“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” If only we could live up to these ideals. But the first link today shows that we don’t.
1 – The First Amendment is dead. Just ask Anderson Cooper. Link via ShortForm Blog.
2 – If you live in Boston, it may be too much to visit USC or if you are in Washington, then University of Miami is a long commute for a campus visit. But youniversitytv can help your student get a look at a far away campus they are considering for a college choice.
3 – The Journal Register Company, a small chain of 18 publications is now running it’s entire operation open source. Check it out at the Ben Franklin Project. Freedom of the Press is for those who own the presses. The Press is now FREE!
4 – I hate the pen tool. In photoshop, illustrator, etc. I don’t like it. I don’t get it. All Web Design Info wants to change that and help me and you learn how to control the pen tool.
5 – Don’t know how to post a video to YouTube? It’s only seven basic steps away.
6 – Google Apps For Education has some training available for you at the right price – FREE! Learn all the basics for all the Ed Apps. And then get certified.
7 – Royalty Free music is hard to come by – Adam Westbrook has Five Places for Cheap or Free Music for your video project.
8 – On a day when Freedom is supposed to ring, we are hearing the slow death of freedom. At a time where nearly everyone carries a camera with them every day in their pocket, a photographer was harassed for trying to shoot video in Miami. You have to watch this. I can’t believe this is America, sounds more like the Soviet Union to me – “where are your papers, comrade?” What scares me the most is that nobody seems to care.
9 – Maybe we need to show this to everyone!
10 – All Web Design Info has a simple series of graphics that explain how CSS3 Properties work.
11 – Great advice for young, starting off journalists from 10,000 words blog. My advice via my j-prof: “Get the secretary to like you. The world is run by the secretaries.” Best advice since my high school band director – “If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late.”
12 – The Denver Post followed one kid from high school graduation to boot camp, to Iraq and back. Great photo story telling.
13 – Not sure where I found this presentation about HTML 5, but make sure you start on slide 16 and skip the Java Script stuff unless you need to know about that too.
14 – Adventures in Pencil Integration has Six Lies We Tell Ourselves about Technology. The biggest lies we teachers tell ourselves is: If only I had this piece of technology or software, then everything would go smoothly in my classroom.
Have a happy Independence Day.
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TEACH J: For Teachers of Journalism And Media 
Must be an American thing….