Penworks.Net

23/09/2013

Site Development

The site is progressing well, with a few new ideas coming together. Next in line to implement will be the tutorials archive, using slightly different templates, but making it possible to add to the resources, especially for using EE and using jQuery, HTML5, RWD and CSS3 tricks. I also *plan* to use a dynamic page load that takes care of...

Blog/Webdev

19/09/2013

Site Gallery 2012

These images were used as full screen backgrounds for the 2012/2013 version of the Penworks.net site. They’re a mixture of Maltese and London nature and landscapes. I came back from Malta at the end of July 2012 and immediately missed the sun, and the colour of that world. But then I spent a long day at Hyde Park, and then...

Images/Webdev

11/09/2013

Technical Skills

Main areas of technical expertise are in teaching new media development, with additional skills and knowledge in using other research orientated software. Digital media, multimedia, web development, social media, academic skills for students, technology enhanced learning and professional development in higher education, for students to post graduate level and for staff. This work has included module leading and module syllabus...

CV/Featured/Webdev/Work

10/09/2013

Experience

I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Malta, Faculty of Education, Department of Leadership for Learning and Innovation. My provisional title is “Developing an Effective Pedagogy for Smart Learning”. I teach some module work concerning smart learning, to both undergraduate and post graduate Education students. I also have undertaken some strategic report writing to summarise my work...

CV/Featured

10/09/2013

The CV

A summary of past and current work is available in the Experience page, to give an indication of what I do at work and my current research. This page provides some highlights. I also do a variety of freelance projects for web design and development. This site is one example. My CV is available below via Scribd (PDF). It includes...

CV/Work

10/09/2013

The Art and Science of Survival

I like Blurb books. I’ve made a few, but my favourite is a collection of poems created to match images initially grouped only because they ‘looked good together’. The idea was to start with the image, then think of a matching title, then write the poem. As an experiment in creating a collection of work which is connected, and with...

Featured/Ideas/Images

10/09/2013

We do Kool not Kute

I went along to the opening of a photography show curated by Jamie Brennan, “We do Kool Not Kute” and shot some video and stills. Jamie had asked me to have a go at making a video of the night. The show was great, and I really enjoyed making the media. This is the clip, there’s also a small gallery...

Featured/Ideas/Images/Video

10/09/2013

My Life on the Web

This page provides links to my other lives on the web, it’s truthfully just an easy way for me to access these links when they come up in coversation. My Webteach blog, my main Vimeo, my Soundcloud, my presentations at Speakerdeck, my Academia.edu and my ResearchGate are all here. Some content is embedded below, for a taste of what you...

Blog

08/09/2013

Becoming FHEA and MBCS

I have became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Member of the British Computer Society (2013). A good colleague recommended me to the BCS, as I have more than 5 years experience in an ICT profession. The FHEA is in recognition of completing the Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PG Cert). I’m...

CV/Featured

07/09/2013

Trxtr At the Signal Gallery

Trxtr did a great show early in 2013, called Dystopia, and I went along to take photographs and make a video of what happened. Here’s the video, and there’s a photo gallery here too. I use a Panasonic GF3, shoot HD 1080p AVCHD and use hi res jpg stills. I always use iMovie to edit these days, it’s just no...

Featured/Images/Video

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