Are we confusing collaboration with sharing and conversation?

What does collaboration mean to you? This is a question that I have spent a few weeks contemplating. The reason for this started with a statement that a colleague made several weeks ago and has continued with reading some very interesting blog postings on similar topics. The statement started this though was by far the [...]

Creating Art from Data: Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity

This morning as I was preparing lunches for the day I watched this TED talk by Aaron Koblin and was both amazed and inspired. For me this short talk was particularly interesting from the fact that it is based on making use of data, the meaningless stuff, that can be collected or is created by [...]

For Reflection: Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling

I was recently sent reference to this video of a Valedictorian delivering her final speech and was intrigued by the title that it was about a student speaking out against her schooling. I encourage all other educators to watch this clip and reflect on what is said. I found that it raised a lot of [...]

Reflection #3 – Aesthetics, The car door scenario

Recently, I took the plunge and have now embarked on the voyage of the DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex). I have previously posted a reflection on the difference and impact of digital technologies on photography and imaging so this reflection is not a posting of the same content. The purpose of this blog post is [...]

Reflection #2 – Photo’s, Photography and Photographers

This reflection post finds its origins in a tweet requesting links examining the impact of digital technologies on photography. I have had an interest for photography since my high school days but it was during my undergraduate degree that I developed a deep passion for all things visual, especially those that included the capturing of [...]

Reflection #1 – Efficiency and Effectiveness

This morning as I was drinking my morning coffee and watching the day wake up I thought I’d start a series of relection posts.  This post is obviously the first or an as-yet undetermined number of thoughts that will range from pedagogy, to practice, to leadership and management and anything else in between.  This first [...]