01 December 2006
AwesomeStories.com, The Story Place of the Web
by 1 othernarrative+history+pictures+encyclopedia; "safe, fast and fun way to learn the real story behind historic events, famous people, heroic exploits, legends, disasters, movies, plus topics of current and general interest"
Visual dictionary
by 3 othersjust what it says, a dictionary but in pictures; kids will love it; a good way for learning English as a second language
24 November 2006
Writing Demonstrations
interactive demonstrations of Conducting Electronic Searches; useful both for the information contained and as a demo of web design and writing instructional media in a library context; the larger site is a resource for writers.
23 November 2006
Bokardo - Social Web Design ยป Thoughts on the Impending Death of Information Architecture
interesting thesis in post, even more interesting string of comments
22 November 2006
Sharpening 101
by 1 otheran explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds
20 November 2006
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
Conversations with Dina
post on how students did visual ethnography using Flickr and the tags people put there
Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
by 4 othersportal to essays, museums, art work web reproductions
Theories of Internet Culture and Internet Textuality by Janez Strehovec, Ph.D.
useful and intriguingly designed website, with resources such as essays, links, keywords and definitions pages
18 November 2006
ZoneZero: from analog to digital photography
a large socially committed ejournal, edited by Pedro Meyer, one of the pioneers in digital photographic art; galleries, essays, investigations into image circulation and production within digital communication, especially the Internet
Dr Daniel Chandler's UWA Home Page
extensive website of visual semiotician, with course outlines, online papers, and an interesting links page
THE PECULIARITIES OF CYBERSPACE by Albert Benschop
complete book online, covers many areas often not dealt with, such as porn sites and dating sites; one insight that may draw you to read more: "the times that count in cyberspace are highly accelerated and strongly individualized."
16 November 2006
Sequence Analysis
by 1 otherby a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
Illusion Works
illusionary effects, demonstrations, and artwork
THE JOY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
online book, 2006
The Eye Page
an exploration of eye structures in nature
Visual thinking school on Squidoo
by 1 otherbasic concepts broken down into useful small steps, with many visual examples to guide process. Web 2.0 in that it provides for interaction and author's introduction to sections.
Seeing Is Believing?
another page of visual illusions with explanations
illusions.html
a page of links to visual illusions and their explanations; kids love these
Book Review of "Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization"
Filmmakers and writers need to be aware of the history and social practice "spoken" by spaces and places. This is about the politics of gardens.
06 November 2006
howstuffismade.org
visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty
03 November 2006
"Contributions to a Resistant Visual Culture Glossary"
essay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically
21 October 2006
Knowing Knowledge - a photoset on Flickr by George Siemens
for those interested in infoaesthetics, this set of 57 images about aspects of knowledge is a stimulating philosophical exercise and a way to ask students how they might have made an image of similar interacting concepts
