http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:58:40 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 16:58:40 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=548984 Step-by-step instructions on getting a website started in WordPress. It assumes that students have their own domain name and a WordPress hosting account at wordpress.org (not wordpress.com). The author recommends GoDaddy for both of these services. For further information, see http://theresabclarke.com/100_credit http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=565915 Guy Kawasaki shares effective PowerPoint presentation advice based on the 10-20-30 rule with clear tips on the appropriate number of slides (10), number of minutes (20) and font size (30). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=565846 Effective rhetoric can be extremely persuasive, as shown by Mad Mens Don Draper. In this clip, Don sells his idea for an ad campaign for Kodaks slide carousel, calling it a time machine that takes us to a place where we ache to go again. Even the Kodak executives are moved. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=565874 Written communication lacks the subtle tonalities of the spoken language, as demonstrated in this humorous ad in which a single word is said 15 times with a slightly different meaning each time. Writers must compensate for these deficiencies by providing detail and context and selecting their words precisely. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=565890 Using only dialogue spoken by characters in (copyrighted) Walt Disney films, this humorous video briefly reviews the laws covering copyright and fair use and bemoans the lengthening of the copyright period in the U.S. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=598064 In this film, we’ll explore methods for engaging learners through the experience of a field trip. When students perform meaningful tasks in the field, the activity becomes a form of concrete, experiential learning. This instructional film is from Kansas State University's web-based course, GENAG 721, Occupational and Agricultural Safety and Health Interventions. Copyright 2011, Mitch Ricketts. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=642217 Dr. Morton was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on July 4th, 2011 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviewsTimothy Morton is a Professor of English at UC Davis, where he teaches literature and ecology, Romantic-period literature, and literary theory. Dr. Morton’s interests include literature and the environment, ecotheory, philosophy, biology, physical sciences, literary theory, food studies, sound and music, materialism, poetics, Romanticism, Buddhism, and the eighteenth century. In addition to being a well-known blogger, he has published nine books and sixty essays – most notably The Ecological Thought (Harvard UP, April 2010) and Ecology Without Nature (Harvard UP, 2007; paperback 2009). Dr. Morton is part of the movement known as Object-Oriented Ontology. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=643518 Dr. Briggle was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on February 4th, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviews/Dr. Adam Briggle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas, where he specializes and teaches courses in Bioethics, Environmental Studies and the Philosophy of Technology. His areas of research interest and expertise are reflected in his book, A Rich Bioethics Public Policy, Biotechnology, and the Kass Council http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=643647 Dr. Borgmann was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on August 16th, 2010 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviews/ Albert Borgmann is an American philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of technology. He was born in Freiburg, Germany, and is a professor of philosophy at the University of Montana. He has an MA in literature from the University of Illinois (Urbana) and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Munich (Germany). Since 1970 he has taught at the University of Montana. His special area is the philosophy of society and culture with particular emphasis on technology. Among his publications are Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life (University of Chicago Press, 1984), Crossing the Postmodern Divide (University of Chicago Press, 1992), Holding on to Reality: the Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium (University of Chicago Press, 1999), Power Failure (2003), and Real American Ethics (2006). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=694561 © Alex Reid and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Reid was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on September 20th, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground scholarly interview series: http://figureground.ca/interviews/scholarly-series/Dr. Alex Reid earned hi PhD from SUNY Albany in Writing, Teaching, and Criticism in 1997. Since then he’s taught at Georgia Tech, Penn State, SUNY Cortland, and now at the University of Buffalo. He studies digital media networks with a particular interest in their operation within humanities pedagogy and scholarship. His book, The Two Virtuals: Composition and New Media, examines the intersection of technologies of virtual reality with philosophies of the virtual and considers how bringing these two discourses together offers insight into teaching writing. He is co-editor of Design Discourse, a collection of essays on the construction of technical and professional writing curriculum. He has also published articles in several journals and book collections. His primary blog, Digital Digs (www.alex-reid.net), deals with developments in new media, rhetoric, and higher education.