public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags education & Pedagogy

04 December 2006

27 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.

Mojiti-video commentary software

by 11 others
useful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."

Imagining the Internet

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popular site from Pew Internet Project; allows people to make predictions, read predictions from the 90s; nice for kids

26 November 2006

activelearning strategies

a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography

22 November 2006

21 November 2006

What Can We Do With Flickr? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

how 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.

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

American Studies Electronic Crossroads

large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research

Connectivism Blog

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a new theory of education and learning, for a digital Internet culture

18 November 2006

Incredible Art Lessons

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many art lessons from preschool through college; lots of stimuli for the imagination, lots of detail if you are a parent or teacher

Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison

an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used

16 November 2006

Sequence Analysis

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by a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence

11 November 2006

Knowing Knowledge

useful summary by George Siemens of his ideas from new book; educators need to rethink all ideas about knowledge, education, and learning for young people growing up in the Internet era

06 November 2006

Multimedia - From Wagner to Virtual Reality

attractive web site dealing with concepts, pioneers, images, theory

heyjude

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Judy O'Connell, heyjude, also has a wonderful del.icio.us site; this is her blog. All things Web 2.0, especially as related to education.

Teach and Learn Online

a large wiki network of people interested in all things eLearning, flexible delivery, online education, networked learning, and web 2.0

31 October 2006

Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page

much material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures

21 October 2006

19 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

18 October 2006

Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way

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always looking for new ways to interest students in certain kinds of projects involving visual narrative, autobiography, documentary

16 October 2006

Blogs for Learning

"provide information and resources surrounding the technical, legal, and pedagogical aspects of blogging in the classroom"