Finished

I have now finished my resit for the ICT assignment. I really hope i have improved from lasgt time. I feel that there is a massive difference from before, as now i really understood the term, sense of place. I did the majority of my work this time on the computer, which improved the standard a lot. I also think my final piece is much better having it being 3D and much more creative than the one i did before. I now just have to wait 3 days till i hand it in, and im sure i will be nervous waiting for the results.

Resit Assignment

I have to resit the visual communication assignment. I'm a bit disappointed as I thought I had done quite well. My feedback suggested that my project lacked colour and appeal. By comparing my project to others, I realised this was true. I was told that the ideas I had were good, however they were in appealing so therefore some ideas went unread. In order to make my work appealing, I had to use borders, colour, different text and sizes, back grounds and pictures.

I am in the middle of completing my resit. I have decided to change the theme of my project. Before my sense of place was my home. However I have changed it now to my worth in the world. I have done this by setting some questions such as who am I?, where am I going? Etc.

IT Project 3

Tomorrow is the day the project has to be in. Overall i am pleased with my work and hopefully, the enjoyment of completing it, will show in my results. The most challenging part of the project was thinking of the final piece. I reaaly wanted it to represent me well, as well as putting everything that means something to me, in a picture. Even though the scrapbook was very time consuming, the final piece was still the most challenging.

What is ed? (Graham Allan)

On 21/02/2012 Graham Allan (Enviromental manager of Swansea Met Uni)

Educational for sustainable development

“Our buggest challenge is this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract”

·         Bruntland definition

·         Principle 21, Agenda 21, 1992.

“Education…should be recognised as a process by which human beings…”

1.       Clarify and extend the ability of students to think for themselves

2.       Encourage to reflect and debate

3.       Foster learning

·         Corporate responsibility

The Elements:

-          Corporate strategy – Values etc

-          Integration – Principles etc

-          Management – key issues etc

-          Performance and impact

-          Community

-          Environment

-          Market place

-          Workplace

Digression: The benefits of growth

-          Creates employment

-          Higher incomes

-          Decreases poverty

-          Improves the standard of living

-          Means economic stability

-          Means creativity and innovation

ALTERNATIVE: Stagnation? Decline?

-          A steady economic state

GDP

G.I.A.B.C

Suzie's sessions

Overall, i have enjoyed the sessions with Suzie, as each time we did something new and interesting. The main aspect of the sessions were creativity, which is something that i have developed from these sessions. I didn't regard myself as creative, however, after the sessions with Suzie, I have become much more creative with my work. I can also now look at something that first doesn't appear to be appealing, and take it to a new level. i have learnt that there is no right or wrong whren being creative. this has again helped me to develop my skills as i have become more confident in my opinion.

Throughout the sessions, we always did something different. We were often on computers which i enjoy doing. Computers i find easy to work with. It is also much better than writing on paper, as you do most of the time in education. Without these sessions, i think that i would have found my assignment much more difficult. The 'sense of place' assignment required the skills which were developed in these sessions. These skills included computer, visual communication and creativity.

IT project 2

Finally finished my sketch book and final piece. Quite pleased with the outcome. I can honestly say I worked hard and tried my best. That is all that I ask of myself! Now a 100 word essay to go! Slowly getting there.

IT project

This assignment is like no other that's for sure. It must be the only assignment that I've actually enjoyed completing. I'm still in the middle of doing my sketch book. I've said that my sense of place is my home. This has led me to talk about my family, area, passions etc. I hope the enjoyment of this assignment will prove dividend in my end product. It is taking a very long to complete but I'm slowly getting there.

As soon as my sketch book is completed I need to think of a final piece as well as writing an essay.