Make a proposal for the future
development of your practice in which you identify the
following:
Key themes and interests – the nature of your practice
An articulation of the domain in which you are working with
reference to selected practitioners
Proposed strategies for the development of the work
Key texts/artworks/artefacts for further study
Bibliography
You will be required to give a presentation of your
proposal to your tutorial group. The presentation and
associated research should be recorded in your critical
journal for handing in for assessment, and should include
relevant quotations, footnotes and an accurately referenced
bibliography.
I had thought to present this assignment as I have the
previous - as a slideshow in tutorial, then recreated in
flash for web presentation. But it has become clear to me
that I should do the presentation off the top of my head -
based on the whole of this journal, the way that I have
created it and the methods that I have been experimenting
with, that are all a part of the final assignment. So I
shall demonstrate the journal and talk about the projects
below, using live internet links as visual content rather
than a pre prepared slide show.
In thinking about the nature of Assignment 5, the nature of
my practise is firmly back with what I am as a teacher of
art, an exponent of digital media. In the light of several
of the lectures that I have attended, in particular that of
Paul Gough that centred on bidding for funding, and Barbara
Hawkins' lecture on action research, I have chosen to
explore some of the projects that I am currently working on
in relation to digital media and the teaching of art.
"In its simplest
form Action Research is a simple small-scale intervention
in an situation bounded solely by the evaluation and
reflective practice of the practitioner- researcher for
their own personal development Described another way action
research is a process whereby a conscious decision is taken
to actively intervene in a situation in order to effect a
desired improvement." (taken from Barbara Hawkins' seminar
notes as published on myuwe)
In my case the active intervention is to make
a collection or list of the projects that I am currently
working on, and thus to some extent scrutinise my practise
in the light of the experience that I have gained over the
course of this module.
bTween bid 'Exploding
Narrative' - bid for funding for pervasive media
project
Holburne Museum - Photography and
Pervasive Media bid based on a relationship that I am
building with the Holburne museum in Bath
Time Capsule - A project that I have
been running over the past few weeks with key stage
three students
Business Card - The
importance of self publicity, networking, and carrying
a business card
Becta Bid - A bid for funding
for a collaborative project (unsuccessful) that I was
involved with in February, along with two other local
schools.
Creative Arts at Sidcot
School - Promotional site for Sidcot Schools new
Performing and Creative Arts block
Art@Sidcot - New Sidcot
art department web site in development
Roehampton - A day workshop of
animation for primary PGCE students, hosted by
Roehampton University
Gateshead - A day workshop of
animation and Photoshop for art teachers in the North
East hosted by Gateshead City Learning Centre
Adobe- talk in San
Francisco - An outline of the seminar that I shall
be giving in San Francisco this July at the Adobe
Education Leaders conference
Adobe - case study -
flash gallery of examplar material - self publicity
Bett - abstract -
Proposal and abstract for a seminar at Bett 2009
RTC bid - Outline proposal to
offer the new performing arts block as an Apple
Regional Training Centre
IB and new GCSE's - Examinations
in relation to digital media and our new arts centre
Big screens and roving
exhibition - publicity
Bibliography -
books/sites/films etc. to look at over the summer
Bibliography - Books,
websites and films that I have looked at over the
course of this module
Other Plans - Getting more of my own
work together for the new build