03 December 2006
EVERYTHING 2.0: KNOWLEDGE 2.0
by jlesage & 1 otherlinks to knowledge sharing or knowledge management site; larger site is most comprehensive listing of web2.0 sites I have seen, organized into many categories; blogger is from Netherlands
01 December 2006
No More Marriages!: Welcome To The Film Criticism Blog-a-Thon!
by jlesageAndy Hobal's film blog runs a carnival on film criticism; the film bloggers run many blogathons and garner good accumulated comments
27 November 2006
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 othersagain, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Pew Internet: Riding the Waves of "Web 2.0"
by jlesage10/06 report from one of the major sources of information on Internet use in the United States
Virtual Karma: Complete List of Web 2.0 Applications | Rian's blog
by jlesage & 36 othersuseful annotations, garnering many comments and additions
26 November 2006
activelearning strategies
by jlesagea philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography
22 November 2006
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
by jlesageIt's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
21 November 2006
Adding meaning and value to information
by jlesagewhat we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
20 November 2006
Connectivism Blog
by jlesage & 1 othera new theory of education and learning, for a digital Internet culture
16 November 2006
Revealing Pictures & Reflexive Frames 2004
by jlesagevisual anthropology open archive, photos with comments: "opportunity to examine photographic modes of communication across societies, cultures, and academic worlds"
13 November 2006
11 November 2006
Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Ed'n in 21st Century
by jlesageHenry Jenkins, with Katie Clinton, Ravi Purushotma, Alice J. Robinson, and Margaret Weigel ; PDF or online in 6 parts; sensible and sparks new directions of thought; respectful of students
06 November 2006
Henry Jenkins: Taking the You Out of YouTube?
by jlesagewhat kinds of censorship face You Tube and My Space, in addition to the site's ownership of content?
howstuffismade.org
by jlesagevisual 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
Digital Library in leisure studies
by jlesagelinks to full text essays; important to consider how people choose to organize their time and attention, when they can
Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3
by jlesage & 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
03 November 2006
Pierre Bourdieu and taste
by jlesageoverview, with many links; part of a larger, interesting cultural studies site
02 November 2006
"Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti
by jlesagean important essay building on the work of Donna Haraway, emphasizing the kinds of empoverishment that come with globalization, and the possibilities for new forms of collective identity in cyberspace, while eschewing utopianism.
30 October 2006
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.
18 October 2006
Bruno Latour: ARTICLES
by jlesagemost of these works are in English and have full text version online
17 October 2006
PhD Project: Vernacular Creativity and New Media at creativity/machine
by jlesageabstract for thesis that sparks some interesting trains of thought
11 October 2006
what to think about so many lurkers
by jlesage & 2 othersmore lurkers than online writers--do you need to worry about it?
05 October 2006
DIY Media Weblog
by jlesagenew blog as of Sept 06, good authors; participatory democracy in Internet communications