December 2006
Plants In Motion
by jlesage"Time-lapse photography allows us to easily see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living organisms capable of some extraordinary things." various phases of plant life, both on cellular and external level
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
by jlesage & 3 othersa basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
November 2006
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
by jlesageGeography 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.
A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology
by jlesage11th edition, 2006, extensive, downloadable word files, not links
ArtLex Art Dictionary
by jlesage & 3 otherssearch, arranged in alphabetical order, large number of terms
Connectivism Blog
by jlesage & 1 othera new theory of education and learning, for a digital Internet culture
Teaching resources links
by jlesagea wide variety of intriguing paths to follow, listed alphabetically; a interesting way to set up a links page, although I prefer annotations
walking as knowing as making
by jlesagea concept of walking = knowledge building sensorially; bibliography of readings linked to here
October 2006
Making Sense of Evidence
by jlesagestrategies for analyzing online primary materials, with interactive exercises and a guide to traditional and online sources--many kinds of historical materials discussed; useful in most teaching areas
RUT } Radical Urban Theory: writings on the modern urban condition
by jlesageincludes many essays by Mike Davis
September 2006
Intute - the best Web resources for education and research
by jlesage & 4 othersUK academics and researchers write entries on many topics of interest, a bit like an encyclopedia that you ask questions of.
elearnspace. Connectivism: Learning as Network-Creation
by jlesage & 1 otheruseful essay on educational theory
Resource Discovery Network
by jlesageexcellent UK academic search tool for all disciplines. I looked up "film theory,' "feminism" and "television" and got useful results of sites I had not visited before, and some I had.
July 2006
Tagwebs, Flickr, and the Human Brain (by Jakob Lodwick)
by jlesage & 11 othersBy looking at how we tag photos on Flickr, we can understand how humans process information. Feb, 2005