Vid History

I like the idea behind the Video History project. i think of it in terms of finding early video clips from old documentaries by artists, news reports etc. I can also see something like that becoming an awesome resource for contemporary artists and teachers who want to use old videos for showing students interviews about what their predecessors thought about their times and their work.

Experimental Sound Studio

The Experimental Sound's web site is pretty direct and easy to use. I also got to talk a little with my sister in-law who actually used their studio a couple of times for some school projects (3 or 4 years ago), and she remembers that they were pretty helpful. Their services are expensive, though, especially when you are not a member or a student.

Web Crit

Dig. Literacy: The nice thing about this web is that they are not pointing out a problem, they also offer a solution in full detail, it sounds paranoid at times, but very informative and practical. For example they give info about how students can best use the images they find to illustrate text.

Stockyard: Stock yard is loaded with some worthwhile info and activities that really form a strong support for learning technology and art. Social activism in really embedded in their ideas and their work, and they seem to always work in connection to community life.

Bloggage

if you read these blogs: due to some internet "issue", they are not in sequence . . . as they should be, so bare with me (the following weeks will make more sense)

capeweb

One of things I like about CAPE is the easy access to the information that describes what they do, for example the "CAPE'S ARTIST IN THE CLASSROOM PACKAGE"(including prices). Nothing seemed abstract, it was easy to understand and direct to the point.

the portal

The portal has a lot of helpful and useful info, but there are times when it just rubs me the wrong way: for one changing my password - the help desk told me that I had to on campus in order to complete that simple task . . .I live on the North side of Chicago, so I do not think I should have to travel or wait until I am back on campus in order to access resources that I need for school work (homework etc.).
And this is not a big deal, but changing the way it looks might add something to it, right now it does not come across as an ART school site (to say the least).

arted20.ning.com

The Art Ed website is also cool, they have a lot of things that I could actually use right now, while in school (some info about ART21 series for example). But I also like knowing what I am getting into, I could not find anything deeper than the introductory paragraph they have up - and they want people to sign up right away . . .but then again I am paranoid on weekdays, so there's that . . . otherwise it seems to be simple and direct website (I just need to know who is behind it exactly, even Facebook has that part about who they are).