Since being awarded as one of the Internet Society’s 25 Under 25 I have been quite busy with different requests and such like. I was invited to speak to some young people at a primary school about digital footprints and online safety. Talking about the Internet and its challenges is not something I am used…
Tag: education
Examinations.
“It is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be sufficient to get you through your examinations, which after all, is what school is all about” Right now, as I am revising (for the first time since my A-levels) I am thinking about how I used to prepare for exams. Or, rather,…
iRights Youth Juries OER Project!
I feel excited. I am going to be the principal lead on a project that will turn a research-led activity for youth into an Open Educational Resource and practice that will better enable educators, parents, carers and community leaders alike to engage youth in a conversation about their digital rights (iRights). What are the iRights…
#phonar at UC Irvine
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks and I am feeling super excited about how Phonar and Phonar Nation are moving forward. Phonar always used to thrive in the autumn (or the fall for any American readers) when the undergraduate class would run, but for the first time it was unhitched from this norm… Jonathan…
Safer Internet Day
Safer Internet Day. What a marvellous cause to educate younglings (and their parents and trusted teachers) about how to be safer online. Yes, of course we should be encouraging ‘good’ behaviours in all walks of life and that now of course includes our digital lives as well. We teach children please and thank you; not…
Being open, private and just less ignorant
I have never really thought of myself as an activist before, for anything. Sure, I have had interests that I have felt quite passionate about, for instance it was about two years ago that I was knee-deep into researching about ‘opening’ the archive into digital environments. Luckily for me, I had a great opportunity to…
Workshop for Films to Make you Feel Good
In the midst of working with researchers and project leads pioneering with innovations in pedagogy, I find myself often forgetting my background in the creative arts. As part of my role as Projects and Community Assistant, I manage students and graduates who work ad-hoc on projects in different capacities; some of these are media production…
Phonar Nation celebrating new collaborations
Its been a lovely school year exploring photography with you and Jonathan and St. Andrews. Lots more possibilities for next school year too.Thank you for sending us goodies to hand out to the students. I will absolutely let you know when they arrive and tweet out portraits of the students holding the goodies. Elysia, GEMS…
#levelawesome PhonarNation
Phonar Nation is really exciting at the moment. We have two schools who have kids younger than the intended age of the class creating some amazing work and now they are connecting. They are also almost 4000 miles away from each other. Bravo to Chicago GEMS Academy and St Andrews Primary! Craig has been making…
Online communities making a big impact on creative practice
So, I went with Jonathan Worth to Lincoln University on Monday to speak to academic staff and students about open and connected photography courses. Something that budding creative practitioners have to tackle is getting work seen above all others. Now in photography, in an age which is image rich, standing out and having an audience…