Early this morning, I went along to DK’s recruitment day and now I am exhausted. It all happened at The Hub Bristol. Twas a cool space! I was one of 6 candidates bidding for the trainer positions. We had to give a 20-minute presentation on a social media platform/tool and then after playtime faced the [...]
March, 2008
Social Media Rap
Head nodding tune about web 2.0. I love his southern drawl!
Beautiful Mind
My head hurts; I can’t concentrate very well. This always happens, whenever I have my hair put in braids the first week is my scalp’s moody reaction to my natty ‘fro being neatly parted and plaited. At present my hair is in the most beautiful shoulder length twists thanks to a lovely lady whom I [...]
Endings and New Beginnings
The Respect Programme at St. Alban’s finished today for the academic year. It has been a roller coaster- but I have had so much fun working with peer mentors and mentees. We finally completed the tracks- had a few hiccups what with work being deleted but we got there in the end. I hope that [...]
Birmingham Jazz Youth Sessions
This weekend I have been working with lovely students from Hamstead Hall School to compose, arrange and perform an original piece of music. It had a fusion of reggae, bashment and jazz. Most students had never played in a band before so were pretty nervous- but everyone did a great job- although I fluffed some [...]
Helping the Waterstonz Krew Become Web Savvy
scrolling=”no” width=”500″> This weekend I arranged to meet my lil sis and her chums regarding a social media experiment.Tbratz (my adoring nickname for her) and her friends seem to love congregating at a certain shop in town and share/chip in towards buying their favourite books if they don’t have enough money- how cute! I told [...]
Not On The Test
Thanks to Debbie Cavalier for the link to what is a satirical video highlighting the importance of music education and it’s lack of credibility in US classrooms! Hilarious- what a depressing way to be sung to sleep! When putting together a database of schools to approach regarding work- it saddened me to see that there [...]
Birmingham Jazz Youth Concert, CBSO centre. This Sat 15th March. 4.00pm
This Saturday 15th at 4pm in the CBSO centre there will be an informal concert by the Birmingham Jazz Youth Group. It is the result of 3 sessions at the CBSO and workshops at schools across Birmingham. It will feature small groups pieces and a very innovative, energetic and creative big band. The concert is [...]
Eight Random Things About Me
Apologies in advance for this. I was tagged… I was tagged again, so I’ll cheat by recycling! 1. I was called Roberta up until the age of 18. I honestly thought this was my name until I saw my birth certificate which clearly states Bobbie-Jane (like something out ‘The Waltons”). People from my past and [...]
Meme: Passion Quilt
I have been tagged by mediasnackers’ DK regarding Ewan McIntosh‘s passion quilt meme. Rules: present an image and statement exploring your passion regarding teaching/learning. “The creative path leading to self-fulfillment and confidence, is an interminable process of trial and error”. I’ll be tagging: Antonio Gould- Executive Producer for 4Pioneers Clare Edwards- Runs Gigbeth- A diverse [...]