01 December 2006
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
by jlesage & 3 others
a basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
28 November 2006
James Elkins - Syllabi
by jlesage
many of this teacher's lectures on art, visual culture, and social issues are here, along with his syllabi
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
by jlesage
"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."
Links to cultural studies syllabi
by jlesage
from the Cultural Studies L site, a listerv and a source of other resources as well
activelearning strategies
by jlesage
a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography
21 November 2006
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
by jlesage
Geography courses, both present and past, with exercises, links, bibliography. Also see Urban Studies and American Indian Studies. Understanding place as cultural should inform both fiction and non-fiction film.
20 November 2006
iberry.com -- The academic porthole
by jlesage
publicly available courseware (lecture notes, handouts, slides, tutorial material, exam questions, quizzes, videos, demonstrations etc) from the world's universities, colleges and other educational institutes; other educational resources
Conversations with Dina
by jlesage
post on how students did visual ethnography using Flickr and the tags people put there
Visual Culture and the Contemporary City
by jlesage
extensive course lectures with special attention to Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin's concepts, especially Benjamin on the flaneur.
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
by jlesage
large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
18 November 2006
Dave Harris and Colleagues
by jlesage
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
by jlesage
Site is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
by jlesage
an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
16 November 2006
06 November 2006
Photoethnography.com
by jlesage
links to courses compiled by Karen Nakamura, who notes that most courses in Visual Anthropology teach visual analysis and not visual production
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
by jlesage
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry
by jlesage
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
31 October 2006
Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page
by jlesage
much material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures
18 October 2006
lecturelinks of Mary Klages
by jlesage
extensive lecture notes on major cultural figures and critical concepts for course Modern Critical Thought
syllabus05: Visual Studies and Visual Culture
by jlesage
follow up on the links to his slide shows, with images from history of art; also links to online materials of interest
09 October 2006
Hugh McCarney
by jlesage
list of his courses, each of which has many film and communications studies essays available in full text form
06 October 2006
ideas site - craig stroupe
by jlesage
ideas explored to aid in teaching culture, web design, writing
Composing Cyberspace, by Rich Holeton
by jlesage
website for book, with sections on knowledge, community, and identity; does not have text of book but many useful questions, links, and resources
