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By Aaron Kendall, on January 10th, 2013
In attempting to finish up the video project that I started two years ago, I’ve been thinking a lot about the connection between materiality and learning. How is it that using tools, ie tactile, physical, tangible things, helps us learn? Maybe the idea of “using” tools is too limiting, so how about understanding the . . . → Read More: Barbuda video project and materiality in education
By Aaron Kendall, on April 26th, 2011
As mentioned earlier, one aim of the project in Barbuda was to allow the field school students to record personal video footage of their experiences. My hope was that these videos would provide a different frame of reference for the public and at the same time give the students a tool with which to . . . → Read More: Student’s video insights from Seaview
By Aaron Kendall, on March 23rd, 2011
I apologize for the long delay in updates from Barbuda. Island life can be less than ideal when it comes to certain amenities, like Internet access, and effective bug repellent, and good coffee, but I digress. I am now back in NYC and working on the post-excavation analysis and video editing from Seaview.
After . . . → Read More: Long overdue Barbuda update
By Aaron Kendall, on January 17th, 2011
Seaview site prior to clearing of vegetation
Since my last stint in the field, in Iceland last summer, I have swapped the midnight sun for starlit nights and midges for mosquitos. And after much planning, gear purchasing, travelling, organizing, equipment sorting, car renting, food buying, and then accounting for everything we forgot, . . . → Read More: The field school is underway
By Aaron Kendall, on December 21st, 2010
This January will mark the fourth consecutive season of the Barbuda archaeology field school, organized by Prof. Sophia Perdikaris from Brooklyn College. A group of ten undergraduate students from across the CUNY system will participate in three weeks of excavation at the coastal site of Seaview, as well as attend lectures and conduct group . . . → Read More: Barbuda field school and interactive technology and pedagogy video project
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