I had the honour to be invited to speak at University of Mary Washington’s 2012 Faculty Academy in Virginia. Andy Rush did an excellent job of recording the session. The thought of talking straight for an hour terrified me that I’d have a room full of sleeping people, so I tried to incorporate some of… Read More: UMW Faculty Academy »
After seeing this tweet: The insanity is not only a belief in THE test, but the premise that ANY test is suitable 2 determine another’s worth. #pineapplegate — Mary Ann Reilly (@MaryAnnReilly) April 23, 2012 I did some research on this Pineapple Story. Such nonsense. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared… Read More: Nonsense »
March flew by without a single blog post. I’ve been drawing. A lot. But not my doodle-a-day, not some critique of academic publishing. No, I’ve been drawing in a GAME. Yes, me. The non-gamer has found a game that takes away hours of my day. Drawing with friends. In case you’ve been in a cave… Read More: Perspective »
Session by @Noiseprofessor Tuesday February 28, broadcast on #ds106radio He’s BIG on propagation and only interested in plants you can eat. When choosing forest garden plants, consider useful plants; that are useful for food, fibre, dye, medicine, forgagers, soil building. He likes the book by Fukuoka, One Straw Revolution aka Do Nothing Farming. Mound Culture… Read More: Listening to @Noiseprofessor talk about Forest Gardening »
If I did this assignment perfectly the images wouldn’t be necessary but hey, I brought my camera and the sound matches these pictures… Out of the elevator Down the tunnel Many languages of tourists Roar of the Falls
Inspired by Linda’s DS106, The Movie design assignment and the eerie but awesome Make Jim Groom Art, Damnit! visual assignment, I have attempted my own movie poster starring Professor Jim Groom, the intrepid explorer raiding the lost art! cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by giulia.forsythe I cannot begin to tell… Read More: RAIDERS of the LOST ART »
I decided to take one of my fave novels, Lord of the Flies and pay homage to the dude who ruled the Drosophilia Thomas Hunt Morgan. I did this really quickly using the Wikipedia photos and basic shapes in Photoshop. I had a few labs in university working with Drosophilia and I’ll never be the… Read More: Re-imagined Lord of the Flies »
Me and the gals learned to stop worrying and love the propaganda. Because we’re in DS106 now. This is an ANIMATED propaganda poster based on “We’re in the army now” retro poster. I used Photoshop and very crudely selected out the bits I wanted to erase, used the eyedropper to select the background colour and… Read More: Join in the brand »
Jim Groom invited me to present to his DS106 class yesterday. Unfortunately this week has been a challenge to do things in the evenings synchronously so I pre-recorded this video [7min] For those of you who can’t sit through 7 minutes of video, here’s a quick outline of the talk: Introduction to me (In B&W,… Read More: Learning by Design: Sketchnoting in DS106 »
I’d like to tell you a story of bread and spandex. First, there was this tweet… #ds106 docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_9l8… I give you this as a present. — Tom Woodward (@twoodwar) February 8, 2012 Then @noiseprofessor up and @JimGroom-ified that breathtaking toe-tapping, spandex spectacle and transformed it into a piece of beauty. Strangeness ensued with Cat Breading… Read More: Pure Bread is two steps away from In Bread »