Jan 13
The Vintage Ad Browser, created by Philipp Lenssen, is a collection of ads from a wide array of sources (books, magazines, CD-Roms, websites, etc.).
You can browse by category (Alcohol, Animals, Office, Sports, etc) or search by a key term (Government returned 74 images).
This is a good site for students to use for projects, or a resource to show examples of propaganda.
Jan 4
As we get closer this year to WWII in my US History classes, I am reminded that I have bookmarked several classic cartoons that show propaganda that I want to use in class. One of the more frustrating complaints that I sometimes hear about using YouTube videos in class is that the students get easily distracted.
Here are two websites that are specifically designed to cut down on the distracting frames that accompany YouTube videos:
One rather neat advantage of Safeshare over Quitube is that it allows you to select a start and end point in the video before creating your link. Both sites offer a short URL for sharing on Twitter or Facebook.