December 2006
U.S. Copyright Office issues new rights - Yahoo! News
Film professors can copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations.
November 2006
activelearning strategies
a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography
GEO 101 World Human Geography
very evocative discussion guides for students doing exercises in and thinking about a wide variety of physical and cultural spaces; writers can gets lots of ideas from this course and its notes
Sequence Analysis
by 1 otherby a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
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
Teaching resources links
a wide variety of intriguing paths to follow, listed alphabetically; a interesting way to set up a links page, although I prefer annotations
Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3
by 1 otherOct 06, review of software potentially useful to students and teachers; overview useful for folks interested in thinking about Internet and education in new ways
October 2006
Tracking Down Educators that Use Photo Sharing (flickr) | Teaching Hacks.com
aiding social networking and sharing of resources for using photography in education
The Learning Circuits Blog: Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging?
This question prompted a large round of comments, roundups, later reflections.
Teaching Writing in the Space of Blackboard
Since many teachers use Blackboard, this is useful to them in analyzing how students negotiate aspects of that site and its technologies.
September 2006
Teaching Carnival
blog entries around a specific set of questions about teaching in higher education; collected and commented on at regular intervals by a "host" blogger
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