Narrating and Demonstrating the Work We Do
Robin Good has long been my go-to guru for inspiration on how and what to curate. In this short interview by Cendrine Marrouat, social media blogger, curator, and founder of Social Media Slant, I got some useful direction for something I have been practicing for several years now. Perhaps it will be of value to you … Continue reading Advice from Expert Curator, Robin Good, on How to…Curate →
I have known about PowerPoint Karaoke for years. If the idea is new to you think “improv for presenters”. Terrifying? To some, any kind of presenting is next to losing a family member or having a tarantula crawl on you… and that is why I am exploring this as end-of-class fun for everybody. So big … Continue reading PowerPoint Karaoke, Improv Presentation & the Infinite Game–Playing to Learn →
One of the biggest problems folks have with embracing ad hoc online conversation is that there is a lot of friction from the decision to do it and doing it. Maybe Meerkat has figured that out much as many online social photo apps have. These are my first attempts at pure play in these sand lots. … Continue reading Old Guy on Porch Reads Walden to Kids on Meerkat →
Seth’s Blog: Companies don’t care about you http://t.co/4hWIgkk1RD Ask this question but insert “school” where “company” is. — Terry Elliott (@telliowkuwp) March 21, 2015 Who or what is your ‘company’? Is it an abstraction, a legal fiction for which and from which we claim institutional imperatives? Is it company as in ‘a group of actors … Continue reading Does Your “Company” Care? →
My wife and I often take field walks on Sunday to assess the state of the pasture, the grass, the woods, the water–in other words the full catastrophe that has been this winter. And, of course, we wanted to hear the peepers at the Gates of Dawn. In the wetlands by Bacon Creek we … Continue reading I Keen; Therefore, I Am. →
I was inspired to write this post by the work of Kim Douillard and Kevin Hodgson in a project called “Slices of Life”. I was especially struck by Kevin’s photos here (and I am avidly awaiting Kim’s). In Kevin’s night picture, however, I found myself wondering about what I could not see just as much as by … Continue reading Camera Non-Obscura: Or Why the Brain Sees Better than the Camera →
The sarvis tree’s buds are swelling. It will flower first even before the willow sends out its green diadems. But before all this I have a vinyl recording of “Appalachian Spring” conducted by Aaron Copland that I begin to listen to over and over while I read the “Spring” chapter in Thoreau’s Walden. You listen, … Continue reading Appalachian Spring in Kentucky →
It was very hard to create this and know it is my last one using this grand tool. So I addressed the issue of hope within. I hope you enjoy. I hope not against hope but for hope. Thanks for watching.