Home early enough for a walk round Victoria Park. A sparrow hawk being chased by crows. The parakeets are back zooming and shrieking all over the place exotic green on a grey sky. I think I could see the dab chick chick following a parent out on the pond. Work cobwebs away.
Happiness is a well filled podcast queue.
We had a short walk along a couple of miles of the River Ayr way. walkmap
Passed along John Macadam’s experiments in tar macadam roads.
I don’t think FirstClass likes O365 😉
We had a walk this afternoon. Bright, warm and calm.
A couple of ravens. plenty of peacock butterflies.
A strange hairy caterpillar.
A common lizard. I am getting much better at spotting these.
The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff ★★★★★ a lovely unexpected delight. A 2 week family holiday in 1930s Bogner described in gentle detail. Tender and a little sad.
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert ★★★★☆ for the first half, some nice fast paced banter. Really laughed out loud.
What I quickly found out was that NOTHING has made a greater impact on my students than the short notes that I’ve been writing them.
Update September 2024 blog seems to have gone Archive.org Link
@gruber lists a few pieces of software that have been around as long as Fetch missing from the list is one of my favourites SuperCard, born 1989. I think I’ll be needing a VM to run it after Catalina arrives:(
“Key tips on mobile film making, in #DIYFimSchool Part II - consider lighting and audio, and be prepared. Plus, use apps. Hat tip to @lee_ballantyne for sharing the full resource
The linked guide looks useful and simple enough for primary school: DIY Film School