Assisting Graphic design teacher with L3 BTEC Art and design Class.Recently I met up with my old Graphic design teacher from college and during a catch up and cake (FREE CAKE) she asked me if I would be able to come into college and help her with her BTEC graphic design students who are now in the position I was, almost three years ago. I obviously jumped at the chance as I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to give something back to the college as without their help, Patience (mainly patience), perseverance and support through what was quite a difficult time for me, I wouldn’t be where I am today. They are the reason I now have my diagnosis of ADHD and I am eternally grateful for them pushing for that. I also knew that this would help me develop within my professional practice module as I may consider teaching in the future and this was a perfect opportunity for me to get a taste of what it’s like to be on the other side. Although I wasn’t professional the entire time because that’s probably never going to happen (I wasn’t going to pretend to be someone I wasn’t) I was still able to communicate with the students and staff in a positive manner. During classes I was able to support students with their Photoshop skills when they were struggling and could act as a ‘Fresh set of eyes’ which meant I was able to pick up on things that could be improved which the student and class teacher themselves may not have picked up on, due to looking at the same piece of work every day. During my time there I was also able to enlighten the students by discussing what I have learnt through my time studying graphic design, both at university and college. I am not one to beat around the bush and was able to tell the students exactly how it was. One students work was quite poor which I noticed straight away and the teacher had already attempted to give her feedback previously regarding this, however, the student wasn’t co-operative and just continued with what she wanted to do (bad idea when it’s your teacher that marks it…). Before I was aware the teacher had given her feedback already I decided I couldn’t stand there any longer and watch her make this terrible piece of work. So, I stepped in and started to pick out things that needed to be changed and tried to back this up with reasons why. The student co-operated for a short time and she was trying out my ideas. I tried to help her to simplify what she was doing as it was all getting too crowded and she needed to strip it right back to basics for the work to look even the slightest bit professional. I believe I dealt with this situation quite well as I had to refrain myself from telling her it looked shit, which let’s be honest I’m not great at doing. Controlling my impulsiveness is an area I need to develop and believe this opportunity helped me with this.
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AD6110 Professional practice
AD6305 DISSERTATION
This module provides you with the opportunity to undertake an in-depth study of a topic or area of cultural, creative practice that is of particular interest to you. Through lecture, group and individual tutorial support you will determine a topic you are motivated to research, develop a research method to address the issues raised, review the existing literature on the topic area, establish a plan for the dissertation, collect information, make judgments and present a reasoned textual argument supporting your position. You will produce an 8,000 word document that complies with accepted academic writing standards in accordance with the APA style guide. AD6207 CREATIVE DESIGN PRACTICE
Component 1: (Wks 10 - 14) COLLECTED WORKS (25% of Module) A collection of works based on your Summer Collection that show playful exploration and experimentation, comprising of: 5 x Weekly Briefs - Reviewed Weekly Submitted Week 14 For the first part of this module (Component 1 - 25%) we will set briefs that will encourage you to play and experiment with areas of design. Alongside this you need to consider your personal development and to define and understand an approach that you may take to resolving a design problem that you will set yourself. Component 2: (Wks 15 - 34) NEGOTIATED PROJECT (50% of Module) You will devise, explore and complete a self directed brief that tackles a design problem. Submitted Week 34 You will be asked to devise a design brief around any subject or issue that you like (Component 2 - 50%) - your proposal can evolve, expand and even change direction as you continue to research, explore and create your solution but it must consider it's audience, method and platform for delivery and any potential elements of collaboration that could benefit it's development. The final deliverable can be in any format which addresses the needs that you will identify for the intended audience for this piece. Component 3: (Wks 35 - 44) EXHIBITION (25% of Module) You will devise, explore and complete an exhibition based on your Negotiated Project output. Submitted Week 44 FInally you will be asked to present your solution as an end of year exhibition piece (Component 3 - 25%) - this may require you to expand on your initial idea, to reformat the resources you have or to reimagine a way of displaying and promoting your final design. During this module we are your colleagues, we are here to advise and support the development of yourself and your ideas – take this opportunity and run with it! Archives
May 2019
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