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ImmigrationProf Blog: From a teacher at Postville, IA On the Raids
poignant and angry first person narrative from a grade school teacher hugely affected by an immigration raid in her town
The Guantánamo Testimonials Project — UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA)
"The goals of this project are to gather testimonies of prisoner abuse in Guantánamo, to organize them in meaningful ways, to make them widely available online, and to preserve them there in perpetuity."
YouTube - Being an Unperson
surprising and profound video essay from self-advocate for people with cognitive disabilities; make sure to see all videos in this series; contribution to autobiographical media
not martha - seeking podcasts
blog author asked for tips for non-music podcasts to listen to while driving; lots of responses with suggestions to follow up on, sept. 07
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… » The Best Ways For Students (And Anyone Else!) To Create Online Content Easily, Quickly & Painlessly
experienced teacher of English as a Second Language uses many creative ways to build language skills with adult students; pedagogically, an inspiration and source of tips for other teachers
50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story | nmc
Alan Levine of Cogdogroo offers a narrated slidecast of his wonderful web contribution of ways to do web narration or storytelling.
How to Create Simple Digital Stories
"A summary of the digital storytelling process provided as a supplement to the video address (48 minutes - 44.3 MB) provided by Dr. Barrett in Finland, 2007." Succinct and complete rundown of the processes.
Welcome! Ultimate storytelling guide
especially useful are sections on course material and oral history
Coming Up With Story Ideas
tips for screenwriters and fiction writers; may be good for blogs to stimulate an idea for today's entry and how to phrase it; help give focus to a vague sense of a good idea
Travelers' Tales - Publishers of Stories, Wit and Wisdom from Travelers Around the World
well written travel writing can be found here; good prose is always a delight
PBS Teachers | learning.now . One Story, 50 Tools, Infinite Possibilities | PBS
background to how Alan Levine of CogDogRoo created a story about his dog, Dominoe, in fifty different ways, using as many web applications; it's a model of contributing to knowledge of how to use the Internet well for creative projects
NPR : Timeline: The Life of the Blog
capsule summary of much of Internet history, other versions of this use different key moments
History Toolkit
short essays designed to help the beginning historian conduct and organize his or her own historical research; include forms for you to print and use in your own research. Good section on doing and evaluating oral history.
Making Sense of Oral History
methodologically savvy site for teaching or doing oral history; discusses issues of interpretation and of shaping the oral history interview
Teacher Lesson Plan - Using Oral History
From Library of Congress: "This lesson presents social history content and topics through the voices of ordinary people. It draws on primary sources from the American Memory Collection, American Life Histories, 1936-1940."
apophenia: on being notable in Wikipedia
danah boyd talks about what happened after she was written about on Wikipedia, very strange from her personal perspective
Linda Hall writes on Katha Pollitt's new book, Learning to Drive. | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books
I love this book's rage, honesty, and perfect prose; denounces pretentious left academic men of my generation; also Pollitt's wry look at herself and other women is witty and skewers our illusions and defenses
The Stevens Seventy -- The Center for Science Writings
Greatest Science Books in English: "Written primarily by scientists but also by philosophers, historians, journalists, these books stand out for their subject matter, rhetorical style and impact on science and the rest of culture."
Barnes & Noble.com - The Writing Room - B&N Book Clubs
a discussion group about all aspects of writing fiction and non-fiction; many writers chat about aspects of literature, their craft, and ways to approach writing; lots of folks participate
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