December 2006
Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions
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
Visuarios: broadcast your skills
how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video that is perhaps instructionally more useful than YouTube.
activelearning strategies
a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography
Fifty (50!) Tools which can help you in Writing - lifehack.org
by 22 otherssimple, intuitive, thought provoking tips that really work
Adding meaning and value to information
what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
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.
GEO 101 World Human Geography
very evocative discussion guides for students doing exercises in and thinking about a wide variety of physical and cultural spaces; writers can gets lots of ideas from this course and its notes
Morgans Office :: biro.bemidjistate.edu | Office / HomePage
very interestingly designed home page of rhetoric teacher, in the form of a wkik; lots of discussion of teaching, new media, softeware
Incredible Art Lessons
by 1 othermany art lessons from preschool through college; lots of stimuli for the imagination, lots of detail if you are a parent or teacher
Teaching resources links
a wide variety of intriguing paths to follow, listed alphabetically; a interesting way to set up a links page, although I prefer annotations
Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3
by 1 otherOct 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
Making Sense of Evidence
strategies 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
Department of Anthropology
The University of Alabama's Anthropology Department has links to course materials, lectures, resources developed by students, and outside links. A model for Internet academic resources institutionally.
August 2006
eLearn: Feature Article
by 1 othergood overview of shifts in edtech to new kinds of networked learning
July 2006
Techszewski
edublog with focus on digital storytelling
June 2006
Teaching Social Software with Social Software
a course outline, innovative teaching
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