Once again I apologize to my readers for the absolute lack of attension to this blog. The last four months have been a little bit ‘hairy’, with the submission of my exegesis and all. Actually, it will be submitted on Monday. The title has changed, which has been reflected in this blog as[...]
December 12th, 2008 - 11:47 am § in The Other Stuff
Preparing visually literate learners, notes from some articles
The Educator’s Role in Preparing Visually Literate Learners Susan E. Metros (2008) Metros gives us a good background on how our culture has become dependant on the visual -visual literacy: capacity to communicate instantly and universally. -advances in technology fueled shift - Some students a[...]
November 2nd, 2008 - 5:49 am § in Research Progress
Map of my Masters Research (in progress)
I thought it was a good idea at this stage, with of course suggestions from my supervisor, to map out my entire research. I want to create a visual map to describe my journey and more importantly my learning succession from my projects. Starting from Florence, Italy where I begun my research part-ti[...]
November 2nd, 2008 - 5:23 am § in Research Progress
GRC Presentation October 2008
GRC 2008 Presentation [...]
November 2nd, 2008 - 3:15 am § in Research Progress
de-briefing time… It’s been a long time. GRC October ‘08
My last post was after my 2nd GRC (Graduate Research Conference) presentation. I made a lot of discoveries but there have been some significant shifts in my research and thinking since then. At the last GRC I presented my main on-going project, a comic series for graphic design teachers, as a method[...]
July 16th, 2008 - 10:56 am § in Research Progress
GRC June 08
Graduate Research Conference June 08 This was my 2nd GRC presentation but officially my 3rd. My next presentation is my penultimate. For some reason I was not that nervous. I think it went quite well and my examiners thought so as well. I thought I would post my research presentation and document to[...]