2023
Italiano ON-Air
by niccoloThe Italian podcast on the Italian language by Scuola Leonardo da Vinci. Together with our teachers, we have thought of a format for the Italian language, to learn words, expressions, and idioms and to practice listening and pronunciation. On "Italiano ON-Air" you can hear dialogue on a topical or cultural topic, and sometimes our students will be protagonists too!
2007
2006
U.S. Copyright Office issues new rights - Yahoo! News
by jlesageFilm professors can copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations.
EVERYTHING 2.0: KNOWLEDGE 2.0
by jlesage & 1 otherlinks to knowledge sharing or knowledge management site; larger site is most comprehensive listing of web2.0 sites I have seen, organized into many categories; blogger is from Netherlands
Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions
by jlesageThe 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.
Zoom In Online: the internet video channel providing essential info on media & entertainment
by jlesagebusiness and technology for media artists; many interesting perspectives and tech histories
[debates] A Concise Lexicon of / for the Digital Commons
by jlesageby Raqs Media Collective / September 2001; keywords not usually used by folks in literature and film, yet they will want to enter the fora where these ideas have a formative influence
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 othersagain, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, TV Show Reviews, Game Reviews, Book Reviews - Metacritic.com
by jlesage & 19 othersMetacritic is a usefully organized site, providing tips on what you might like to do.
Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed
by jlesage & 4 othersa librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006
Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio
by jlesage & 192 otherstell your favorite song, hear more like it; site learns your tastes
PublicRadioFan.com
by jlesage & 9 othersa radio listening site: schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and programs around the world
Jo’s Toolkit for grassroots and student journalists
by jlesagetips and links for lots of aspects of the media, both print and visual
StorySprawl Hyperfiction Story Creator
by jlesageongoing fiction sites that readers can contribute chapters to
What Can We Do With Flickr? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
by jlesagehow 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.
Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
by jlesage & 4 othersportal to essays, museums, art work web reproductions
MRQE - Movie Review Query Engine
by jlesage & 1 otherperhaps an improvement over Rotten Tomatoes, also gives links to blogs that dealt with a given film; worth a try
Sequence Analysis
by jlesage & 1 otherby a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
by jlesage & 31 otherslots of ways to visualized processes
Video History Project: Resources - Collections & Distribution Links
by jlesagedocuments video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US
Third Coast International Audio Festival // Chicago Public Radio
by jlesageone of the best sources for audio documentaries; here also are many how-to sessions