thinking about education
I’ve been working on my final project for Adult Education…a video that reflects on my own learning and learning in general. I started, as I usually would, with about four pages of single spaced text. Something just felt wrong…too many words for a movie. So, the first step was to start thinking visually…what pictures and [...]
Can’t believe it’s been a week since I’ve posted…working on my field-based research project as well as thinking about my final project for adult education. More on that later…meanwhile, I am trying to start a weekly schedule of posting little videos. Here’s one of a King Rail hunting in the marshes at Assateague [...]
I have been waking up at 5:10 AM every morning for the past week. For the past two mornings, I’ve decided to get up. And, it’s amazing how much you can get done while it is still dark outside and everyone else is in bed. This morning, I decided to get some [...]
So, I created a video in about two hours but have now spent almost that much time trying to get it to show up correctly in YouTube! I thought I had solved the problem before I took a break for dinner with a guest. I figured I hadn’t rendered the title correctly. [...]
After doing the update, I actually re-read my learning contract where I said I was going to create a weekly vodcast of videos. In retrospect, I was underestimating the amount of time it takes to create even a short video. The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary movie must have taken 20 hours or more. [...]
I will admit up front that I am procrastinating. I *should* be doing some bibliography work for my media literacy research project. Instead, I am doing everything else–watching Triumph of the Will, canceling my cell phone, doing laundry. It is amazing how much I get done when I am procrastinating! Is there some adult learning [...]
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
This film documents the life of Leni Riefenstahl. It was long–over 3 hours–but well worth it. I watched it in several installments because I got tired of reading the subtitles.
Riefenstahl was a controversial filmmaker because her most well-known works were about the Nazi party. Triumph of [...]