22 November 2006
George Mason's Nonfiction Universe: a resource for nonfiction writer and nonfiction teachers
lots of material useful for documentary film, blogging, autobiography
Jo’s Toolkit for grassroots and student journalists
tips and links for lots of aspects of the media, both print and visual
Fifty (50!) Tools which can help you in Writing - lifehack.org
by 22 otherssimple, intuitive, thought provoking tips that really work
Article - At Home and Abroad: Some Views from the Avant-Garde on DVD by Daryl Chin
some tips on good avant garde films you can now buy on DVD
21 November 2006
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.
20 November 2006
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
by 20 otherssuch things as i-pod handouts for folks who get one as a christmas gift
Listology: "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
lists like this give me ideas of what to look for in the library; the whole idea of "listology" is whacky and fun
19 November 2006
Poynter Online - Writing Tools
50 writing tools, a quick list; we can all benefit from these
Lifehacker, the Productivity and Software Guide
by 79 othersblog; always something interesting here about software or web sites that could be useful
Open Source Radio Show
"Every time we have an idea for an hour of radio we post it to the site." Via blog viewers help build shows which air after research.
18 November 2006
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
ZoneZero: from analog to digital photography
a large socially committed ejournal, edited by Pedro Meyer, one of the pioneers in digital photographic art; galleries, essays, investigations into image circulation and production within digital communication, especially the Internet
The Digital Journalist November 2006 Issue Contents
monthly online magazine; wonderful examples of documentary photography
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
16 November 2006
Sequence Analysis
by 1 otherby a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
creativebits | mac design community
by 4 othersa professional blog and community site for graphic designers working on Mac OS X
15 November 2006
Third Coast International Audio Festival // Chicago Public Radio
one of the best sources for audio documentaries; here also are many how-to sessions
14 November 2006
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
"Introduction to Poetry" -- Ben McGhee
more video and text animation, simple and effective -- 53 sec.
