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The peace of silence
There’s so much emphasis at the moment in active learning, often accompanied with the (implicit) belief that this needs to be a collaborative activity. I think both are important, and also enjoyable – but sometimes peace and solitude are just … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, Learning, Online learning, Peer interaction, Writing
Tagged #modigiwri, active learning, cooking, learning, peer interaction, silence, writing. Bacon
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Dots, dots everywhere
Today’s dots – a freshly baked batch of oatcakes. Time is of the essence with these – they need to be quickly mixed together and rolled out while the dough is still warm, else the mixture sets and becomes unworkable. … Continue reading
Posted in Peer interaction, Photos, Scotland
Tagged #modigiwri, baking, oatcakes, Scotland
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Joining up the dots?
We’re all thinking about dots. Sheri reminds us that this is not a new conversation. Terry responds and starts teasing out the metaphor. Dots and lines, or overlapping circles? Maybe both, maybe more. We don’t have the words to represent to … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, D&G, Doodles, Learning, Social Media, Writing
Tagged #clmooc, #modigiwri, connected learning, dots, networks
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Dot dot dot
Mashing together two prompts today: Wendy’s post for #MoDigiWri and the Daily Create also for today. I visited the Dotsies site and grabbed the bookmarklet up to my tool bar, then headed over to Wendy’s blog and applied it, screen shot … Continue reading
Posted in DailyCreate, DS106, Writing
Tagged #modigiwri, digital writing, dots, dotsies, writing
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Christmas 2018
Christmas lunch – vege roast and all the trimmings for me, Niall, Niall’s mum and aunt Lesley. Served on mum and dad’s dinner service, reminding me of Christmasses past with family – busy days with everybody piled into mum and … Continue reading
Curtains
Two years ago I bought the material to make a pair of curtains for my bedroom, but the holidays passed and the curtains didn’t get made. The material sat around for a while with Lacey using it as a cushion, … Continue reading
Memories
My granny loved the colours of the sky at sunrise and sunset. Once, when redecorating, she opted for blue, grey and terracotta. “Like the colour of the evening sky”, she told me. Often when I see the autumn skies I … Continue reading
Glowing
I’m behind with #NovDoodle (or, taking it at my own pace!), and did the day 10 “glowing” yesterday. Above is the end result. First I drew a silhouette of an owl with white crayon on black paper and cut it … Continue reading
Invisible Grafting
Socks, yes socks! Sarah is a great knitter and Wendy responded to her call out and the results are so cool! Sarah wrote about this project but let’s get some more details on the design. Fibonacci? This video inspired some … Continue reading
Fibonacci socks
I made socks. In response to my suggestion Wendy sent me a pattern for a Fibonacci spiral. I worked out the rest of the pattern using Fibonacci numbers for the stripes: I’m really pleased with the result. So if you’d … Continue reading
