Comments on: Small steps

By: melgregg

melgregg — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:45:09 +0000

I was fuming too, but not surprised. There seems to be a disconnect between generalist stories like these that can *only* be written by an international journo and the archly parochial approach of News Ltd's state-based publications that interpret these phenomena in local terms... (my recent experience with The Courier Mail comes to mind) Or it's nowhere near as complicated as this, but just economics.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:21:18 +0000

Re: young people and online space. Last year I wrote a dumbarse story that touches on this; there should be another one on a similar topic appearing in the SMH soon. Of course, I'm rather annoyed that major Australian weekend magazines would rather reprint a story like this from overseas rather than commission it from a local writer.

By: melgregg

melgregg — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:08:34 +0000

Note to self: don’t mention Paris Hilton on blog if spam is unwanted…

Oops I did it again…

By: jean

jean — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:53:29 +0000

thanks for the video danny. I think they’re recording video of all the sessions, for later editing and uploading. Must remember to wear Best Frock.

By: creativity/machine » morning gazette

creativity/machine » morning gazette — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:43:15 +0000

[...] And via via Danny’s comment at Mel’s blog, here’s a video of Sir Ken Robinson in action, apparently delivering the final address at a conference. Sir Ken is the special guest star at this week’s Digital Literacies symposium at the State Library of Queensland, which I’m speaking at along with most of the other researchers here. It’s a joint initiative of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation where I work, and the ARC Cultural Research Network, run out of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at UQ. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: danny

danny — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:10:58 +0000

Good to see you back. My advice is not to be too ambitious getting back on top of things, getting into small metal cylinders and hurtling to the other side of the world is not what our bodies are designed for and it takes a while to adjust. Sun in the mornings and swimming work for me. There's a good Sir Ken warmup from TED: http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=ken_robinson. I haven't read his books but I think I'd prefer the performance. I'd also like to hear Jean's manifesto - any chance of some vlogging Jean? Finally, did you know that Katie King has a blog? Doesn't seem to get updated very often but I just found it last week and there is stuff that seems to resonate with some of your work. http://katiekin.blogspot.com/2006/11/what-price-citation.html. Hope to see you and the rest of Brisvegas in May, take it easy!

By: jean

jean — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:05:46 +0000

the symposium will be heaps fun, I will be there. if you come on thursday you can even hear my manifesto. I haven’t read Sir Ken, preferring to keep him as a surprise. but as you can imagine I’ve heard quite a lot about him…