Together on Sunday

Together @ MCT happens this Sunday from 5.30pm at Saughtonhall URC, Edinburgh.  It would be great to see you there to walk our lent labyrinth and share some hot chocolate.

digital learning

Over the next while I’m going to be working with ICC and some of my friends at Church of Scotland on a project to make a CertHE level youth work course available as a distance learning course with almost all of the content online using Moodle.  Why?  Maybe this video has some clues…

a day of mistakes

It seems the pressure of being favourites for today’s rugby against france was too much.  The game was littered with mistakes, forward passes and bad bounces.  We don’t seem to do well when we are fancied to win.  Never mind.  Back to being underdogs next week when we play wales who beat england yesterday. In Read More …

the search for a question

‘Are computers and mobile phones effective learning aids in Youth Work practice (or Informal Education)?’ (As supplied by Graeme) How does that strike you as a question for my masters research?

seriously stuck

See below!!!  lol I’m finding it hard to come up with a research topic that will A. be of use and B. be of interest (mostly to me as I have to do it) So, I’m toying with something to do with church and tech, but what?  Should I look at youth work? (would seem Read More …

what shoud I research?

If you read this blog regularly you’ll know I’m doing a masters in research.  I’ve come to the point where I need to decide what I’m going to research! Any ideas?  I was thinking something to do with church youth work and technology use.  Would that be helpful?  Does anyone care?  What would be the Read More …

Fury Assembly part 2

well… I’ve spent most of the morning working while people have been worshiping with a gospel choir, going to workshops and chatting.  It all seems to be going ok…