This week the library and our teaching centre co-hosted a Wikipedia in the Classroom event. We were pleased to have Jonathan Obar, Wikipedia teaching fellow come and give an overview of the Canadian Education Program. He opened the session with the trippy and beautiful audio experience from Listen to Wikipedia. Jonathan gave a great perspective… Read More: Wikipedia in the Classroom »
tl;dr I use #slack as a chat room and it’s useful. To be truthful, I don’t really want to kill email. I still quite like it for many purposes. A lot of the time, however, it’s just not the right tool. Twitter and text messages are better for short spurts of communication but they are… Read More: Death to email »
This week for Thought Vectors we are to read Vannevar Bush’s 1945 Atlantic essay As We May Think and choose a nugget. This means to: Take a passage from the reading that grabs you in some way and make that passage as meaningful as possible. creative commons licensed ( BY-ND ) flickr photo shared by frau-Vogel Choosing just one… Read More: Big Data Sensemaking »
Wow, what a great question. I’m with Cindy on a lot of points, it’s not an easy question to answer. At first, I wanted to glibly say, “Great! I feel GREAT when I think!” but a my over-riding skeptical side knows that’s just not true. To work it through, I charted out my “logical” thought… Read More: How do I feel when I think? »
This is my best #thoughtvector selfie. I’m trying not to overthink it. Just geting a post up so I can test the feed. I can always edit this later. Don’t be afraid, they say. I think if @scottlo can get over it, so can I. My cat liked this selfie activity so much, she wanted… Read More: #thoughtvectors selfie »
May 13-16 I visited the lovely Thompson Rivers University campus in Kamloops, British Columbia for the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education conference. The theme was confluence, which draws on the unique geography of Kamloops, situated at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers. The concept of water meeting was mimetic through many… Read More: Reappropriating Innovation »
Kicking off CNIE2014, this year I was head-over-heels-excited to participate in a graphic facilitation workshop led by the amazing Nancy White as a full day pre-conference session. It was a great opportunity to connect with old friends, friends I only knew online (until now) and of course, make new friends. The day progressed so smoothly… Read More: Drawing on Walls with Nancy White »
May 8 & 9, 2014, a new batch of spotlight speakers inspired, shared, learned, and connected with over 1500 attendees Rocking #canedu14 with @dkuropatwa @datruss @thecleversheep @wrightsroom @zbpipe pic.twitter.com/rYqa8L3u9G — Dr. Valerie Irvine (mastodon.social/@virvine) (@_valeriei) May 8, 2014 Here’s a quick summary of the sessions I attended: Werewolves of Learning, by University of Toronto professor,… Read More: Connect 2014 »
Everyone loves a good 1840s GIF party. There’s an amazing collection of them growing as part of this DS106 assignment, at the GIFfight Tumblr, many by the CogDog himself. I chose to GIF up this Oil paint on canvas Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889) by John Singer Sargent (1856‑1925). The famous actress, Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928), is shown here… Read More: Just Bloody fun: 1840s GIF Party »
Last month, I was pleased to be invited by Antonio Vantaggiato and his team to Puerto Rico to live draw visual notes for TEDxUSagradoCorazón. cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Alan Levine In the past, I’ve seen quite a few TEDx events drawn live on paper but I was excited to… Read More: Drawing TEDx, Talking Visual Notes »