We talked of this for days and I was drawn to the subject And you, perhaps bemused by such enthusiasm Coupled with my shaven face Made you believe I was younger than my years
Frosted bananas in the freezer Elicit metaphorical glee And memories Of snowfalls in Indiana Allow me to continue forth with this And the bare emotion that I am allowed To foster Shall spill from this cup For the years I might Be allowed to live Trying to prove beyond a point That frozen bananas are so powerful an image as to make my teeth chatter And I appreciate your patience in letting me stumble through my ephemeral inspiration
My name is Michael Sean Gallagher. I am a Lecturer in Digital Education at the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. I am Co-Founder and Director of Panoply Digital, a consultancy dedicated to ICT and mobile for development (M4D); we have worked with USAID, GSMA, UN Habitat, Cambridge University and more on education and development projects. I was a researcher on the Near Futures Teaching project, a project that explores how teaching at The University of Edinburgh unfold over the coming decades, as technology, social trends, patterns of mobility, new methods and new media continue to shift what it means to be at university. Previously, I was the Research Associate on the NERC, ESRC, and AHRC Global Challenges Research Fund sponsored GCRF Research for Emergency Aftershock Forecasting (REAR) project. I was an Assistant Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (한국외국어대학교) in Seoul, Korea. I have also completed a doctorate at University College London (formerly the independent Institute of Education, University of London) on mobile learning in the humanities in Korea.
