Visual Notes
The Sociology Guy has been busy putting together what he calls “quick glance revision notes” for his web site (which, apropos of nothing, is well worth a visit because it contains lots of good stuff) – what might be described as visual notes or mini learning tables / knowledge organisers tied to a specific idea, […]
One Minute Strain Theory | The Animated Version
Painstakingly hand-drawn. Each frame individually-coloured to bring out the full liquid motion of the film. Many days of patient, mind-numbing, editing. Much wailing, gnashing of teeth and teensy-weensy temper tantrums. That’s the way we would have had to do it in the past. Now, it’s just a question of applying a filter and, 20 minutes […]
Sociology Flipbooks
A Flipbook is a way of displaying a pdf document online so that it has the look-and-feel of a paper-based magazine, one whose pages you can turn using a mouse (desktop) or finger (mobile). That’s it, really. I could talk about stuff like whether this creates a greater sense of engagement among students than the […]
Mass Media 4 | Representations
The fourth chapter in what’s turning into, for me at least, an interminable churn through reams of notes and dtp design follows Defining and Researching the Media, The Ownership and Control Debate and The Selection and Presentation of News by focusing on Media Representations. More-specifically, this set of personally hand-crafted (“artisan!”) notes looks at representations […]
Revision Tips and Techniques
As you may be aware, The Daily Telegraph isn’t my go-to source for Education (in either the tightest or loosest sense of the word), but I did happen upon this set of revision tips and techniques they published a few years back (roughly 5 or 6 years ago). Although they’re a bit of a mixed-bag, […]
Sociology in Focus for A2: Theory Resources
It’s been a while since I posted anything (busy is as busy does) and since I’ve just finished editing a new sociological methods film I thought I’d turn my hand to posting the final set of resources designed to enhance your experience and enjoyment of the free A2 textbook. This set focuses squarely on sociological […]
Mass Media 3 | The Selection and Presentation of News
Following hot on the heels of Defining and Researching the Media and The Ownership and Control Debate comes a new set of notes looking at The Selection and Presentation of News. When I say “new”, the bulk of the text was actually written around 5 years ago but I’ve updated it slightly to take account […]