Dan Swanton

I'm a geographer at Edinburgh University interested in everyday multiculture, photography, ordinary cities, race and racism, assemblages, and industrial ruins

[Nina Morris @_NinaJM]

Want to know more about our 'Backbone' project on scoliosis funded by @ScoliResearch? Come to my @edfringe Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas show on 6 (https://t.co/49GJWya6re) or 13 Aug (https://t.co/phzTqA2XU9)! @dswanton @RMHunt17 @Pip__T @DrCarolineBrown @DrCB00 Pls RT

[Hayden Lorimer @Slipshodspeller]

Just 1 day remaining for applications to be submitted for this post. Come join us @GeosciencesEd !

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

@dompates @timbocop @UoE_Teaching @sboydie @hintondm @UoE_EFI @joe_noteboom @mhawksey @jar @THAThybridpod @joe_berry @eddkyi @DrJPritchard @geo_outreach We used the approach this year - although it was more challenging. Longer term plan is to use materials to introduce Year 1&2 students to Edinburgh. On other courses we focused on making online materials that we'd use for preparing students for field trips.

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

@timbocop @UoE_Teaching @sboydie @dompates @hintondm @UoE_EFI @joe_noteboom @mhawksey @jar @THAThybridpod @joe_berry @eddkyi @DrJPritchard @geo_outreach Thanks @timbocop. @dompates happy to talk about putting 'hybrid field trips'. Might be interested in this reflection too: https://t.co/GHtnOOpZdF

[Krithika Srinivasan @kritcrit]

We are looking for the newest member of the @ROHrabies team @wellcometrust : 4 year Human Geography PDRA position @EdinburghUni; multispecies research on street dogs and public health in India. Apply by the 24th Jan 22. https://t.co/VfCfwszvAi
@GeosciencesEd @SniffThePastDog

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

@LTHEchat A4. I try a mix of activities that encourage students to interact and do things while working with ideas - things I’ve found work well include role plays, Lego, graffiti, show and tell with photographs…

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

@LTHEchat A3. Feel is starts with sharing my own enthusiasm and curiosity. Also about working with diverse materials and creating spaces and opportunities for the students to work, play and think with content #LTHEchat

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Teaching with Lego: @EdinburghUni’s @dswanton explains how using #Lego to demonstrate and apply lessons in class promotes play and interaction that leads to better engagement and peer discussion as part of active learning design #THECampus https://t.co/FqSZNFrycy

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

A short thing I've written about teaching with Lego: https://t.co/mzl7hCHE6m via @timeshighered

[Teaching Matters @UoE_Teaching]

In this post, @dswanton describes the development of a hybrid field course for Year 3 students on the Masters of Geography programme. This alternative approach opened up practices of participation and observation, and innovative ways of study in the field

https://t.co/kjo9lQwpHo

[Eric Laurier @Eric_Laurier]

Daniel successfully defended his PhD “Enabling Assemblages” today (& received a special Dr badge). ⁦A big thankyou to his examiners ⁦@alxndrt⁩ & ⁦@CresswellTim⁩. His PhD parents are very proud. ⁦@dswanton,⁩ @daniel_m_z⁩

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

@Slipshodspeller @Katrina_Swanton 🤣🤣

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

Q.6 Super important...with everything that's happening marking learning playful, fun and social seems like an effective way of engaging students #LTHEchat

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

Q5. Time to build up confidence and reinforcing purpose and value of creative activities #LTHEchat

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

A4. Frantic...it's been a long day and I'm novice tweeter! #LTHEchat

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

A3 More zines. Seems more important than ever to time to go analogue and craft something. Also enjoying using padlet to bring in different voices, perspectives and examples #LTHE

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

A2 walking - using walks to encourage learners to spend time away from a screen and responding to the world around them #LTHEchat

[Dan Swanton @dswanton]

A1. using lego to get students building and storying as a way of discussing readings on urban division; zines as an assessment to encourage students to craft accounts of fieldwork and think about ethics of knowledge making and sharing #LTHEchat

[Swanton Sketches @SwantonSketches]

Practicing some more - decided to sketch a paper - and chose this new one by @kay_sambell and @ProfSallyBrown (link below)...I hope they like it, but given their expertise, I am expecting constructive feedback :)

[Bhaskar Vira @bhask286]

We're delighted to share these resources for #RemoteResearch, curated by my colleague Antonio Ferraz de Oliveira, designed originally to support our undergraduates who are being forced to reformulatr their dissertations due to #COVID19 #AcademicTwitter - https://t.co/4qIhQ5e5X7