Penworks.Net

14/08/2015

Stone Island

Qawra coastline is barren, bleak and awesomely rocky. Malta is known as The Rock, and this is why. No shells here, they are all crushed long before they get to the beach, but fossils decorate every rock surface, testimony to the ageless prehistory of this place. These images were taken mid June 2015, when the wind was still up a...

Images

14/08/2015

The Past

This is some of the last set of photos from Cambridge Road, taken a few days before I left. I hated that place when I arrived in 2006, for many reasons, but it kept me safe, it made me who I am now.

Images

18/02/2015

Elearning Matrix New Site

I’ve launched the first prototype of the new Elearning Matrix, a greenfield full rebuild of the earlier xhtml eMatrix, developed from 2020-2013. The new version has moved on quite a bit and uses a number of more advanced web development techniques as well as being html5 and fully responsive. Based on ExpressionEngine 2.9.2, I’m now using the Content Elements add...

Learning & Teaching/Webdev/Work

27/01/2015

DigiClass

I’ve done some interesting work for a London based inner city charity developing a curriculum for age 12-16 yr after school classes, teaching digital skills that would lead on to accredited learning, using an approach of a ‘Level 0’ syllabus construction. The system of accreditation is based on what is provided by the British Computer Society, using a mixture of...

Ideas/Learning & Teaching/Work

24/01/2015

JOYnd

JOYnd was an idea with some concept for a ‘GPS enabled’ employability network, aimed at any person new to the job market who has marketable skills. This might be graduates, but it might also be the new entrepreneur schools or tech short-school attenders. It was at a pretty raw stage but I believe potential exists within the loose concept. Main...

Ideas

22/01/2015

New Site

It’s been really good working on the new site for Penworks.net as I’ve managed to put into practice a lot of new techniques that I’ve been waiting to learn and then use for quite a while. New skills learned recently which I’m either using or will be using very soon for this project are SCSS (previously known as Sass, though...

Blog

22/01/2015

Reporting Live

Reporting Live: The State of Today is a new project. I’m aggregating a number of feed sources to automate the generation of an OPML which I can then do ‘fun stuff’ with. I really like the idea of art through data visualization and this is my first serious project to do that (though Baby Saatchi may also turn into that...

Ideas/Words

18/01/2015

Netfarms Update

I’ve updated Netfarms to try to attract small business sites as well as still focusing on student free sites. The idea is also to upload some more useful tutorials to the forum area for working with WordPress, so that any client or student who asks can have some resources all in one place that are actually useful. Sites are pitched...

Blog/Webdev

17/01/2015

Mediabank

Mediabank was a six month project working with several students on the undergrad and postgrad programmes for Digital Media at London Met. My brief was to work with a small team providing practical work experience by producing suitable marketing materials to help promote the courses. I’m a big believer in ‘authentic marketing’ so it was a real pleasure to be...

Ideas/Learning & Teaching/Video/Work

RT @SPARC_EU: UK universities take a stand against SpringerNature fees. @OpenResShef won't pay for Nature Research hybrid APCs, while many institutions warn researchers about unacceptable publication charges with @SpringerNature. @SULibResSupport. @CamOpenAccess. https://t.co/vxP0AdAGEb
RT @tavoer8: A4 Twitter networks such as #LTHEchat helped to build more confidence when sharing teaching practices and learning from other ones. Some examples include: @AdvanceHE_chat @RAISEnetwork @CAREHE3 @uncclearn @A_L_T @Seda_UK_ @ActiveLearnNTW etc #LTHEchat https://t.co/OJ33fnBRzk
RT @LTHEchat: Q4 In what ways do you think Twitter networks such as #LTHEchat have helped your professional identity and development? Feel free to name any others that have helped you. #LTHEchat Read the blog post here https://t.co/oNSNCpRYPy
RT @Danceswithcloud: #LTHEChat A5 I am probably not canny enough to use this well in those contexts - but just asked about social media spaces and numbers of followers when we put in a book proposal! https://t.co/wO4eJFJPRO
RT @Danceswithcloud: A3 I cheer #LTHEChat - I show people how to hashtag topics they're researching and be amazed at what they find - I encourage people to follow, like and retweet. Steven Curtis was awarded NTF for his innovative use of twitter in teaching @BAinDiplomacy. Twitter is essential! https://t.co/flU930nkc5
RT @creativecommons: 📣@WordPress's #Openverse catalog now includes CC licensed images from @iNaturalist, a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences & the National Geographic Society. ✨You can use stunning images of plants, animals, & natural landscapes without worry. #BetterSharing https://t.co/yQNmBocvJi