I have to thank Merlin Mann for this. If you don’t know his blog 43 Folders, check it out. I stumbled on this little 3 minute treasure quite by accident, thanks to being a Merlin devotee. Over the past few years, he has sent me off on small quests that have enriched my thinking on
Continue reading ...photo credit: gl0ri And they do! This morning a few little tips to unblock the dries came in an e-letter that I subscribe to. It was addressing photography specifically, but hey … creativity is creativity. Tip # 5 resonated for me. It’s one of my own tactics when prepping for a show. Music especially seems
Continue reading ...Yesterday was the first anniversary of my niece’s wedding. I’d been feeling guilty about the dozens of digital images I had lurking in iPhoto and my tardiness in getting them out there for sharing as I’d promised. Truth is, I was looking for an app that would make putting a slideshow together quick and easy.
Continue reading ...It’s been a great few days. The conference dinner (in the time-honoured way of conference dinners) got more of the chat flowing along with the sauvignon blanc and shiraz. It’s always good to make new connections … yes, social networking does happen outside FaceBook. I ended up having a couple of days getting to know
Continue reading ...AUC Create World is back. Griffith University in Brisbane is hosting its annual create and share fest for Apple digital arts practitioners and scholars from November 25-28. I’m presenting and taking part in a panel, so I’m going to be busy in the nicest way for a few days. I love Create World which brings
Continue reading ...Stumbled upon this vidcast from Canadian educator Dean Shareski given at the 2007 K-12 Online Conference. Dean’s nicely produced 25′ video discusses the importance of design in education. He’s even produced a teaser trailer on YouTube. Now that’s innovative! Dean roams across design principles introducing some innovative ways of thinking about classroom space as well
Continue reading ...This curve-ball question came straight at me this week in class. I had confidently tossed off one of my favourite bon mots ‘As an actor your most important muscle is imagination.’ Back came the question and it’s a good one. How do you cultivate your imagination? Got me thinking. I came across a post this
Continue reading ...There’s the talk of creativity in the air. Did it every go away, or is it just spring or serendipity that the creative play approach for educators is all around. My own presentation’s premise on Purposeful Play (at last week’s USQ 3rd International Pedagogies Conference) was reflected in a nice post Unlocking Teacher Creativity: a
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