I’m very excited that on October 28th I will be presenting at the TESL Ontario conference in Toronto. This is an opportunity to refine some thinking I’ve been doing about the possibilities available to teachers and other professionals to harness the power of websites and blogs. My presentation is going to be on the topic [...]
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The annual Contact Photography Festival is taking place through the month of May. Unlike the other famous Toronto festivals, including HotDocs and TIFF, this one is completely free – so there are no excuses – check some stuff out! This year’s theme is “Pervasive Influence: Exploring the social and political consequences of the medium of [...] Thank you for your interest – please note that this course took place in summer 2010. Many thanks to all who participated! _ _ _ _ _ Mike Simpson is offering a free online course. The topic is “Do It Yourself” Graphics and Marketing. iDIY and uCan too! You are invited to participate! (Printable PDF [...] Toronto author and publisher Michael Redhill Michael Redhill is a Toronto-based author and publisher. He has taught at the University of Toronto, where he is also presently the “Writer in Residence.” A few years ago, I was fortunate to have him as my instructor for a Creative Writing (Poetry) course. He has written a [...] 4 famous books on Presentations I have just finished a book review on Garr Reynold’s inspirational Presentation Zen. I summarize a few of the key ideas in the book and offer some links to online presentations at Slideshare and Ted Talks. Presentations have fascinated me for the last year, coinciding with my early video [...] Once upon a time, in the days of university when I was going to school, and playing in a rock band, and booking shows, and doing some fanzines and graphics work, I bumped into a friend of a friend. We exchanged laughs and email addresses. His email address was unforgettable. It was “ican@ucant.com”. I had [...] An interesting series is starting tonight on TVO. Here’s a description from their website: “The written word: in prehistoric times, it took the form of drawings in caves. Today it speeds past on the screens of our electronic devices at the touch of a finger. How did the simple act of reading come to be? [...] |
Mike Simpson is a teacher, writer, musician and designer from Toronto, Canada. He is a new media enthusiast and has been "strongandfree" since 1996. Mike is working on new graphic design, developing websites and multimedia, and leading training workshops on weekends. Check out Strong+Free for his Design and Media work. Check out Mike's Edu-Tech Workshop site. Please contact him at this address: mike | strongandfree.ca 
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