Another poem written as a reward for a donation to my GoFundMe Campaign to get to #unplgud12. This one is for Jarrod Robinson who wanted a poem that could be a discussion starter for teachers in technology workshops. Jarrod, I hope this starts some conversations for you! Thank you for your donation. Technology Does Not ...

As part of my GoFundMe Campaign to get myself to #Unplugd12 in Canada my reward system was to write a poem of a certain length for a certain amount. So, for example a $25 donation is rewarded with a 6 line poem, $50, 10 lines and so on. However, what happened was that I was ...

Inspired by the likes of Shane Koyczan and Geoff Lemon, I have embarked on the journey of writing and delivering my own ‘slam’ poem. Though mine is not about anything nearly as serious as theirs!  (Maybe this can pass for a #ds106 assignment?! Deep breathe – and here I go…  

I dare you…to put yourself out there! Oh alright, alright, I’m not the sort of person who needs to be asked twice. I’m not shy. Which sometimes is a good thing. Other times…notsomuch. ANYWAY, with this Daily Create thingo I’m doing – check it out here – there are a few video assignments that ask ...

I dare you to….. LISTEN! That’s it, just listen. Closely, dammit, shut up! Just listen. What do you hear? Have you heard it before? REALLY? I mean, have you really heard it before? Audio is special. I reckon. I’m not sure it gets enough currency in what we do today. Video is everywhere, but just audio, ...

I dare you to …. see things differently… Well, right, it’s like this – you know, you get into a community and you say you’re gonna do all this stuff, and you have, like, the best of intentions and then it falls…..away…. Not so here! There is this community called, like #ds106. It’s about digital ...

I’m discovering so many cool new things that are happening in Melbourne this year, and I will be attending one of them as many Friday mornings as I can. Very early. In the city, which is quite a significant distance from my place, which means Getting up very very early, and I am not really ...

  If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather the wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the sea. - Antoine de Sainte Exupery   Are your students yearning for the sea? I’d like to think mine are (well, were as I don’t ...

I’m just starting out on my journey of learning about transmedia storytelling and how to create transmedia experiences and so I’ve been trawling the web a bit for resources and ways to collect them. Here is what I’m using (in no specific order but I think I might need to create a workflow!) -   the #transmedia hashtag ...

I dare you to… think outside the classroom box

The thing that is really getting me excited at the moment is the idea of creating games-based, cross media learning adventure experiences that, while possibly adaptable for a traditional classroom, would really be focussed on kids to experience outside of a classroom and school ...

 

 

 

 

 

I can tell that this damn #ds106 thing is going to -

Most definitely challenge my technology skills – bloody animated gifs! Now I’ll have to learn how to make them. Plus a whole host of other arty stuff that I’ve never done before. Pfft! Gonna keep ...

I dare you to exceed…

“Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of habit.” W. Somerset Maugham

Do I have a habit of moderation that I could change to an occasion of excess? Hmm, how could a bout of excessiveness help to move something along or increase ...

I dare you to… construct something new. So that is what I will do. Why? Well, you see, it is so that sometimes the old is no longer where we fit. Interests change, definitions change. It’s not at all that … Continue reading →