Narrating and Demonstrating the Work We Do
Not thinking about what you’re writing and just drifting your words across the page or the screen in a timed writing session is a great way to open some unusual doors to original, unexpected thoughts and ideas and perceptions. The body knows many things the conscious mind doesn’t …
Eeeee – this ePortfolio is making me anxious. I am going to draft it out on paper.
It took me awhile to decide which story I was going to analyze using Kurt Vonnegut’s Shapes of Stories concept, but after racking my brain I decided to go with a favourite childhood movie of mine. I still remember being amazed, […]
As one of the possible challenge/outcomes for the Youshow is to find creative ways to share your research (and I have no idea at this point how to do this – thesis ≠ time for non-thesis related creative activity…though it… Continue Reading →
The banner of my blog may take you by surprise. Believe me, my initial banner was a refreshing but rather ho-hum, nondescript image of a tropical beach. Yawn. Then I decided to step up my game with this mighty castle, and a smooth robot kissing a Sleeping Beauty. You are welcome. But it’s not just … Continue reading Of Castles, Robots and Sleeping Beauties →
TRU would like to improve the quality of courses and support systems in the delivery of ABE courses. First Nations and rural students face particular challenges. Some solutions include developing a partnership with school districts – which have the expertise of grade 9-12 course content and the educators, as well as the possibility of finding…
It’s dark and quiet but not for long. Soon alarm clocks will ring, the house will fill with sounds of morning and the sleeting outside will become visible. Coffee in hand, yawning, I am trying to conjure even a bit of the enthusiasm I had last Tuesday following the first You Show session with Alan […]
Here are a few media pieces I made for a course a few years ago. Don’t laugh, but they were all made with PowerPoint. My granddaughter, Kiyana, had fun helping me with the video about girls.
I’m going a little meta on this post… My wife and I were somewhat lazily enjoying this Saturday morning over coffee and a smoothie, chatting about the YouShow and such. She mentioned that she always feels like the stuff that… Continue Reading →
So I had this vision of the overall SHAPE of my thesis, formed in part by books on grad school and by mandatory 100-level grad classes on Methodology and various theories, all helpful and well-intentioned. Roaring out the gate after coursework, my starting point was, ideally, something like this: After a year plus of compiling, branching out, […]