Author Archives: NomadWarMachine

My First Comic

Posted on 11th November 2015 by NomadWarMachine

This week’s Annotation/Conversation activity from Tellio the Pirate is all about comix making. I realised when I made this that my problem was not so much with making the pix part of that, Witty Comics did that easily – it … Continue reading →

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Postcards

Posted on 8th November 2015 by NomadWarMachine

Riches indeed – the postcards I have received as part of Karen’s postcard writing collaboration. All beautiful, in their different ways. Thank you, friends 🙂

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Roadtrip

Posted on 7th November 2015 by NomadWarMachine

It started with Simon’s students Etienne and Loic who wrote a song about a road trip which Simon encouraged DigiWriMo peeps to record their own version. Several did, and you can find the lyrics and links in this Google Doc as well as in Simon’s … Continue reading →

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CVs and Resumes

Posted on 5th November 2015 by NomadWarMachine

We don’t have resumes here in the UK, just CVs. Whether you’re applying for a job as part time bar stuff, retail manager or academic, you pull together an appropriate CV, which should only stretch to 2 sides of A4 … Continue reading →

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Storyjumpers 4: Confessions of a uke player

Posted on 1st November 2015 by NomadWarMachine

[This is part 4 of a story jumping activity for Digital Writing Month. Bruno started it, followed by Kevin  and Maha. Sign up in the Google Doc if you’d like to join in] Ouch – my head hurts! What on … Continue reading →

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Alt-CVs for DigiWriMo

Posted on 29th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

As part of Digital Writing Month (#DigiWriMo) we have introduced a pre-course activity for folk to introduce themselves by writing an alternative CV, or resume.  I’ve  started curating these using Hackpad. I am loving seeing the diverse approaches people are taking to … Continue reading →

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Making conversation

Posted on 29th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

While I love participating in events such as the rhizothings and other connectivist happenings, they can be both overwhelming and isolating at times. Overwhelming because of the sheer volume of content that is being disseminated; isolating because while everybody is sharing with … Continue reading →

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Creating an alternative CV

Posted on 28th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

This November I’m going to be co-facilitating Digital Writing Month (#DigiWriMo) with Maha Bali and Kevin Hodgson. We thought that a fun way to lead into this would be to suggest that folk create an alternative CV. As a way … Continue reading →

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The Creative Art of Wittering

Posted on 24th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

witter verb (wittered, wittering) intrans (usually witter on) to talk or mutter ceaselessly and ineffectually. ETYMOLOGY: 19c: probably a variant of whitter to chatter. Chambers Online Dictionary It’s hard to know when rhizomatic learning is appropriate. On the one hand, … Continue reading →

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Making an ass out of you and me

Posted on 17th October 2015 by NomadWarMachine

In his History of Animals, Aristotle asserts that: Males have more teeth than females in the case of men, sheep, goats, and swine. History of Animals 2, 3 One wonders why he did not conduct an empirical study before making this … Continue reading →

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