public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags academic & education

12 November 2006

11 November 2006

Journal of e-Media Studies

announcement of new journal, scheduled for mid Nov. 06.

Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Ed'n in 21st Century

Henry Jenkins, with Katie Clinton, Ravi Purushotma, Alice J. Robinson, and Margaret Weigel ; PDF or online in 6 parts; sensible and sparks new directions of thought; respectful of students

Knowing Knowledge

useful summary by George Siemens of his ideas from new book; educators need to rethink all ideas about knowledge, education, and learning for young people growing up in the Internet era

10 November 2006

06 November 2006

howstuffismade.org

visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty

02 November 2006

Variant

journal of arts and culture in social context; theoretical essays; international in scope

walking as knowing as making

a concept of walking = knowledge building sensorially; bibliography of readings linked to here

01 November 2006

Continental Drift a seminar with Brian Holmes

"articulating the immense geopolitical and economic shifts which took place between 1989-2001, the effects of those changes on bodies of governance and in turn the effects on subjectivity today"; links to political and social readings

U B U W E B

by 28 others
"independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts"; lots on experimental film

31 October 2006

Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page

much material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures

21 October 2006

Knowing Knowledge - a photoset on Flickr by George Siemens

for those interested in infoaesthetics, this set of 57 images about aspects of knowledge is a stimulating philosophical exercise and a way to ask students how they might have made an image of similar interacting concepts

19 October 2006

18 October 2006

Jahn: Homepage

major figure in narrative theory has much work available online

Martin Ryder

extensive links in and coverage of topics around the sociology of knowledge

lecturelinks of Mary Klages

extensive lecture notes on major cultural figures and critical concepts for course Modern Critical Thought

16 October 2006

Blogs for Learning

"provide information and resources surrounding the technical, legal, and pedagogical aspects of blogging in the classroom"

academhack

by 1 other
"Tech should make teaching easier and more effective, not harder and more frustrating."

15 October 2006

CiteULike: A free online service to organise your academic papers

by 46 others
CiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and organise the academic papers they are reading. When you see a paper on the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added to your personal library.

Welcome to the Information Processing Content Web Site

very useful lesson plans for Internet theory and use, digital photograph, desktop publishing