November 2006
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
Syllabus - SOC 4391 - Social Theory
value of the course outline is that there are links to chapters of most classics in social theory, reproduced as full text chapters and extensive excerpts
Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry
Course outline and reading list for fine arts course on landscape photography; excellent bibliography; will require a trip to the photography books section of a fine arts library
October 2006
Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page
much material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures
David Gauntlett, Professor of Media and Communications, University of Westminster
homepage with many interesting links by prolific scholar
Dr. Anderson's Communication Gateway Page: Flow Conference "New Technologies" Panel @ 12:45pm
blog by a communications and media teacher with many online resources, links, lecture notes, etc.
course outline on photography and place
using photography as disciplined mode of exploration, expressing ideas
Tracking Down Educators that Use Photo Sharing (flickr) | Teaching Hacks.com
aiding social networking and sharing of resources for using photography in education
lecturelinks of Mary Klages
extensive lecture notes on major cultural figures and critical concepts for course Modern Critical Thought
syllabus05: Visual Studies and Visual Culture
follow up on the links to his slide shows, with images from history of art; also links to online materials of interest
vitia
well written, much about pedagogy and digital culture, blogging
Technophilia: Get a free college education online - Lifehacker
by 1 othertells how to use free courses for self-edification
Hugh McCarney
list of his courses, each of which has many film and communications studies essays available in full text form
ideas site - craig stroupe
ideas explored to aid in teaching culture, web design, writing
Composing Cyberspace, by Rich Holeton
website for book, with sections on knowledge, community, and identity; does not have text of book but many useful questions, links, and resources
barclaybarrios.com: home
teacher of new media
barclaybarrios.com: course archive
"Archived course Web sites presented "as is," including student work good and bad, sections left un-updated, and typos." Attractive and useful pedagogical use of Internet in teaching.
rutgers english: cyberlit
attractive website for course, including online versions of student projects
Mark Sullivan on Music Composition, Computer Music, the Arts, and Society
Look up links to Courses and to Tangents
Main Page - ParticipatoryMedia
wiki for course on Participatory Media and Collective Action
course outline on space, place, and landscape in contemporary art
You will need to cut and paste URLs into your browser, but there is much here to followup on in terms of bibliography and links.
course outline on social construction of space
understanding this topic is crucial for folks in the visual arts, especially documentarians
July 2006
Literature--Technologies of Humanism, Spring 2003 | Related Resources
links to hypertext, especially
Film Analysis
an extensive and well illustrated--with stills and clips--analysis of film aesthetics and terminology; a good basic resource for any media teacher or film lover to spend time working through
