December 2006
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U.S. Copyright Office issues new rights - Yahoo! News
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Film professors can copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations.
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Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions
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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.
November 2006
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Imagining the Internet
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popular site from Pew Internet Project; allows people to make predictions, read predictions from the 90s; nice for kids
Links to cultural studies syllabi
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from the Cultural Studies L site, a listerv and a source of other resources as well
activelearning strategies
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a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
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It's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
Adding meaning and value to information
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what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
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Geography courses, both present and past, with exercises, links, bibliography. Also see Urban Studies and American Indian Studies. Understanding place as cultural should inform both fiction and non-fiction film.
What Can We Do With Flickr? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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how to create hotspots with popup notes on Flickr. Very useful for image analysis and assignment requiring students to comment on social aspects or formal aspects of image; or to formally critique them.
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
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large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
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Connectivism Blog
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a new theory of education and learning, for a digital Internet culture
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Sequence Analysis
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by a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
Multimedia - From Wagner to Virtual Reality
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attractive web site dealing with concepts, pioneers, images, theory
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
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a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
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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
October 2006
Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page
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much material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures
barclaybarrios.com: course archive
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"Archived course Web sites presented "as is," including student work good and bad, sections left un-updated, and typos." Attractive and useful pedagogical use of Internet in teaching.
June 2006
SupportBlogging!
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Fights current backlash against social networking sites, especially in terms of educational policies for k-12 schools and districts.
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