I like this story about innovative classroom technology on a number of levels. In college I studied technology for the classroom. So stories like this that touch on all the latest and greatest — RSS, blogs, wiki, Flickr, etc… — catch my attention. I think it’s all a good thing.

Why on this blog, though? Look at the project that is described:

Students selected a Shakespearean sonnet and conceptualized a digital presentation that conveyed a particular interpretation. Using PowerPoint, students divided the sonnet as they wished, selected images and music for their interpretation, and designed the layout. Some students interpreted the text with their families in mind, building family pictures into their presentation. On every level, Amtower said, the students were engaged.

Technology in the classroom? Cool. Technology being used to teach non technical subjects, like Shakespeare? Triple cool.

During some search engine browsing I stumbled across this page containing a zillion pictures of the Globe Theatre that somebody obviously took during a trip. They’re from all sorts of angles, inside and out, distance and close up. Nice to have a fresh look at this sort of thing.

Also posted because it comes from Gweepnet, which is the brainchild of some of my fellow alum at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Great Shakespeare program, given that it’s an engineering school. I saw “The Tempest” while there. Hi, Professor Vick!

Shakespeare and the Players

Wow. I’m not even sure what to make of this, I’ve just begun going through it. From the front page: “Shakespeare and the Players is a survey through postcards of the many now unfamiliar English and American actors who played Shakespeare’s characters for late Victorian and Edwardian audiences.” The images are just fascinating…

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http://shakespeare.about.com/library/bllastwordsquiz.htm

Have I posted this one before? It just showed up in my mailbox today, so if I have, that means that About.com is rotating through them. Anyway, enjoy. I like “last words” because it’s come to be the sort of thing that people know about their Shakespeare. I always thought a good category on Jeopardy would be “first words / last words” where during the first round all the questions were about famous first lines, and in the second half it would be all famous last words.

I realize the point about “These quizzes don’t prove anything about your knowledge of Shakespeare”, and you’re right. But they’re still entertaining. I got 8 out of 10, and I’m pleased with that. Gotta work on my Othello, apparently.

The Onion | Shakespeare Was, Like, The Ultimate Rapper

Hey, it’s from the Onion. Funny stuff.