public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags education & history

01 December 2006

Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society

by 2 others
"Our interests extend to the wondrous, the curious, the singular, the esoteric, the arcane, and the sometimes hazy frontier between the plausible and the implausible." a whacky collection

AwesomeStories.com, The Story Place of the Web

by 1 other
narrative+history+pictures+encyclopedia; "safe, fast and fun way to learn the real story behind historic events, famous people, heroic exploits, legends, disasters, movies, plus topics of current and general interest"

28 November 2006

A Virtual Library of Useful URLs - Subject Headings Arranged by Dewey

some of the best education Web sites in a Virtual Library arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification System

27 November 2006

Imagining the Internet

by 1 other
popular site from Pew Internet Project; allows people to make predictions, read predictions from the 90s; nice for kids

20 November 2006

American Studies Electronic Crossroads

large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research

ArtLex Art Dictionary

by 3 others
search, arranged in alphabetical order, large number of terms

Design Observer: writings about design & culture

by 1 other
very well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers

19 November 2006

(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography

blog that reviews and critiques aspects of art and visual culture and photojournalism, often from an ethical standpoint

18 November 2006

EServer.org: Accessible Writing

by 3 others
large collection of academic essays; "such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, and current social issues. Also hypertext and streaming audio and video recordings."

JEP - The Journal of Electronic Publishing

many of the past issues were on thematic concerns; ever of greater importance in academic and knowledge communities is the how-to of electronic publishing

16 November 2006

13 November 2006

Center for History and New Media

by 1 other
extensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center

Internet history

by 1 other
on other pages, find history of other important Internet developments, such as Google and PayPal

"We"--with the words of Arundhati Roy

a 64-minute Internet documentary made anonymously in New Zealand, using Roy's speech and a montage of politically inflected imagery; new style of essayistic documentary; DVD at hi-res available

12 November 2006

06 November 2006

Multimedia - From Wagner to Virtual Reality

attractive web site dealing with concepts, pioneers, images, theory

howstuffismade.org

visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty

Documenting America

by 1 other
huge photographic archive from Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection

Invincible Cities

photographic exploration of two poor cities, a combination of Walter Benjamin's interest in traces and overlays with systematic, extensive visual ethnography

02 November 2006

Variant

journal of arts and culture in social context; theoretical essays; international in scope

Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps

basic 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.