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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags tools & learning

01 December 2006

Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions

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.

Visual dictionary

by 3 others
just what it says, a dictionary but in pictures; kids will love it; a good way for learning English as a second language

27 November 2006

Visuarios: broadcast your skills

how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video that is perhaps instructionally more useful than YouTube.

INTERNET TREASURES OR VERY USEFUL LINKS... AND FREE TOOLS

by 10 others
Portal with wide variety of categories; most useful are the evaluative and descriptive annotations for each entry, so you can see how the possible "consumer opinion," for example, sites vary. Place to find free reference tools.

Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution

by 177 others
a web2.0 radio listening site; you can see others' tastes and perhaps pick up some tips from them; like Pandora, it learns your tastes

Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed

by 4 others
a librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006

26 November 2006

LibriVox

by 8 others
goal is to record all the books in the public domain; lots of audio-lit here

24 November 2006

22 November 2006

Sharpening 101

by 1 other
an explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds

20 November 2006

Morgans Office :: biro.bemidjistate.edu | Office / HomePage

very interestingly designed home page of rhetoric teacher, in the form of a wkik; lots of discussion of teaching, new media, softeware

18 November 2006

Incredible Art Lessons

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many art lessons from preschool through college; lots of stimuli for the imagination, lots of detail if you are a parent or teacher

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

13 November 2006

Guerrilla Filmmaking 101

the nitty-gritty of no-budget filmmaking, good on deflating romantic notions often held by first-timers

Wayfaring

by 26 others
Create a map of your life* Build a map for your event* Make a travelogue* Create a map with photos and videos

12 November 2006

Free, Comprehensive Audio and Video Course

Television Production--A Free, Interactive Course in Studio and Field Production by Ron Whittaker, from cybercollege

11 November 2006

43 Folders

by 50 others
personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better; check out "classics"; good for grad students who need to organize gettting through and out earning a real living

Librarian Chick - tools for learning

by 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

Fifty Ways to Take Notes

by 31 others
both online and offline, include clippings or your own musings or both

06 November 2006

Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3

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Oct 06, review of software potentially useful to students and teachers; overview useful for folks interested in thinking about Internet and education in new ways

02 November 2006

06 October 2006

Internet Public Library:

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links listed in "subject areas" selected at left of screen