Notes on a PhD

I’m intending this site to be a kind of boiler room of a PhD thesis, the theme of which is Making is learning: the role and the function of practical work in media education. I’ll be working on it full

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Notes on a PhD

I’m intending this site to be a kind of boiler room of a PhD thesis, the theme of which is Making is learning: the role and the function of practical work in media education. I’ll be working on it full

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BFX Digital Convergencies Conference

Edited footage from school media production settings supporting a paper on ‘Porous Pedagogy in the Third Space’ at the BFX Conference – Bournemouth University – Sept 2014 Here are the final short films in questions: http://theclipclub.co.uk/2014/07/11/run-school-run-1-2-making-of-on-youtube/

BFX Digital Convergencies Conference

Edited footage from school media production settings supporting a paper on ‘Porous Pedagogy in the Third Space’ at the BFX Conference – Bournemouth University – Sept 2014 Here are the final short films in questions: http://theclipclub.co.uk/2014/07/11/run-school-run-1-2-making-of-on-youtube/

Session on MA Creative & Media Education Residential

I’m doing a session on an MA module at CEMP, Bournemouth University and I’m using the following audio featuring research participants talking about a recent media production project with PGCE student teachers and Year 7 & 8 boys from a

Session on MA Creative & Media Education Residential

I’m doing a session on an MA module at CEMP, Bournemouth University and I’m using the following audio featuring research participants talking about a recent media production project with PGCE student teachers and Year 7 & 8 boys from a

Thinglink and Soundcloud audio test … filming in northern Spain

I’m trying to get to a point where I can annotate/narrate images, by floating audio over the top – so this is a test to see if the embed code works in WordPress… If it doesn’t work, it does in

Thinglink and Soundcloud audio test … filming in northern Spain

I’m trying to get to a point where I can annotate/narrate images, by floating audio over the top – so this is a test to see if the embed code works in WordPress… If it doesn’t work, it does in

North London Obs January 2014

I’ve been to the primary school in north London 3 times now for the after school film making club connected to the Cent Ans de Jeunesse BFI programme. The first time I spent most of the time lurking outside the

North London Obs January 2014

I’ve been to the primary school in north London 3 times now for the after school film making club connected to the Cent Ans de Jeunesse BFI programme. The first time I spent most of the time lurking outside the

Diane Ravitch on Super-Edu’s

I’m having a problem with whom Diane Ravitch has referred to as the Super-Edu’s. She’s talking about them in an institutional sense – the unelected Superintendents of Education that some States in the US employ (at great cost) tasked with

Diane Ravitch on Super-Edu’s

I’m having a problem with whom Diane Ravitch has referred to as the Super-Edu’s. She’s talking about them in an institutional sense – the unelected Superintendents of Education that some States in the US employ (at great cost) tasked with

Record of Presentations/Public Engagement

Pre-PhD: February 2012: The Media Education Association Conference at BFI. 1 hour session on practical media education and the Cent Ans de Jeunesse BFI/Cinémathèque, Paris collaboration. Panel discussion with 3 x Year 9 boys from London Nautical School and their

Record of Presentations/Public Engagement

Pre-PhD: February 2012: The Media Education Association Conference at BFI. 1 hour session on practical media education and the Cent Ans de Jeunesse BFI/Cinémathèque, Paris collaboration. Panel discussion with 3 x Year 9 boys from London Nautical School and their

Primary still & moving image literacy north of Barcelona with Cinema en Curs

I visited a primary school in Collserola, Escola Els Xiprers, 20 minutes train ride north of Barcelona and then a walk up a wooded hill. The visit was co-ordinated by an expanding international film education programme – Cinema en Curs

Primary still & moving image literacy north of Barcelona with Cinema en Curs

I visited a primary school in Collserola, Escola Els Xiprers, 20 minutes train ride north of Barcelona and then a walk up a wooded hill. The visit was co-ordinated by an expanding international film education programme – Cinema en Curs

The Clip Club – 15th October 2013 – Roving learning

I wrote a comprehensive post on the clip club blog about what was covered in this session and even though it only lasted about 45 minutes we seemed to cover a lot of ground. The animation: The Big Match (by

The Clip Club – 15th October 2013 – Roving learning

I wrote a comprehensive post on the clip club blog about what was covered in this session and even though it only lasted about 45 minutes we seemed to cover a lot of ground. The animation: The Big Match (by

The Clip Club – 8th October 2013 – graphic play

Observations on yesterday’s session: trying to introduce the notion of images as symbols of meaning and how they can wield this meaning in the stories they tell through film. Introducing metaphorical thinking, disassociating the literal, is a good starting point

The Clip Club – 8th October 2013 – graphic play

Observations on yesterday’s session: trying to introduce the notion of images as symbols of meaning and how they can wield this meaning in the stories they tell through film. Introducing metaphorical thinking, disassociating the literal, is a good starting point

Research evolutions in school

I’m having a series of thoughts about ways of going about research / school dynamics and I just need to get them down if haphazardly right here in a kind of ‘free writing’ mode. I’m struck with how quickly I

Research evolutions in school

I’m having a series of thoughts about ways of going about research / school dynamics and I just need to get them down if haphazardly right here in a kind of ‘free writing’ mode. I’m struck with how quickly I

The Clip Club – 24th Sept 2013 session

Once a week I run The Clip Club – http://theclipclub.co.uk – a non-formal film making/watching club in an East London primary school for Years 5 & 6 – about 8-10 of them. The above blog records all our activities and

The Clip Club – 24th Sept 2013 session

Once a week I run The Clip Club – http://theclipclub.co.uk – a non-formal film making/watching club in an East London primary school for Years 5 & 6 – about 8-10 of them. The above blog records all our activities and

Media Education Summit (MES) 2013 – Natalie Fenton

Sheffield was the venue for this year’s Media Education Summit. Collated here are a series of posts with fragments, observations and provocations from key notes and presentations. More here: Sarah Pink, Susan Orr, David Buckingham Natalie Fenton – Publics, Politics

Media Education Summit (MES) 2013 – Natalie Fenton

Sheffield was the venue for this year’s Media Education Summit. Collated here are a series of posts with fragments, observations and provocations from key notes and presentations. More here: Sarah Pink, Susan Orr, David Buckingham Natalie Fenton – Publics, Politics