This morning I was no Tom Cruise
April 8, 2013 in Doing
After capturing some images that might be useful for a first blog post today, I realized I forgot completely to take photos during a big meeting with the representatives of all UK’s colleges this morning! So, I’m already behind…. but that’s an excellent example of how it works on a daily basis for me.
This morning’s meeting was about how the various college representatives could create a 3-week residential academy for GEAR-UP KY students in the Summer of 2014. As a digital humanist, I desperately wanted them to use an online tool … something like a mind-map or even just a doodle-pad. But then I realized, not everyone would have brought their own device – and I didn’t reserve laptops or whatever. So, forget it. Used sticky paper on the wall, and they taped clippings of paper from their previous contributions … sigh. They did beautifully, but I missed the elegance of digitized media. I imagined the groups swooping and sweeping their ideas between categories, just like Tom Cruise in Minority Report. But then, I came back to reality…