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alternative education Archive
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The Juggling Act
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsWild month ahead! As of today I have 22 days left before the BIG installation, and you know what that means… EUPHORIC STRESS. I was at Inglenook yesterday to assess the space and determine media placement. So much potential. So much room to play. It... -
Wrong Audience, Good Advice
Posted on March 26, 2011 | 3 CommentsThere’s nothing more valuable than constructive criticism, wouldn’t you say? And somehow, the under 16yr crowd often gives it to you straight. I returned to CICO alternative school this week to seek out the opinions of the (fifteen or so) students and (three) teachers regarding... -
A Bridge in the Room
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 1 CommentBefore the holidays I had the pleasure of interviewing Leah Sherry, a high school teacher (who prefers to be called a “facilitator”) and some of her students at the CICO Education Program (Community In, Community Out) in Toronto’s Annex district. Leah teaches media literacy at... -
Reading List and Dream School
Posted on October 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsNo escaping it. One must read to get a degree, and to contextualize what the thesis is… and what the thesis is trying to prove. I met with both of my advisers recently, Vinita and Alex, to sort through some pressing questions. One, how I... -
F.A.C.E – Double Interview
Posted on September 15, 2010 | No CommentsI started the week interviewing two senior students from F.A.C.E public-alternative school, in Montreal. What’s a public-alternative school? Well, as far as I’m concerned, a public school that deviates (even a hint) from the average curriculum; and August and Olivia whom I interviewed seem to... -
Enamoured with the Image
Posted on August 29, 2010 | 4 CommentsLast Thursday was the first shoot for my MFA project and ahhhhh…. it felt fabulous! When I began the Doc Media program last fall I decided to: 1) explore media that I am least familiar with, and 2) present my final thesis project in unfamiliar... -
The Sound of Freedom
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsOK, I’ll confess, I’m a bit of a Montreal snob when it comes to our artistic culture in this town. It’s just that ol’… je ne sais quoi. Case in point: this past weekend I invited my neighbor, who’s new to Montreal, to meet my... -
Freedom Writers
Posted on July 25, 2010 | No CommentsWell now, I haven’t sobbed like that in a while! I’m one of the programmers for the wonderful Regent Park Film Festival (in Toronto) and I just finished viewing a documentary film based on the Freedom Writers Diary which is about how a high school... -
Patterns and Passion
Posted on July 23, 2010 | 3 CommentsI have a couple of audio clips to share with you today. I spoke a while back of my anticipated meeting with Freddy, a 19 year old musician all around talented guy. Well, we spent a good 2 hours together chatting about all things education... -
Work’N the Audio
Posted on June 13, 2010 | No CommentsI spent the weekend messing around with Mac’s GarageBand (‘08) and the free software Audacity (…steamy, as you can imagine), to see which one would be best to work with for editing audio and creating a podcast. No to G.B…. and I’m not feel’n Audacity...
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