English 372 Spring 2013 (UWEC)

Select different search engines to find images/music/videos that are in the Creative Commons (which doesn't mean they're copyright free, but that they are labeled for re-use) GREAT resource for lessons on copyright

A collection of fonts, many of which are free (from JR's cyberwriter's tale)

Doodling is better than daydreaming

A little help in understanding Diigo better

This is a useful site for researching the background of memes you might be unfamiliar with or want some history on.

Pew Research Center's most recent survey on Facebook users and how they "come and go"

I haven't read this yet, but it might be interesting

Interesting read for those of you looking for jobs

This "Facebook" timeline shows the history of the world through status updates and posts. I plan to use some of these posts when I teach about historical events!

I thought this was a very creative, entertaining way to interpret historical events. I can see it being used to get a very, very general idea of what happened in our history. However, if I were a parent, I do not think I would appreciate this being used as a teaching device. I scanned through the WWI and WWII section and wasn't fond of the way the information was presented. The formatting made the wars seem less serious than they were. But I suppose this project was meant to be amusing. I thought it was much more successful to explain other events; for example, when Earth joins the solar system after the Big Bang, meets atmosphere, and is "in a relationship" with water.

We Are Social People is a site where anyone can write an article and post about social media.

This searchable database allows you to look at archived webpages. Look at Google, Facebook, and many more throughout their internet history. Super cool, and possibly beneficial for final projects?

I'm not all too familiar with Pinterest, so I think this post will come in handy someday!

As a preface to my presentation on instagram later this semester, here's a little background on the app.