December 2006
Media Art Net | Sitemap
by jlesageEnglish site overview page of a large German site for media, art, and the Internet
Blogging as pedagogic practice: by Marcus O'Donnell
by jlesagetheoretical overview and roundup of concepts about Internet and education
November 2006
MIT communications forum archive
by jlesagethe various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds
by jlesage & 41 others, 1 commentsearch the web for material for your soundmixes; various file formats and sampling rates can be specified
culture.info - sharing knowledge for culture - visual
by jlesagethe visual page from a large European web portal for arts professionals; another page is for media
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
Low Probability of Racoons - Hypertext and Flash animated poems
by jlesageuses the duration of video to make kinetic poetry that has a narrative in the words and beyond them; nice example for students of simple form with complex effects
MIT--media in transition 05: the work of stories
by jlesagemuch of the conference is available in av form or papers or abstracts.
EasyRGB - The first RGB and COLOR search engine on the Web!
by jlesage & 11 otherspractical suggestions about real life colors matching computer generated RGBs.
'The Science Of Ghosts' - Derrida In 'Ghost Dance' (1983)
by jlesageDerrida plays himself in 1983 film about concepts of memory; he says he is here a ghost in the art of ghosts, cinema. Many clips from this film found here
Newest Webcams
by jlesage & 12 othersrandom live webcams from the net, a new kind of documentary media, mostly surveillance
Media Art Net | Overview of Media Art | MassMedia
by jlesagelinks to many full text essays on television; site is a little difficult to navigate, but links to much good writing
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
by jlesagea useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
October 2006
Transliteracies » Blog Archive » Lisa Parks
by jlesageResearch in the Technological, Social, and Cultural Practices of Online Reading
Planned Obsolescence
by jlesageKathleen Fitzpatrick is a media teacher and is spearheading an important online project for media scholars, Media Commons. Her blog has many teaching resources and summaries of sessions at the recent Flow TV Conference.
Dr. Anderson's Communication Gateway Page: Flow Conference "New Technologies" Panel @ 12:45pm
by jlesageblog by a communications and media teacher with many online resources, links, lecture notes, etc.
Lesson Plans for Digital Storytelling
by jlesagethis is a lesson plan that could be adapted for different ages or kinds of classes, e.g., composition or video production or narrative arts
Digital Story Examples
by jlesagea page leading to many examples, things you could make with imovie; from more than decade of practice from 1990-2003
Democracy - Internet TV Platform - Free and Open Source
by jlesage & 55 othersdownload and play videos full size on your computer
I Want Media - Media News & Resources
by jlesage & 1 othermedia headlines, regrettably no RSS feed for site
August 2006
MTV Think News - Iraq Uploaded: The War Network TV Won't Show You, Shot By Soldiers And Posted Online
by jlesagesoldiers upload video from Iraq
Review: MTV News Presents: Iraq Uploaded | TPMCafe
by jlesagesoldiers uploading video footage to YouTube from Iraq