http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Mon, 20 May 2013 23:55:25 PDT Mon, 20 May 2013 23:55:25 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86340 Step-by-step instructions for teaching basic theater game techniques and for using theater games in the social sciences. All the steps necessary to IONize your classroom: exercises in cooperatION, concentratION, justificatION, motivatION, and improvisatION. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=389202 Resources for all levels of teaching related to Appalachian folklore and literature: articles, bibliographies, study guides, lesson plans, links, reviews, Appalachian picture gallery, writing and art by students, some reprinted literary works and folktales, some material on ballads and other folk music. Focus is on literature for children and young adults but some literature for adults is included in relation to teaching at all levels and literature about childhood. Folklore sections (not limited to children's books) include extensive annotated multicultural bibliographies with parallel tales from other places listed, articles, study guides, and folklore texts, mainly from James Taylor Adams Collection of southwestern VA. Rex Stephenson's adaptation of "Mutsmag" is an online storybook illustrated with drawings by primary grade children. Material on Appalachian dialects and Cherokee language included. Submissions by students and adults are welcome. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=223454 The Voice Recipe Online is designed for use in acting, voice and speech classrooms.  The Voice Recipe is a method for analyzing a human voice according to nine ingredients or parameters:  tempo, rhythm, pronunciation, articulation, quality, volume, pitch, word choice, and non-verbals.  Adapted from the textbook, "Voice Onstage and Off" by Robert Barton and Rocco Dal Vera, this learning object  uses audio files to introduce and demonstrate each ingredient. Users can then test their knowledge in the "celebrity chef" game by analyzing the voices of famous film and television characters. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84626 This program consists of more than 30 interviews with Broadway's leading artists explaining what each discipline in the theatre is and what it takes to enter and make a caerr in the theatre. This site has streaming video recordings of the interviews in RealPlayer format. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84625 A panel discussion series bringing together performers, directors, playwrights, designers, choreographers, and behind-the-scenes personnel from the Broadway theatre. This site has videos of various panel discussions available for viewing and transcripts of the discussions as well. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84620 A collection of information on Vaudeville in America. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=452696 According to Shakespeare Quarterly, Bard Box ״periodically posts the best animations, mash-ups, student projects, soliloquies and even campaigning films relating to Shakespeare performance, all curated by McKernan. Each video post is accompanied by a set of basic metadata, including title, date, cast and credits, as well as a brief description of the film and its main points of interest. McKernan also uses the “Categories” feature of Wordpress templates to organize the various types of videos but warns that “there is not a set of controlled terms used”: currently, the sidebar features categories ranging from “experimental” and “eggs” (which contains not one but two adaptations performed by eggs) alongside “Star Wars” and “street Shakespeare.” A tag cloud of Shakespeare’s works also orients the user.BardBox is largely the product of a single expert curator, rendering it cohesive as a collection but closed to the kind of user input that would make it a rich pedagogical tool. Nonetheless, the structure of the collection engages with common web literacies by distributing its content via an RSS feed, both through the WordPress blog and by “favoriting” the chosen clips on YouTube. These functionalities are not trivial: syndicating content makes it active and portable. Instead of having to visit the website to check for new videos (although one may still do this), the user can subscribe to BardBox to be notified of new content via a feedreader, some of which send updates to “live bookmarks” or email. Suddenly, an otherwise static archive becomes mobile across different platforms and devices.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84431 The website of the Sopanam Institute of Kerala, India, engaged in the production and preservation of performance stylesanand methods of traditional Sanskrit and other Indian folk plays. Requires FLASH and JAVA. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84617 An electronic resource and journal dedicated to the study of ancient Greek and Roman drama in performance. (from site) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83812 This multimedia portfolio illustrates the many ways doctoral candidates (and theatre/performance studies graduate students in general) can showcase their research electronically. Videos, photos and illustrations are included in the portfolio, as well as documents detailing the dissertation project.