Month: March 2019

This felt a bit of a roller coaster ride. I spent a long time planning this, getting the resources ready and in the end I felt it landed a bit flat This is a link to my resources: https://padlet.com/timmorgan02/PgCer

I wanted to ‘demystified’ Green Screen and three point lighting and make a pop video – all in 10 minutes so it was a big ask. On reflection too big an ask and by playing a bit smaller I think I could have included the whole group – we could have taken photos rather than video and then everyone could have taken or been in the photos and using the green screen we could have added any background we wanted to.

Regardless of this I think the video looks fantastic and this is something I could explore again with another group in another context. Link to finished pop video: link: https://youtu.be/mA7bREm0KfU.

Feedback included:

• Good to use with students as an ice breaker
• I liked the name
• The class was very fun and engaged
• Great choice of song
• Liked the idea of the app so the technology is accessible for everyone to use
• Thank you for the time and effort you put into this
• How might you encourage people to get involved other than asking – who likes Karaoke?

I think there were a few tricks that I missed and had thought everyone would want to get involved but I was lucky to get Rich, Jon and Mark. I will look into this for next time and create roles to demonstrate different aspects of the process.

I enjoyed many of the other presentation particularly Graham’s. He brought in a Polaroid instant cine camera which was both interesting to look at and feel and there was a great story behind it, Many people used an object which made complete sense given the task and many involved a group activity.

Despite my initial disappointment it was a rich and varied day with a lot of participation and insights.

I was observed by Ola Olayinka. I thought she was really excellent and I appreciated that she arrived on time and stayed for the full 2 hours of the session. I was with MA Arts and Cultural Enterprise students and spoke to them about the ‘Online Intervention’ project. I applied what I thought was logic to how I delivered the session but needed to move things a little around on the fly as it became clear that students wanted to know things immediately which I had planned to discuss a little later. Things that went well:

• I arranged a former student to speak about her project and why she found this part of the course so rewarding
• The hands on card activity went very well and student could turn theory into practice

What didn’t go so well was that I miss calculated the order in which to deliver the project information and this led to one student exclaiming that he had no idea what was going on.

What I got from this is that even with a lot of planning there are no guarantees that you will get it right. I did however feel I could be spontaneous as I know the material. The hands-on was vital to the students understanding and confidence and they will create a Google Doc to continue their ideas in preparation for the following unit.
Thinks I would like to improve include:

• Eye contact with all the students
• Being louder
• Speaking quicker

Link: presentation

Link: student ideas