Natalie Portman Video

I really like…

1. Atlantic Journal’s Politics of Culture on
2. KCRW Stuff
3. The Treatment
4. Real Time with Bill Baher
5. Slate’s Audio Book Club (Great!)
6. Slate’s Spoiler specials
7. TedTalks
8. Writers on Writing
9. NPR Fresh Air
10. New Yorker: Comment
11. National Press Club
12. KCRW’s Left, Right & Center
13. C-Span’s Q & A
14. Bob Edwards Weekend
15. Filmspotting
16. You Look Nice Today (Hysterical)
17. John Locke Lectures
18. Macsparky Screencasts
19. Times Talks
20. Studio 360 with Kurt Anderson
21. 12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire

…That should get you started!

I’m looking more into Annotation, not the easiest word to define:

• adding of notes: the addition of explanatory or critical comments to a text
• the annotation of literary texts makes them more accessible.
  The revised edition of the book includes many useful annotations (from Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)

Artlex

• annotation – Information added to an image, such as arrows, pointers, words, etc. Annotations to a digital image might be stored in layers separate from the image.

ARTFL Webster’s Dictionary

• (#), n. [L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation.] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; — usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

Wiktionary:

An`no*ta”tion

• a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
• a comment added to a text
• the process of writing such comment or commentary
• (computing) metadata added to a document or program – Metadata is Information about other information. Most websites contain metadata to tell the computer how to lay the words out on the screen.
• a comment or note explaining or criticizing a literary work; 2. the act of adding notes or commentary to a literary workSynonyms: commentary, comment, footnote, note, notation

  Antonyms:

  Tips: Annotation originates from the Latin annotare, “to add notes to,” which is also the meaning of the verb annotate. If you break the word down, it’s easy to see that it becomes “a notation,” which is exactly what it is.

  Usage Examples:

  Students are greatly helped in understanding Shakespeare’s works through the annotations found in their newer publications. (notes, footnotes)

Etymology:

Latin annotatus, past participle of annotare, from ad- + notare to mark — more at note. Date: 1710. intransitive verb : to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment transitive verb

From Colorado State:

Annotating

Annotating is an important skill to employ if you want to read critically. Successful critical readers read with a pencil in their hand, making notes in the text as they read. Instead of reading passively, they create an active relationship with what they are reading by “talking back” to the text in its margins. You may want to make the following annotations as you read:

• Mark the Thesis and Main Points of the Piece
• Mark Key Terms and Unfamiliar Words
• Underline Important Ideas and Memorable Images
• Write Your Questions and/or Comments in the Margins of the Piece
• Write any Personal Experience Related to the Piece
• Mark Confusing Parts of the Piece, or Sections that Warrant a Reread
• Underline the Sources, if any, the Author has Used

The annotation of classic novels helps students to better understand them. (notation, addition of commentary)

Would you care to add an annotation to my report? (comment, note) – link

The authors added several annotations to the updated edition of their book. (comments, footnotes)

The Partnership and National Council of Teachers of English Create New Framework

Resource Provides First-of-its-kind 21st Century Skills Classroom Example

TUCSON, AZ — Nov. 24 — The 21st Century Skills and English Map, a new framework that provides educators with teacher-created models of how 21st century skills can be infused into English classes, was released by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

Download English framework

This will inspire you to “get through the suck.”

Los Angeles Times Book Review of

The Grand Inquisitor’s Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God’ by Jonathan Kirsch

“Once the war on heresy was understood as an apocalyptic struggle between good and evil . . . then the end plainly justified the means.” Nor are they likely to disagree with his sobering reminder that “[t]hen as now, demonization of the victim is the necessary precondition for genocide.” Still, conflating an array of historical movements with vastly different motives and scope, Kirsch neglects a vital subject: the rise of a worldview opposed to the Inquisition and its latter-day emulators. The spread of Enlightenment ideals via the American and French revolutions didn’t put an end to political and religious persecution, but it vigorously challenged its legitimacy.

Also, listen to the Podcast with the author: Mp3

Keyboardr give you more categories of results, while still giving you the Google results that are so useful.

…at the link.

Add that one feature to this free online storage service  and Drop.io would be the best app I use. Mashable.

Link is definitely worth a look. (Hi to Daryl Parks!)