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
Plants In Motion
"Time-lapse photography allows us to easily see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living organisms capable of some extraordinary things." various phases of plant life, both on cellular and external level
AwesomeStories.com, The Story Place of the Web
by 1 othernarrative+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
Naturesongs Digital Recordings and Photos from Nature!
insects, animals, weather, water, birds, etc. and their sounds
27 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.
Imagining the Internet
by 1 otherpopular site from Pew Internet Project; allows people to make predictions, read predictions from the 90s; nice for kids
26 November 2006
activelearning strategies
a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography
24 November 2006
H2O Playlist: UDL and Web 2.0: Confronting the Drunk Librarian
considering Web 2.0 in the context of Internet useability for people with disabilities
21 November 2006
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.
20 November 2006
Visualising Ethnography
gateway site with links, courses, intereviews, tips
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
Design Observer: writings about design & culture
by 1 othervery 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
Video History Project: Resources
information from/about practitioners and groups of videomakers; technical explanations of early video formats and equipment
18 November 2006
A History of Photography to the 1920s
complete book online
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
The History Place - Child Labor in America
online collection of Lewis W. Hine photos
lens culture: contemporary photography magazine
by 4 othersPhotographyy internationally: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Essays, interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions and photo books.
Illusion Works
illusionary effects, demonstrations, and artwork
The Eye Page
an exploration of eye structures in nature
Visual thinking school on Squidoo
by 1 otherbasic concepts broken down into useful small steps, with many visual examples to guide process. Web 2.0 in that it provides for interaction and author's introduction to sections.
13 November 2006
Center for History and New Media
by 1 otherextensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
Why Work?
CLAWS: Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery. Since I am retired and a webmistress for a media site, ejumpcut.org, I love the idea of this site for personal reasons. But most people do have to work, so this maintains an utopian sensibility for al
"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
