Posts lost and found: what history means to me
Michael GallagherToday is the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. On this day, North Korea crossed the fluid border around the 38th Parallel, Seoul changed hands four times,…
Importance of reading (my take) and a powerful quote: ‘Be not ashamed that you were bred in this Hospital. Own it.’
Reading=Thinking This post started more as a need to post the following quote. I found it profoundly direct and surprisingly progressive for its time. However, perhaps more in the desire…
Learning about learning through history: honoring the structure of the landscape around us
St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, London This will be one of my shortest posts ever as I am running out the door (more or less), but I stumbled across this quote and…
History and mLearning: meaning assembled and perpetually emerging
Remix of Cheapside, City of London. The original image was provided by the Library of Congress. Process of Coming to Know I was just putting the finishing touches to this…
Online resources for London history: a research toolkit to support mobile learning & teaching
John Rocque's 1746 Map of London (closeup of my current neighborhood) from Locating London's Past. Every so often as a reader, I find these types of posts useful so I…
Benchmarks and surveys in London: How curiosity spurred a mobile learning mini-adventure
Part I: Serendipity and Strange Symbols This post is about some recent activity that led to some serendipitous learning on the streets of London, learning that was enhanced (perhaps even…
Images & inspiration for mobile learning: all learning is a derivative work
This will be a very short post, but I just wanted to show a few of the images have been providing some inspiration over the last few months as I…