Marginalia – Page 131

Moving into Moodle: the experience for a Mac user

13 February, 2008
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Blogging, Collaborative Learning
Posted by Kate Foy

The past couple of weeks have been busy for most academics in
Australia. If they’re not grabbing the last of the summer before term
begins … and it’s been a miserable, wet summer for most of us …
then others are jetting home from far-flung cold climes. Most probably,
like me, they’re prepping for the first semester of the academic year.

digiphobia, e-learning, Mac, Moodle, Research and Professional Development, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, WebCT, work

Rehearsals begin: workshops, complicité, and creativity

10 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Saturday was a bonding day, a day when the acting company came together to work for the first time on the stage. The Director’s approach to this production has consistently been to point us towards the notion of the reality of the historical events surrounding this play, and the impact those events had upon the

Acting Notes, Actors and Acting, Cabaret, rehearsal, theatre

“Ich bin ein Berliner!” or trying to sound like it.

8 February, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions, Voice and Text
Posted by Kate Foy

I had my first accent coaching session with a German colleague yesterday. She’s a native of Berlin, teaches German language at university here in Australia, but has been immersed in an English-sounding world for around 10 years or so. As a result of this, I had to ask her to work at strengthening her German

Acting Notes, Asides, Cabaret