Category Archives: #CLMOOC

Penfriends

Posted on 25th September 2015 by NomadWarMachine

When I was a teenager I had two pen friends – one in Paris and one in Berlin. I wrote them painfully dull letters in excruciating French and German and received  equally dull letters back from them. My heart sank … Continue reading →

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Where is home?

Posted on 29th July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I never know what to answer when folk ask where I am from. I’m from Scotland, of course – I’ve lived here for the last 17 years, and that’s my usual answer. But sometimes folk want to know where I … Continue reading →

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Ranger yourself

Posted on 28th July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

Apparently this week we are all to be park rangers. Well, sort of. We’ve been told to: … grab your sneakers or walking shoes, and head on out into the Great Outdoors and continue to explore the public spaces that … Continue reading →

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Cultivated wild flowers

Posted on 24th July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

As I was wandering around Uni today I noticed this flower bed at the side of the road. Up until this year, these beds have contained cultivated flowers, but this year they also contain a fair amount of “wild” flowers … Continue reading →

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An apple+ for the teacher

Posted on 21st July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

  An apple for the teacher is just not enough today. Another #blimage post

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Learning Technology Cats

Posted on 21st July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

The problem with learning technology as a specialism is that there are not enough cats involved. Oh, sure, some of us have cats and most of us enjoy watching them on the interwebz, but we don’t get them involved enough … Continue reading →

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A puzzle

Posted on 19th July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve no idea what I am meant to be doing. Not that there’s anything new about that, but for this task in particular I feel as if I have come in at the middle of a conversation and there’s a … Continue reading →

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Piles of tyres

Posted on 14th July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

According to the CLMOOC week 4 Make Cycle 4 email a pile of tyres is just a pile of tyres and nothing more. Really?   This is a pile of tyres waiting to be recycled. The mountain in the background … Continue reading →

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Wittgenstein and games

Posted on 12th July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

rubber duck 016 flickr photo by dyhchan shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license I haven’t even been lurking in #clmooc this week – I’ve been away on a cruise to the Faroes and some Scottish Islands on a ship … Continue reading →

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Knitting for friends

Posted on 12th July 2015 by NomadWarMachine

At some point during rhizo15 I decided it would to start knitting for online friends. I started with a hat for Kevin (@dogtrax). This is a Klein bottle hat based on a pattern from here.       Susan(@EatcherVeggies) liked … Continue reading →

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