Inside View

Ireland Culture Night Venue Tour #clonmel

by Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel

FOR MY FIRST hour of my autumn 2022 academic schedule, I'm taking 20 animators on a field trip of local Culture Night venues in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

Culture Night is a nationwide event in Ireland, normally on the third Friday in September. This year, it's Friday 23 September 2022 and it celebrates the richness and diversity of culture in 21st century Ireland today. Locally, it suggests pathways to ongoing engagement for the creatives on the Clonmel Digital Campus as we drop by five venues hosting six exhibitions or events. Several of the venues are listed on the map and short descriptions below.

Blogging during Zoom Call #RUN_EU

by Bernie Goldbach while on a Zoom Call in Clonmel.

I REVERTED TO FORM and started blogging during the four hours I spent on a Zoom call with 113 others who expressed an interested in learning more about how to successfully apply for research funding under RUN-EU. I saved my rough notes as part of this blog post (see link below) because I think it's important to establish open and distributed nodes of communications between researchers who are scattered throughout the EU.

Audio Blogging #audiomo

WE START another audio month (#audiomo) running the length of June and I've started scrolling back on my blog to see if I've actually written about the annual event. It's been running more than 10 years now and I think it survives because of community and its low friction point.

Developing criticality #edtechie22

I SPENT PART of the 2022 Irish Learning Technology Conference listening to colleagues share their research findings. One of the sessions I attended offered a quick view of Brendan Ryan's action research into the realm of teaching for critical thinking.

Half way through Brendan's presentation I realised I fit the stereotype of "newer is better" because I unabashedly seek out new tools and techniques.

30 days to ictedu says its blog

I HAVE A WEB ALERT set up for the term ictedu and today the notification says we're within 30 days of the annual ICT in Education Conference on the Thurles campus of the Technological University of the Shannon.

ictedu unconference returns 14 May

THE 2022 ICT IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE returns to Thurles on Saturday, May 14, 2022. I'm posting the idea here only as a diary reference since several people have asked about the 2022 plans.

Assembled with Protean Thinkers #cong21

Screenshot by Dermot Casey

I'M SPENDING A cold Saturday on a Surface Book beaming into a hybrid conference held in Cong, County Galway, Ireland. Although the conversations will be stimulating, I know what I'm missing while separated by miles in the ether.

2021 TUS-Clonmel Graduates

THE FIRST TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY graduates to finish on the Clonmel Digital Campus represent an array of creative skills. My hat is off to this proud group of finishers who maneuvered through a host of challenges while the world was locked down due to COVID.

[Bernie Goldbach teaches creative media for business on the Clonmel Digital Campus of the Technological University of the Shannon.]

Snippets about Leadership in my Second Brain #cong21

I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS about leadership bubbling up inside my second brain. Leadership is a prime topic following me from my days as an Air Force officer and it's the main feature during Congregation 2021.

First Mention of Blogs: 2 Aug 99

THE FIRST MAINSTREAM PUBLICATION to mention the word "blogs" was The New York Times on August 2, 1999. While blogging has receded as a touchpoint for everyday discussion, services like WordPress continue offering compelling reasons to host content on the open internet instead of behind closed apps such as Instagram and Facebook.