2007/10/03
2007/10/02
Group Presentation Points
GROUP DYNAMICS
• How we worked together – naturally fitted as a group
• How did we develop the research project – organically, each bringing personal experiences, diversity of pathways
• Collective leadership – Charlotte took the initiative to naturally direct the. Individuals followed contributing naturally.
• Individual contribution to group reflection – general group awareness was evident throughout, especially when ideas took tangents. A pause for reflection and evaluation always instigated.
• Question honestly – throughout members questioned the relevance of certain ideas that arose
INITIAL IDEA AND DEVELOPMENT
• How we began, initial idea's. Consider quantitative research. Try and include audience within discussion, relate.
• The initial idea's (possibly get blog up?). Explain about puzzle to Lesley's idea of using logo, to then how Elisa's idea came about. What medium we suggested to use originally.
• Make clear all the different skills we had and how it all worked so well together. How we worked as a group.
• The gradual development of the final message and objective:
*-Puzzle Idea
-Idea of physical work to create puzzle
*-Idea of using school logo
*-Using graphic logo of school in combination with puzzle
-One Square containing separate logos for each individual
-3-d digital display puzzle logo
*-2-d digital display puzzle logo
• After tutorial, finalizing what would be final idea, solid dating and simplifying.
• Show final idea (the brand). Explain our final message and how it works.
• We are always using each others skills and knowledge, our puzzle will always expand. In some way or another, our puzzle pieces will interlock together.
...this is repeating previous points from blog but thought it would be helpful as a series of considerations for the presentation.
• How we worked together – naturally fitted as a group
• How did we develop the research project – organically, each bringing personal experiences, diversity of pathways
• Collective leadership – Charlotte took the initiative to naturally direct the. Individuals followed contributing naturally.
• Individual contribution to group reflection – general group awareness was evident throughout, especially when ideas took tangents. A pause for reflection and evaluation always instigated.
• Question honestly – throughout members questioned the relevance of certain ideas that arose
INITIAL IDEA AND DEVELOPMENT
• How we began, initial idea's. Consider quantitative research. Try and include audience within discussion, relate.
• The initial idea's (possibly get blog up?). Explain about puzzle to Lesley's idea of using logo, to then how Elisa's idea came about. What medium we suggested to use originally.
• Make clear all the different skills we had and how it all worked so well together. How we worked as a group.
• The gradual development of the final message and objective:
*-Puzzle Idea
-Idea of physical work to create puzzle
*-Idea of using school logo
*-Using graphic logo of school in combination with puzzle
-One Square containing separate logos for each individual
-3-d digital display puzzle logo
*-2-d digital display puzzle logo
• After tutorial, finalizing what would be final idea, solid dating and simplifying.
• Show final idea (the brand). Explain our final message and how it works.
• We are always using each others skills and knowledge, our puzzle will always expand. In some way or another, our puzzle pieces will interlock together.
...this is repeating previous points from blog but thought it would be helpful as a series of considerations for the presentation.
Better late than never photos
I've been having a few problems with my photo loading. Lesley says it must be something I've eaten for lunch....Tara
Extra presentation notes on "gradual development of the final message and objective"
Steps Worked through-Progression of Ideas-
*-Puzzle Idea
-Idea of physical work to create puzzle
*-Idea of using school logo
*-Using graphic logo of school in combination with puzzle
-One Square containing seperate logos for each individual
-3-d digital display puzzle logo
*-2-d digital display puzzle logo
*-Puzzle Idea
-Idea of physical work to create puzzle
*-Idea of using school logo
*-Using graphic logo of school in combination with puzzle
-One Square containing seperate logos for each individual
-3-d digital display puzzle logo
*-2-d digital display puzzle logo
2007/10/01
Bullet points to consider in presentation.
- How we began, initial idea's. Consider quantitative research. Try and include audience within discussion, relate.
- The initial idea's (possibly get blog up?). Explain about puzzle to Lesley's idea of using logo, to then how Elisa's idea came about. What medium we suggested to use originally.
- Make clear all the different skills we had and how it all worked so well together. How we worked as a group.
- The gradual development of the final message and objective.
- After tutorial, finalizing what would be final idea, solidi dating and simplifying.
- Show final idea (the brand). Explain our final message and how it works.
We are always using each others skills and knowledge, our puzzle will always expand. In some way or another, our puzzle pieces will interlock together.
- The initial idea's (possibly get blog up?). Explain about puzzle to Lesley's idea of using logo, to then how Elisa's idea came about. What medium we suggested to use originally.
- Make clear all the different skills we had and how it all worked so well together. How we worked as a group.
- The gradual development of the final message and objective.
- After tutorial, finalizing what would be final idea, solidi dating and simplifying.
- Show final idea (the brand). Explain our final message and how it works.
We are always using each others skills and knowledge, our puzzle will always expand. In some way or another, our puzzle pieces will interlock together.
Group dynamics
“Individuals have different ways of working, different ways in which to resolve”
How we worked together – naturally fitted together as a group of individuals.
How did we develop the research project – organically, each bringing their own personal experiences, diversity of pathways and therefore different ways in which to approach this project, adding almost building on the ideas resulting in natural progression.
Collective leadership – Charlotte took the initiative to naturally direct the group as a whole and encourage. Individuals followed contributing naturally.
Individual contribution to group reflection – general group awareness was evident throughout, especially when ideas became tangled in the many interesting tangents. Someone always seemed to instigate a pause for reflection and evaluation.
Question honestly – throughout members questioned the relevance of certain ideas that arose, if they were necessary or had become carried away, leading to group discussion and a quick decisive conclusion.
How we worked together – naturally fitted together as a group of individuals.
How did we develop the research project – organically, each bringing their own personal experiences, diversity of pathways and therefore different ways in which to approach this project, adding almost building on the ideas resulting in natural progression.
Collective leadership – Charlotte took the initiative to naturally direct the group as a whole and encourage. Individuals followed contributing naturally.
Individual contribution to group reflection – general group awareness was evident throughout, especially when ideas became tangled in the many interesting tangents. Someone always seemed to instigate a pause for reflection and evaluation.
Question honestly – throughout members questioned the relevance of certain ideas that arose, if they were necessary or had become carried away, leading to group discussion and a quick decisive conclusion.
The Awareness Of What Is Happening
On reflection of:
EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE IS LOCATED IN OUR EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD
Our world is made up of our many experiences that fit together to create the bigger picture. This picture continually grows, becoming larger as all that is new becomes familiar (like the base core Elicia referred to as our central emotions and how we relate to the world based upon these).
In relation to my first experiences of my new life in Farnham I felt the whole experience was very much like gathering new bits of information from a variety of sources (whether it be where I can source an organic vegetable box from, to how do I find my way to room G152?). I naturally compared it to deciphering visual information on random pieces of a jigsaw, choosing the relevant pieces and piecing them together to make sense of the overall puzzle.
After initially brainstorming all our first experiences of Farnham the group felt that this idea was quite suitable. It was quickly bounced back and forth, each individual adding to it. Lesley suggested the overall puzzle take the shape of the UCCA logo. Elicia’s graphic training visualised the outer segment of the logo symbolising our visual impressions and the centre our emotions. Individuals wanted to bring an element of themselves to their segment of the puzzle, their pathways determining choice in medium – 3D, paint, textiles, graphics, animation, Interior – considerations of time restraints and actual relevance were needed at this point.
After our group tutorial with Sarah Sutherland we were quick to consolidate our ideas to form a more focussed vision of the final outcome. Simplification by concentrating on first experiences only. Continual discussions, 2D idea development, recording of ideas in written form have resulted in natural progression.
The Puzzle – individual pieces containing photos representing visual first impressions of Farnham fit together onto a screen format. As the last segment locks into place sections of images fade leaving the other sections that make up the UCCA logo (negative space around logo containing sections of images fade to white). The central section of logo, i.e. the circle, does not contain imagery but instead contains many words (a ball of text) representing the many emotions experienced. Mago suggested that each word could be in a different colour relating to that particular emotion. This puzzle would be in computer format with animation used to create the morphing effect of the pieces changing/fading into the logo (courtesy of Charlotte and Dan’s animating skills).
At times ideas have become over-complicated as tangents have naturally led us onto considering the many possibilities. Through discussion and reflection, reminders of the aims and objectives of the project have kept our ideas focussed and simplified. It has developed organically through equal group participation, each individual consistently contributing, influencing and manipulating the idea resulting in natural evolvement.
Although we have stuck with the basic initial idea, we have developed and built upon it to form a simple yet effective way of communicating our first experiences of Farnham not only from individual’s perspective but also from the group’s as a whole.
Hope that all makes sense......Tara
EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE IS LOCATED IN OUR EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD
Our world is made up of our many experiences that fit together to create the bigger picture. This picture continually grows, becoming larger as all that is new becomes familiar (like the base core Elicia referred to as our central emotions and how we relate to the world based upon these).
In relation to my first experiences of my new life in Farnham I felt the whole experience was very much like gathering new bits of information from a variety of sources (whether it be where I can source an organic vegetable box from, to how do I find my way to room G152?). I naturally compared it to deciphering visual information on random pieces of a jigsaw, choosing the relevant pieces and piecing them together to make sense of the overall puzzle.
After initially brainstorming all our first experiences of Farnham the group felt that this idea was quite suitable. It was quickly bounced back and forth, each individual adding to it. Lesley suggested the overall puzzle take the shape of the UCCA logo. Elicia’s graphic training visualised the outer segment of the logo symbolising our visual impressions and the centre our emotions. Individuals wanted to bring an element of themselves to their segment of the puzzle, their pathways determining choice in medium – 3D, paint, textiles, graphics, animation, Interior – considerations of time restraints and actual relevance were needed at this point.
After our group tutorial with Sarah Sutherland we were quick to consolidate our ideas to form a more focussed vision of the final outcome. Simplification by concentrating on first experiences only. Continual discussions, 2D idea development, recording of ideas in written form have resulted in natural progression.
The Puzzle – individual pieces containing photos representing visual first impressions of Farnham fit together onto a screen format. As the last segment locks into place sections of images fade leaving the other sections that make up the UCCA logo (negative space around logo containing sections of images fade to white). The central section of logo, i.e. the circle, does not contain imagery but instead contains many words (a ball of text) representing the many emotions experienced. Mago suggested that each word could be in a different colour relating to that particular emotion. This puzzle would be in computer format with animation used to create the morphing effect of the pieces changing/fading into the logo (courtesy of Charlotte and Dan’s animating skills).
At times ideas have become over-complicated as tangents have naturally led us onto considering the many possibilities. Through discussion and reflection, reminders of the aims and objectives of the project have kept our ideas focussed and simplified. It has developed organically through equal group participation, each individual consistently contributing, influencing and manipulating the idea resulting in natural evolvement.
Although we have stuck with the basic initial idea, we have developed and built upon it to form a simple yet effective way of communicating our first experiences of Farnham not only from individual’s perspective but also from the group’s as a whole.
Hope that all makes sense......Tara
Summary
Hi Everyone, This is my bit of blurb for the presentation, maybe people could add bits if it's any good?
Our original idea for the presentation came about through a discussion about our experiences of both the uni and the town. Tara had just moved to the area and her impression was that she was part of a huge jigsaw puzle, each piece slotting graually into place in her life. Most of the group were able to identify with these feelings as; some had only just arrived in Farnham themselves. he quantity of information and paperwork to take onboard contributed to the overall impression of something gradually coming together. Throughout our group meetings the idea changed and evolved in an extremely organic way, each person contributing enthusiasticaly to the final outcome and all ieas were discussed and evaluated.
We were fortunate to have a wide variety of skills within the group, the primary one being peoples ability to communicate their ideas. Elisa opened us a blog and Charlotte typed up the results of each meeting, in this way we were able to keep in touch and refer to the initial idea we had discussed. As the blog began to grow with people's impressions of Farnham and general ideas the final presentation began to appear almost automatically. It neede work but a framework began to emerge.
Logistics dictated that the presentation was an on screen digital one. the time element and limited workshop accrss could have been aproblem if we had decided to go for a 3D format. this was dissapointing for some of us but after some consideration an animation was decided on. Once again we were fortunate to have people with the right skills for the job. Daniel and Charlotte were able tot produce what was needed.
The original plan was to find a visual way of conveyingthe aidea of a jigsaw puzzle, lesley suggestedthat the college logo would provide a base to use, as it was easily recognised and evident in all parts of the building, Mago had mentioned the fact in an earlier conversation.
Elisa sketched it out and suggested that the exterior C shapemight be our visualimpressions of Farnham and the interior disc could represent the emotions felt when first encountering the palce.It was problematical to retain the basic elemnts of the idea and convey the original meaning as ideas began to flow and at one point the puzzle grew too complex, it became about ourselves and our work rather than our impressions of Farnham.It would have been easy at this particular point to go way off track and end up with something other tha our origina idea and the project brief. We recognised this fact and steered ourselves back to the meaning we wished to convey which is that of shared experience and different skills coming togetherto make one Farnham.
Scuse spelling, Lesley
Our original idea for the presentation came about through a discussion about our experiences of both the uni and the town. Tara had just moved to the area and her impression was that she was part of a huge jigsaw puzle, each piece slotting graually into place in her life. Most of the group were able to identify with these feelings as; some had only just arrived in Farnham themselves. he quantity of information and paperwork to take onboard contributed to the overall impression of something gradually coming together. Throughout our group meetings the idea changed and evolved in an extremely organic way, each person contributing enthusiasticaly to the final outcome and all ieas were discussed and evaluated.
We were fortunate to have a wide variety of skills within the group, the primary one being peoples ability to communicate their ideas. Elisa opened us a blog and Charlotte typed up the results of each meeting, in this way we were able to keep in touch and refer to the initial idea we had discussed. As the blog began to grow with people's impressions of Farnham and general ideas the final presentation began to appear almost automatically. It neede work but a framework began to emerge.
Logistics dictated that the presentation was an on screen digital one. the time element and limited workshop accrss could have been aproblem if we had decided to go for a 3D format. this was dissapointing for some of us but after some consideration an animation was decided on. Once again we were fortunate to have people with the right skills for the job. Daniel and Charlotte were able tot produce what was needed.
The original plan was to find a visual way of conveyingthe aidea of a jigsaw puzzle, lesley suggestedthat the college logo would provide a base to use, as it was easily recognised and evident in all parts of the building, Mago had mentioned the fact in an earlier conversation.
Elisa sketched it out and suggested that the exterior C shapemight be our visualimpressions of Farnham and the interior disc could represent the emotions felt when first encountering the palce.It was problematical to retain the basic elemnts of the idea and convey the original meaning as ideas began to flow and at one point the puzzle grew too complex, it became about ourselves and our work rather than our impressions of Farnham.It would have been easy at this particular point to go way off track and end up with something other tha our origina idea and the project brief. We recognised this fact and steered ourselves back to the meaning we wished to convey which is that of shared experience and different skills coming togetherto make one Farnham.
Scuse spelling, Lesley
Things to consider for the presentation
Once having a discussion with Sarah here are the following she told us to consider.
- Possibly involve the audience
(maybe use our research what we have already gained and compare to see if similar, e.g. and visuals?)
- The presentation can be about the idea's
(The intention as discussed to basically explain how we got from idea to idea to outcome, explaining our reflection and how we got there.)
- Register how outcomes have changed (reflection)
- What was the main objective?
(We already have a very clear message.)
- How was the form decided?
(using images possibly oh how we came around to our final idea)
- Identify the skills that enabled us to form
(how we worked together and seemed to mesh so well. We realised straight away how alike we all are and how much we can all rely on each other for different skills. We appreciate that we can do that.)
- Convey a massive message
(we believe our message to be very powerful and very true)
- What decisions were made and why did we make them?
(again reflection)
- What experiences of other things have made us think like this?
(we all know that we can't help but compare things to what we are used to, with this, everything about Farnham that we see and feel we will compare to what we know and are used to.)
- Think about the journey, not the destination. Evidence that journey.
(we will naturally do that by just explaining our journey, a diary as such but with to how and why we got to that route.)
- Possibly involve the audience
(maybe use our research what we have already gained and compare to see if similar, e.g. and visuals?)
- The presentation can be about the idea's
(The intention as discussed to basically explain how we got from idea to idea to outcome, explaining our reflection and how we got there.)
- Register how outcomes have changed (reflection)
- What was the main objective?
(We already have a very clear message.)
- How was the form decided?
(using images possibly oh how we came around to our final idea)
- Identify the skills that enabled us to form
(how we worked together and seemed to mesh so well. We realised straight away how alike we all are and how much we can all rely on each other for different skills. We appreciate that we can do that.)
- Convey a massive message
(we believe our message to be very powerful and very true)
- What decisions were made and why did we make them?
(again reflection)
- What experiences of other things have made us think like this?
(we all know that we can't help but compare things to what we are used to, with this, everything about Farnham that we see and feel we will compare to what we know and are used to.)
- Think about the journey, not the destination. Evidence that journey.
(we will naturally do that by just explaining our journey, a diary as such but with to how and why we got to that route.)
The Students
Trying to get pictures of the students, although this wet weather creates a lack of them for me to find and photograph!
These pictures might also help represent the english weather, that some of our students from abroad aren't used to.
Luxury sky
When I first came to Farnham I was amazed : The sky is so big and so blue! We don't have this kind of beautiful sky in Taipei, Taiwan, because there are a lot of tall buildings and they block our eye sight. I think the sky in England is really a luxury!
by Elisa
Collection of Pictures from Farnham continued
Wooden copple to stone path
Old style shop side
Front entrences
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