Blogmarks : Public marks with tags users & learning

other people's stories

Every story on OPS is a story a contributor heard from someone else. These stories have been overheard and misheard, told and re-told and sometimes refined over time.

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Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions

by jlesage

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.

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Art, Design, and Visual Thinking

by jlesage & 3 others

a basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin

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Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution

by jlesage & 177 others

a web2.0 radio listening site; you can see others' tastes and perhaps pick up some tips from them; like Pandora, it learns your tastes

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Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed

by jlesage & 4 others

a librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006

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Virtual Karma: Complete List of Web 2.0 Applications | Rian's blog

by jlesage & 36 others

useful annotations, garnering many comments and additions

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Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio

by jlesage & 192 others

tell your favorite song, hear more like it; site learns your tastes

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LibriVox

by jlesage & 8 others

goal is to record all the books in the public domain; lots of audio-lit here

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Easy to follow photoshop tutorials

by jlesage & 2 others

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activelearning strategies

by jlesage

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

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Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need

by jlesage & 9 others

how to refine a topic and its searches; updated for web 2.0 and specialty searching; good for anyone starting to do Internet research on a topic and will take you to some previously unused search tools

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TeacherSource | learning.now . Tag - You're Delicious! | PBS

by jlesage

may 06 discussion of how delicious works; useful overview and collection of comments. PBS teachersouce is also worth visiting from time to time

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Sharpening 101

by jlesage & 1 other

an explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds

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Adding meaning and value to information

by jlesage

what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others

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Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University

by jlesage

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.

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Listology: "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"

by jlesage

lists like this give me ideas of what to look for in the library; the whole idea of "listology" is whacky and fun

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Incredible Art Lessons

by jlesage & 1 other

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

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Guerrilla Filmmaking 101

by jlesage

the nitty-gritty of no-budget filmmaking, good on deflating romantic notions often held by first-timers

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Wayfaring

by jlesage & 26 others

Create a map of your life* Build a map for your event* Make a travelogue* Create a map with photos and videos

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Free, Comprehensive Audio and Video Course

by jlesage

Television Production--A Free, Interactive Course in Studio and Field Production by Ron Whittaker, from cybercollege

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Thich Nhat Hahn

by jlesage

many links to this philosopher's writings on the web

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The Getty

by jlesage

museum site has many important photography exhibits, some with audio commentary

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Digital Photography School

by jlesage

tips page, also has page with links to other resources; basic info. but many folks have a hard time with the menus on a digital camera and just use it in a point and shoot way

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