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bear watching Reading this sign in Tofino, I was struck by how we now simply watch what we once hunted. I think it was John Berger who once ...

padlock on green I'm reading Bachelard's Poetics of Space at the moment. It's a fascinating work that looks at intimate spaces l...

no graffiti Views from the Capilano Suspension Bridge are truly amazing, and the experience of walking across reminds you of the fairground...

Niagara Falls reaction This is me visiting Niagra Falls, the other day. It’s a reaction shot in response to Ivor Tossell of the Globe and Ma...

on the wall I've been thinking a lot this week about ways of being in online and offline spaces. Annette Markham's idea of internet-...

Amy amd Hannah I wanted to develop the participatory learning theme a little more from what Michele talked about and also with reference to ...

Digital moment And of course, both of them were fabulous! Listening to Michele helped me to refine my thoughts. I've realised that what ...

I gave my keynote today, and it seemed to go down OK. It’s great that Vivian Vasquez is here ( this is her podcast stuff). I also learnt ab...

Houses I’m in Toronto now, just adjusting to a new time zone and putting the finishing touches to my keynote and workshop on virtual worlds....

thinking I am in Liverpool now at the UKLA international conference which has its characteristic conviviality and rich exchange of ideas. T...

Coach stop I’ve been too busy to post for a few days, so this one’s a bit of a random collection of things I’ve noticed. Jackie has a good ...

Roses Yesterday I wrote that photosharing sites like Flickr have contributed to new ways of looking at the role of the visual image in our ...

at SP Finishing off my writing about Flickr has made me think of how you might evaluate a Web 2.0 app from a user perpective. So I've co...

relaxing soldiers I’ve always thought of Childnet as a rather conservative organisation, and one that is pre-occupied with internet safety...

Black PewInternet have made a headline out of an observation that I've been making on and off for the last seven years: Teens write a lo...

I’ve been going on about the power of dialogic reflection for some time now, without really thinking it through properly. In my university t...

With the virtual world phenomenon I keep on coming back to the same question: how does online avatar-based interaction change our sense of w...

Brown Eyes 1 Technology has a key role to play in the history of music performance, recording and distribution. Within our own lifetime we ...

at SP 4 I’ve been trying to compile a useful list of virtual worlds for children. I hear a total of 150 mentioned, but I’ve found it tricky...

refreshments It was great to get some fan mail from Islamabad, today! But more seriously it illustrates the power and potential of blogging....