We took a jolly trip down to St Andrews primary school, host to some awesome #phonarnation photographers. Their work is absolutely amazing and they are so excited to be connecting with Gems Academy in Chicago. As a way to say hello, we worked on ‘message in a bottle self portraits’ to send over. How great are…
Tag: education
Being Active in a Community
Being part of an online community is something that I have been doing actively since I guess 2013. You could say that I’m a real newbie. What I mean by ‘actively being in a community’ is being part of conversations with people I don’t know, but have shared interests with. Until then I had been…
Mediactive: the Next Generation
I have just finished reading Dan Gillmor‘s book Mediactive and you know what, it’s bloomin’ brilliant. I don’t want to over-sensationalise things but it’s kind of the bible of being a consumer and producer of media (of any kind) on the web. "Welcome to the age of information confusion." Picked up @dangillmor's book today- I'd recommend it…
Catching up
It’s been far too long since writing a post. And I find myself in a very different place to where I was six months ago. I finished university and immediately embarked on teaching Phonar-Nation to a group of 7-10 year olds. I adapted the course originally written for teenagers and worked with children in a primary school. This…