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01 December 2006

Four Word Film Review

by jlesage & 4 others
really, reviews in just four words for over 16,000 films

Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions

by jlesage
The site poses problems in lateral or logical thinking, from easy to hard, with both hints and answers. Great party conversation and something kids will like.

27 November 2006

Mojiti-video commentary software

by jlesage & 11 others
useful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."

group hug // anonymous online confessions

by jlesage & 9 others
like postsecrets but in prose; "type a note about a fault of your own, something you did or thought about and are not proud of"; filters out obvious lies, overtly vulgar, identifying specific others.

24 November 2006

Writing Demonstrations

by jlesage
interactive demonstrations of Conducting Electronic Searches; useful both for the information contained and as a demo of web design and writing instructional media in a library context; the larger site is a resource for writers.

22 November 2006

poems that GO

by jlesage
kinetic poetry ejournal, latest issue winter 04

20 November 2006

Conversations with Dina

by jlesage
post on how students did visual ethnography using Flickr and the tags people put there

19 November 2006

Poynter Online - Writing Tools

by jlesage
50 writing tools, a quick list; we can all benefit from these

18 November 2006

Journal E: Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America

by jlesage
one of the most important exhibitions of our time, also raising questions about the ethics of exhibiting violence in our media culture today

14 November 2006

Word Circuits

by jlesage
"This is a place for poetry and fiction born to pixels rather than the page--writing that's digital down to its bones." An excellent resource with both online poetry, often Flash poetry, and other links.

13 November 2006

11 November 2006

Zen Koans - AshidaKim.com

by jlesage & 4 others
zen koans help writers rethink narrative in another tradition of storytelling

Zensufi Park

by jlesage
Zen/sufi stories help those with writer's block or pinned down to traditional narrative arcs

Librarian Chick - tools for learning

by jlesage & 4 others
links to resources like Books/Audio books, Calculators, Collaboration, Student Loans, Foreign Language, Graphs/Presentation, Lectures, Notes/Writing, Online Learning, Poetry, Reference, Science/Space, Test Taking/Prep

06 November 2006

Roadside Architecture

by jlesage
documenting roadside architecture in the US, under many whacky categories; this is a favorite theme of mine in photography

03 November 2006

Jahsonic, a vocabulary of culture

by jlesage
intriguing website taking up themes and critical theories/ists, with many links; check out "index" link on home page

02 November 2006

Tameri Guide for Writers: Plot and Story

by jlesage
one page of a larger, useful site for writers; this page covers what a screenwriter thinks about to construct a spine, here called plot, or basic story idea; it is the central task for the writer

16 October 2006

vitia

by jlesage
well written, much about pedagogy and digital culture, blogging

WRT: Writer Response Theory

by jlesage & 1 other
"exploration of digital character art — any art involving electrons and making use of letters, alphanumerics, or other characters in an interesting way"

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