uses of new form of production and exhibition
Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3
by 1 otherOct 06, review of software potentially useful to students and teachers; overview useful for folks interested in thinking about Internet and education in new ways
October 2006
Making Sense of Evidence
strategies for analyzing online primary materials, with interactive exercises and a guide to traditional and online sources--many kinds of historical materials discussed; useful in most teaching areas
Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way
by 1 otheralways looking for new ways to interest students in certain kinds of projects involving visual narrative, autobiography, documentary
Lesson Plans for Digital Storytelling
this is a lesson plan that could be adapted for different ages or kinds of classes, e.g., composition or video production or narrative arts
September 2006
WorkBook
See Sept 1, 06, for teaching carnival for college teachers
Teaching Carnival
blog entries around a specific set of questions about teaching in higher education; collected and commented on at regular intervals by a "host" blogger
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