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Sleep, Attention, and Memory: Not (Maybe) What You Thought-- Blogs Scientific American Community
"sleep can make memories more stable, so that they are more resistant to interference and decay"; and coffee-loaded all-night studying can make the information just slide away
Should I Buy a Kindle? « Amazon Kindle Guide, Free Books & Resources
Lots of pros and cons and readers' reports summarized; some hitches you may not have thought of. Mothersite has good listing of how to get free ebooks in Kindle format or convert them to it.
Music special: Five great auditory illusions - being-human - 24 February 2008 - New Scientist
part of a whole special issue on music and science; this essay takes up some things I had not thought of before, although some seem obvious when you thing about them; of use for media production
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Powerpoint
the author's own ideas plus links to other major Powerpoint strategies; he says, and I agree, do not have things you will end up reading to audience; think about how to engage audience
Photojojo » Unsharp Mask: How Do You Actually Use That Thing?
In Photoshop, you never want to use the Sharpen filter but rather the Unsharp Mask filter; here is an easy guide to how to use that wonderful tool.
Detainee Interrogations, Psychologists, & Other Health Care Professionals
Kenneth S. Pope resigned APA over policy on psychologists participating in the planning or implementation of detainee interrogation. Here is his important, long bibliography on topic.
Understanding Layers in Photoshop
clear instructions for a useful tool
parameters of science
a survey of almost every aspect of science from the largest to smallest dimensions; brief explanations, definitions, many illustrations; very clearly written
Digital Photography Composition Tips
a collection of essays from Digital Photography School; commonsensical and good for beginners or those who want to advance
CyberArts
After choosing a piece of artwork and researching the artist, the students create a “tableau vivant”, or “living picture”, image – one in which they dress up, pose for, and become the subject in the image.
The Five Phases of Flattening a Classroom (Techlearning blog)
teaching how to communicate online as a group, then with another class, then with larger audience; savvy about stages in teaching communicative behavior; I am interested in teaching public writing, its protocols, its etiquette.
University of Essex :: Course Materials :: Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Many courses in literature and film have lecture notes, readings, exam archives, etc. posted here. A model for a college department web site useful to students and others interested in the subject matter.
Literary Study at Univ. of Essex
many online resources for study of literature and literary theory, including lecture notes, texts online, sample exam questions, etc.
NCTE - Reading and Writing on the Web
National Council of Teachers of English classroom exercises and resources to teach Internet evaluation and writing for the Web
100s of Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter: Our Recession Special | Open Culture
organized by category; Open Culture, the mother site, is one of the best independent learning sites for tips and resources
Gomestic
readers tips for all aspects of domestic life; well organized and easy to use site; interesting new ways to use household items and do tasks
Technology Review: Blogs: Ed Boyden's blog: How to Think
people working in media and tech need to retool all their professional skills careerwise about every six months; this tells how to do that; one's cognitive framework has to be maximized for constant new learning
ItalyGuides.it: A Sightseeing Revolution - A virtual reality travel in Italy through monuments and masterpieces
both audio guides for iPods, and video ones. Interesting tech applications to travel media.
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