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#ADE2012 - Day 3 & 4 Reflections


Day 3 was the day to figure out project groups. Our main idea had a group of 11 people and it took us a while, but we finally came up with a theme and broke into smaller sub-groups. Yesterday we outlined our project and now each know what we have to do by what deadline. Today we will present our ideas to the big group and hopefully get some good feedback. I feel like I have a good handle on what I need to do going forward.

Day 3 had another talk from Bill Frakes where he shared not only more videos, but the stories behind the videos as well.  He finished up with a show of his favorite Sport Illustrated photos he has done. 

Then yesterday, we also had an inspiring talk from Bill Rankin. (You can watch his TEDxDubai talk here.) He gave us visionary thinking about the design and direction of schools. One of my favorite points was that a lecture hall is a place for rhetorical questions.

And a very cool photo walk around town will Bill Frakes teaching us about using light and backgrounds to our advantage even with the iPhone. :) I really played with Hipstamatic... photos to follow soon. 

We finished the walk with a visit to Biblioteca Armando Olivares - Universidad de Guanajuato which is a place filled with the oldest books around including one from Gutenberg's own original press, and a bible in multiple languages which is only 1 of 3 copies in the world. We were privileged to get a tour and see this place. In order to work with books, you need special permission and need to wear gloves and work with paper and pencil. The curator was so passionate about the books and the place which was amazing. No photos were allowed here.

Of course hanging out with people at meals and getting to bounce ideas from the classroom and know them better is a great part of this whole event.
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