At the theatre tonight to watch the Richard Alston company dance. Turns out the music to one piece, some Monteverdi madrigals, were a revelation. I would. Ever describe myself as a music lover but this…
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Loch Oss not the Ben
On Sunday’s walk I stopped now and again to record some audio.
The usual walkmap
#blogvember 18 Game
I have problems with games, especially the computer kind. I’ve never really played any. I messed about with some sort of space invaders game on my first Mac, a Performa 475, but got bored. I played Myst for about 20 minutes because it was free with the Mac. I had more fun trying to ResEdit it to poke through its HyperCard roots than I ever did playing.
My problem comes from my work as a primary teacher. I’ve dipped my classes toes into making games with Scratch, used a Minecraft alternative, Minetest and various other games.
My difficulty is that I don’t really know enough about games. In Minecraft or minetest I wander around clumsily, in encouraging my class to improve their games I don’t know what a good game looks like. I am not going to invest the time in learning to play so I need to try and find ways to encourage the class from the sidelines. I also need to give up a fair bit of control of the learning and see if pupil leaders emerge.
We have just organised licences for Minecraft Education Edition. I hope to be able to leverage the enthusiasm for playing the game and the curricular resources without having to improve my own skills.
Stay by The Blue Nile 1984. #microblogvember
#blogvember 19 – party – it has been years since I’ve been to a party. I can’t say l miss the experience.
Watched: Gloria Bell
Watched: Gloria Bell ★★★☆☆ Julianne Moore was as watchable as usual, John Turturro read her a poem beautifully. Think I’d like to see the original, Gloria.
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
Read: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins ★★★☆☆ 📚 l think I would have liked this better if I’d read it quicker.
Calypso by David Sedaris
Read: Calypso by David Sedaris ★★★☆☆ I think I prefer David Sedaris on the radio in small doses. I did laugh out loud a few times 📚
#blogvember 16 – Animal – Field Vole
My favourite animal is the field vole. A tiny, fascinating creature. As a boy I kept a few as pets. You don’t see them often but they are one of our more common mammals. You can see sign of them easily, their tunnels through the grass have neat pile of green droppings and cut grass. The skeletons and skulls are often in owl pellets. Like other rodents their front teeth keep growing, like elephants their distinctive zig zag back teeth do too. They have a lemming like fluctuations in their numbers. They are also pretty cute looking.
Image Fer boei [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
#Blogvember 15 – Renovation – Make it New
I must say I’ve been struggling to keep up with blogvember this week. I’ve been busy, when I saw renovation as a topic I almost gave up. I then remembered the modernest slogan “Make it New” that came from Ezra Pound, with a vague recollection that this originated from a Chinese text. Off to duckduckgo which took me to The Making of “Make It New” – Guernica
If you can one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day. Yea, let there be daily renovation. (Legge’s English)
The whole message web page is fascinating, the way Pound renovates this historical phrase and the way it spread. Well worth reading, so I am glad that blogvember is renovation my bloggign & reading.