If life is what happens to our plans, then dance is what happens to our steps.
ideas sometimes when you wait they come to you.

Preparation for starting with BAPP

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Module Three focus - essence, less is more

For your essay, professional artifact and oral presentation - particularly the artifact...
Know Key points:

less is more

the arts speak to you

you can 'speak' without words

https://vimeo.com/148897573
SinĂ©ad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U [★★★★★] from Be My Guest on Vimeo.

Monday, 7 May 2018

Writing and presentation

Today Skype sessions with a Module One focus were useful for everyone. We talked about academic writing presentation of your work.

Quotes – don’t use them to speak for you. Explain an idea or point in your own words making sure you are referencing the people and things that have helped you for that idea. Then use a quote to illustrate how someone else put it too.

References and citations – a bibliography lists the books and web-sites and things you looked at to come to the writing you are doing. In some ways, a bibliography can survive on its own as a list of books around a topic BUT an essay cannot live without a bibliography. The references in the essay are just ways to sign post us to where all the information is in the bibliography. Just the essay without the bibliography means the references are sign posting us off into nothingness!!

An Appendix is a not a tricky way to have more words than the essay word count!! You should be able to read the whole essay and for it to make sense without reading the appendix. Like the appendix in your body – you should be able to cut it out and everything still works and makes sense. An appendix is just for things we might want to read if we want to hear more about something that takes us off on a bit of a tangent from the flow of the essay.

Sub-headings help organise information. I read through my essay and see where I am shifting or making a new point then ask myself if it would help the reader to indicate where I am going with the topic by having a sub-heading. I would recommend the sub-headings coming from what you are trying to say like this rather than having fixed subheadings that follow the areas of the Module One handbook. You are meant to be synthesising across the whole module in order to discuss your practice. Having subheadings like ‘Web 2.0’ draws you away from your practice and into the structure of the handbooks. Rather use subheadings that sum-up some of the themes that have emerged about your practice from within/across all the sections of the Module.

Editing your work for word count. Sometimes it can be that you are sort of writing in an overly apologetic sort of way. This can add more words to your writing than if you write in a more direct manor, with confidence. (36 words)
Writing in a confident, direct way rather than in an apologetic manor leads to less words used. (17 words)


People in the conversation are putting links to their posts on the skype in the comments below. Please also comment: what do you feel?
Also have a look at this...
Why we cite video

Sunday, 6 May 2018

Skype session with Module Three focus

We have skype sessions with Module Three focus on Wednesday May 9th
at
7pm only (London time)

Comment below to indicate if you will be attending.

Skype session with Module One focus

We have skype session with Module One focus on Monday May 7th at
12:30 (time in London)
or
5pm (time in London)

Comment below to indicate which you will attend.


Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Tuesday chats presentations and plans

More soon...

We talked about Module Three presentations
Read Eleanor post
https://ellebyrne.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/birds-eye-view-rather-than-chronological.html

For everything

As I am working on drafts here are some Professional Practices for everything! in general.

  • Put page numbers on things.
  • Put your name and any reference numbers (you have with the organization /establishment you are writing to. It is a reference number so they are using it to track you like your name.)
  • Explain what things are when you give them to people.
  • For sending files on-line name the file something that indicates what it is for the person you are sending it to (not for yourself). You may have only one 'Acting CV' but the person getting the file is clearly going to be getting more than one. So name it 'Your_name CV'. Yes, you know your own name but the file name is for their organization not yours. 
  • Don't turn up to things or send people things expecting someone to sort them out for you. Work out what you have to do and do it. If you are unsure explain what you think you have to do so people know where you are coming from  when you do it and then they can feedback what is needed if you have got the wrong end of the stick. But if you don't commit to something 'right' or 'wrong' the thing that comes across is not if it is 'right' or 'wrong'. The thing that comes across is the lack of commitment you had to it.
Comment below with another tips for Professional Practice