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all presenting and correct

 Here is the presentation we delivered this week for our research module (I have slightly tweaked this version for being posted online) – which focused on our community project with St Ann’s Hospice. It was our first piece of assessment and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to be pleased with the results.

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talking heads

 We have been practicing audio recording today to get ready for the production of our individual social media projects (more about that another time). We got to grips quite easily with the Marantz recorder and microphone – quickly being able to hit the streets to look for some willing volunteers to speak to and most importantly to record (easier said than done). Once back at the edit suite we put together a rough cut of some of the clips in Audition. Here are the results, which I have uploaded to AudioBoo – asking the probing question What’s the worst thing about students? Ideally if we had had a little more time today…

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the death of powerpoint?

 We are presenting the initial overview of our community project for St Ann’s Hospice this week. For the occasion we have put together a PowerPoint (well technically a Keynote) presentation. In the past I have endured some horrific presentations therefore I hope we have got the balance between content and composition correct. It also got me thinking about what alternative tools are out there that can be used for the same purpose. I had a look and came across Prezi. I was really excited by the potential of Prezi which offers an online system for creating ‘zooming presentations’ – see this example about the pedagogy of blogging. It enables to…

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social media stars

 Social media… the final frontier!!! As I have previously blogged I am currently undertaking a social media related community project on behalf of St Ann’s Hospice. Today we met with some members of the St Ann’s team to discuss how to move the project forward and the areas we are going to be focusing on. It was agreed that our project will be centred around the promotion of the Manchester Midnight Walk 2010, for which the theme is ‘A Night to Remember’ and becoming a St Ann’s Hospice star. As a result of the meeting it was decided that the project will split into three key areas; – Social media…

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a night to remember

 Feeling sluggish following all that Christmas excess? Looking for a reason to up those energy levels whilst doing something to make yourself feel all warm and fuzzy inside? If the answer is yes to the above then why not sign up for the Manchester Midnight Walk 2010 – a 10km charity walk around Manchester city centre. The event takes place on the 2nd of July 2010 (so don’t worry you won’t need skis by then!) and helps raise funds for the very worthy cause of St Ann’s Hospice, Greater Manchester’s largest hospice. I took part last year and had a fab night alongside thousands of other walkers. As some of…

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manchester 2010

 And so it has arrived, the New Year is upon us once again therefore what better than a quick look ahead into 2010. Here are just a few things I am already looking forward to in Manchester this year: Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival 2010 – Following on from last year’s AND Festival in Liverpool it’s Manchester’s turn in 2010 to host this event celebrating digital culture and new cinema – in conjunction with the Cornerhouse. National Football Museum move to Manchester – *sniff* Wipe the tears from your eyes as Urbis will be no more. However we’ll have a whole new museum to look forward to as Urbis officially…

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i spy

 As you will have seen from previous posts I have been learning about different types of research methods. One such method that has been utilised across many disciplines within academic research is that of observation. Therefore as part of my learning journey I undertook a series of observations at a place I regularly visit. The observations were undertaken at matches played at Old Trafford during December 2010. As expected there were activities observed that you could have potentially assumed would take place prior to this exercise. These included: – Singing / chanting – Focused on certain players mostly Rooney and ex-MUFC player Eric Cantona. As well as a lot being…

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it’a snowing men + melodies

 I know we have yet to hit Christmas however if you are wanting to ward off those January blues why not start making plans now? And you’ll have a smile like the cheeky chap above spotted down Canal Street. Live music is coming to Taurus in Manchester’s gay village on the 30th of January 2010. Now sadly it’s not an acoustic set from The Weather Girls. Instead you can get some aural pleasure from: Alexis McLean – “A fantastic songwriter” – Guy Garvey, Elbow George Borowski – “I’ve never seen a rock and roll performer so completely connected with what he is doing on stage” – Frank Black, Pixies Kev…

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