maanantai 18. kesäkuuta 2012

Telemakheia, or what did the sparrow learn

A young man came from his room, trudged across the floor and uttered a vague g’morning. Not in a stately manner, not even a plump figure, but enough in the mild morning air to represent a son of a Ulysses. He had woken up to drive his parents to the airport.

This Ulysses is a learning solutions specialist who set off for a journey on Bloomsday, to attend mLearn conference in San Jose and ISTE2012 conference in San Diego. This Odyssey is a blog about his experiences and ideas gotten along the way.

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Being noticed asks for the right time and the right place. Practically no one would pay attention to a sparrow at the parking field outside the mall, or on the fence of the rare birds cage in a zoo.

However, if the sparrow walks on the shiny floor at an airport, trying to maintain balance on a difficult surface at the gate 38, it comes a central point of attraction.

Has it learned that the travellers drop food enough to nourish it? How near it lets people and their bags come before it flies further? Oh, and it didn't bother to fly, but took some steps away. How funnily it jumps, must be because of the uncommon ground. It must have learned a lesson or two.




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