Metaphores...

In our art class we spoke about metaphores and hidden meanings in songs. Pathetic fallacy is commonly used in songs today and we spent some time naming as many as we could think of that had metaphores in, to ensure we each knew what was meant by the term. Once we were sure we knew what it meant, Suzie gave each group a pack of images that were visual metaphores. We were asked to separate them into categories of our choice.

My group separated the images into categories of health, religion, music, drugs and cruelty. Certain pictures were quite disturbing to look at, especially for the faint-hearted. Most of the pictures did portray a good message though and I can see why they would be effective. My favourite was a picture of three hearts, each with a colour written inside. Yellow, black and white. This message seems to show that regardless of skin colour, everyone is the same. However, metaphores can mean different things to different people.  

A Sense of Place...

In our visual communication lesson we were told that our assignment had to include the theme of 'sense of place'. In order to brainstorm through ideas, Suzie asked us to work in groups in order to create a collage of everything that makes us feel like we have a sense of place and things that make us comfortable and happy. I worked with four of the girls on this and we managed to cover the entire sheet of paper. You could tell by looking at some of the other pieces of work that ours was a very girly view of what it means to be happy.

We had different sections on the paper relating to different topics. We had family, marriage, where we live, home, food, fashion, hobbies. We were able to find a lot of useful images and text in the magazines Suzie gave us and therefore were able to make a collage that meant a lot to us. We started by looking at images that represented our homes, such as our bedrooms, settee and the dining table and continued to expand through where we had been brought up, lived now and went to school. Sport can give people a big sense of belonging too and so we included all forms of sport we take part in.

Presentations OVER!!!

I have finally completed both presentations for Caroline and Sian. What a relief!! They weren't as bad as I thought they were going to be. It's so much easier speaking to an audience you get along well with, so I'd like to thank my class for making me feel at ease! Hannah and Becca were in my group for Theories of Thinking and Learning and we practically spent HOURS creating a mind map on our studied psychologist Bruner. It looked pretty good at the end!

I personally feel that Sian's presentation could have been a little longer but I think we said most, if not all of the necessary points. I still have Sian's seminar writing piece to hand in about Bruner. I will definitely finish that soon so another weight will be off my shoulders!

Another Research Week...

Apart from the odd lie-in, this week away from university helped me to start my assignment presentation for Caroline. My group consists of Jade, Becca and Andrew. Our topic is 'Mysteries' and how tasks like these can help you learn through a variety of different subjects. We drew up a plan of what it was that we needed to research and how we were going to distribute the points evenly. We also started writing the foundations for the task that we would share with the rest of the class. In our next meeting, we would bring the ideas together and arrange them in a suitable way for us to present.

Our First Research Week...

Having a week away from university enabled me to become up-to-date with my assignments. I managed to complete a 600 word practice assignment about learning styles for Sian. I made a pretty good effort with my referencing considering it was my first time, however, there were areas I needed to improve on with it so will have to have a bit more practice. I have also made a start on Andy's 'What is Education?' assignment. For this, I have chosen to write the first half about my personal philosophy of what education is and leave the other half to explain a key policy in practice. I think the references will be what I struggle most with so will have to seek help for those!!

Graffiti...

This was made by using http://www.graffiticreator.net/

Animations...

In our ICT lesson, we were taght how to use animation on 2simple2animate. There were simple and advanced versions of the application, both pretty easy to use when you know how. Saying that, my drawing and creativity skills are TERRIBLE but I was still able to draw simple pictures and turn them into animation. An application made for me! However, I still only drew the obvious happy to sad face.