December 2006
U.S. Copyright Office issues new rights - Yahoo! News
by jlesageFilm professors can copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations.
November 2006
Mojiti-video commentary software
by jlesage & 11 othersuseful 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."
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.
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
by jlesagean entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
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
The Dead - Billy Collins Animated Poem
by jlesagevideo by Juan Delcan; model for students about good uses of new form of production and exhibition
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
Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page
by jlesagemuch material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures
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
July 2006
DVDBeaver.com - Eclectic Cinema and Digital Versatile Discs - DVD - all regions, reviews, comparisons, film
by jlesageuseful roundup and coverage of DVDs from all regions
June 2006
PEDABLOGUE - Michael Arnzen
by jlesageTeacher is on leave for 06-07 academic year; see past postings.
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