Archive for the ‘Creativity’ Category

Using sticky notes on a wall to promote dialogue about a school’s purpose

Monday, September 14th, 2009

  I'm not sure this works for adults - hence my go at this for my staff but I can see this as a hit for students as they review their inquiry topic. I will post the wallwisher link for those interested in exploring this. The log on and account creation is ...

Can you guess the men in this film?

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Men In Film Once again Philip Scott Johnson does a great job in creating visual art this time about men in film. I know I recognised at least half the men in the film. The list appears below - look at the film first before you read this list then check off ...

Monet by Johnson

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Monet from Philip Scott Johnson on Vimeo. Once again Philip has excelled himself with this clip on Monet - worth a look. I have seen a few of Monet's works here in Melbourne and in Paris many years ago.

World Mapper

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

[caption id="attachment_429" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="world map of land area"][/caption] Thanks to Liz Davis I discovered maps of the world of different data sets. This make instant and visual data that students can interpretate. A really valuable resource.

Imagine if……

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

December 8th marked 28 years since John Lennon's death. There was a small column in newspaper that attracted my attention and got me thinking. John Lennon wrote a number of songs that I believe still have currency today - "Imagine" being one of them. I recently listed to a TED talk by noted speaker Sir ...