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14 Jan The Battle of Camperdown House

Posted at 10:30h in Digital Storytelling, documentation, event, film making, Guerrilla Education, National Museum of Scotland, Sense of Place, video, youtube by hellojon 0 Comments

There's a report in today's Dundee Courier that the A-listed, neo-classical Camperdown House, centrepiece to Camperdown Park, Dundee is not going to...

24 May Instagram Victoriana

Posted at 08:14h in apps, digital imaging, Digital Storytelling, event, film making, instagram, iPad, McManus, photography, Sense of Place, social media, Twitter, youtube by hellojon 1 Comment

Fun times were had at The McManus, Dundee's Museum and Art Gallery last Saturday evening (17 May) as we presented...

08 Mar Death of the Selfie?

Posted at 15:16h in apps, digital imaging, Digital Storytelling, instagram, McManus, photography, Sense of Place, social media, Twitter, Uncategorized by hellojon 0 Comments

Do you remember when taking a selfie meant using the tiny convex silver blob on the back of your phone...

07 Feb Exhibition. Reflection. Snacks.

Posted at 08:05h in AudioBoo, Digital Storytelling, education, event, McManus, Sense of Place, social media, workshops by hellojon 0 Comments

Tonight (Thursday 6 February) was a reflection evening at the McManus. We were reflecting on the Sense of Place project...

06 Feb My kind of CPD!

Posted at 13:00h in apps, Digital Storytelling, documentation, education, event, film making, iMotionHD, instagram, McManus, QR, Sense of Place, workshops by hellojon 0 Comments

The McManus (Dundee’s Museum and Art Gallery) was host to a ‘continuing professional development’ (CPD) session last night. Organised by...

18 Jan Capture. Edit. Share: Film Making on iPad

Posted at 02:08h in digital imaging, Digital Storytelling, education, film making, iPad, Living Communities, McManus, schools, Sense of Place, Uncategorized, video, workshops, youtube by hellojon 0 Comments

Over the last few years I've been running workshops using iPads; video editing, audio (AudioBoo), animation, image manipulation and more....

20 Dec Sense of Place – part three

Posted at 08:03h in Digital Storytelling, documentation, education, event, film making, Game Design, games based learning, Masters, McManus, MysteryBoxes, National Museum of Scotland, primary, QR, schools, Sense of Place, social media, St Andrews, Technology, Twitter by hellojon 0 Comments

I started using QR Codes in 2010 - firstly to see if I could add any value to advertising. I...

13 Dec Sense of Place – part two

Posted at 10:22h in digital imaging, Digital Storytelling, documentation, education, event, film making, McManus, National Museum of Scotland, QR, Sense of Place, youtube by hellojon 0 Comments

Last night was the 'private view' opening of the Sense of Place exhibition (see previous post) - what a great...

09 Dec Sense of Place – part one

Posted at 21:42h in Digital Storytelling, education, film making, graphic design, instagram, McManus, National Museum of Scotland, schools, Sense of Place by hellojon 1 Comment

Having worked on the Living Communities project in Perth I was keen to carve out a deeper 'educational-digital-projects-that-are-not-dull' kind of niche...

21 Oct Is Hugh Jackman as nice as everyone says?

Posted at 23:38h in McManus, Sense of Place, Uncategorized by hellojon 0 Comments

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