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06 November 2006

Media College - Video, Audio and Multimedia Resources

reference material for all electronic media-- video & television production, audio work, still imagery & graphics, website design; excellent quick guides and tutorials, on things like video streaming

Pandia Powersearch, all-in-one list of search engines and directories

by 1 other
new search engine that also has useful tutorial on how to search and explanations of all the major search engines; good for college students to learn how to use Internet most effectively

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

by 1 other
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

Solution Watch - Your descriptive source of solutions

by 14 others, 1 comment
"reviewing and providing in-depth walkthroughs of today’s best products and services"; valuable because of plethora of new Web 2.0 software; explanation of how to use it gives clues as to if you would want to try new software.

Screencasts

edublogger gives screen grabs and audio explanations - demonstrating ways of using information and communication technologies for teaching and learning online; effective demos

02 November 2006

Welcome to House of Lime

by 2 others
check out category "dings" to see a huge collection of innovative dingbats

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation which might occur in a story or performance"; tips for screenwriters looking for ideas

Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps

basic tips by J.D. Lasica on preparing for doing an audio/slideshow in narrative form, perhaps a first person recollection, tightly crafted. Makes a good handout.

31 October 2006

Media Chops

the techniques and aesthetics of media making, including animation; wonderfully designed site

Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page

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

23 October 2006

Self Publishing Blog: 101 Resources for Self Published Writers

tips for creative folks looking for story ideas, fiction or non fiction; links to many sites that stimulate writing

DIY Media Tools - powered by FeedBurner

lots of how-to suggestions for web 2.0, from perspective of user

21 October 2006

STORYTRON - Interactive Storytelling

Software for something between a game and literary hypertext. "Storytronics uses Verbs to define what may happen in interactive storytelling. Each Verb represents one possible dramatic action, like a kiss, a demand, or an advice." Looks like fun.

19 October 2006

Internet Tutorials

how to for most of the basic aspects of the Internt

17 October 2006

Peter Murphy's Panoramic VR Weblog

panoramic pictures and social context; often witty in their detail

Anxious Libraries

wonderfully designed hypertext project on what libraries might mean today, with all those books few people read; a model of a hypertext exploration of an important intellectual topic

16 October 2006

academhack

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

Audio slide show: Bluegrass music's man of steel

example of how to incorporate personal history, music, and slides in portrait of dobro player and singer; also shows effectiveness of short, under three minute, audio slide show documentaries.

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.