04 December 2006
U.S. Copyright Office issues new rights - Yahoo! News
Film professors can copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations.
01 December 2006
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
by 3 othersa basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
Blogging as pedagogic practice: by Marcus O'Donnell
theoretical overview and roundup of concepts about Internet and education
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
26 November 2006
MIT communications forum archive
the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
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
20 November 2006
iberry.com -- The academic porthole
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
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
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
Cabinet Magazine Online -
a quarterly journal of art, design, culture; partly playful, some art, some scholarly essays; good mix of specific reviews and overviews
18 November 2006
EServer.org: Accessible Writing
by 3 otherslarge 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."
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
Site is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
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
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
blog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
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
The Eye Page
an exploration of eye structures in nature
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
www.theory.org.uk -- the media theory site
large site, attractive new design as of 11/06. essays, links, delving into popular culture and playing with it, theoretical explorations and savvy; highly recommended
Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb
by 7 othersThe invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web and comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines can't index.
