In this area you will find a week by week scheme for all of these sessions. These will appear in 6 week blocks throughout the year.
These classes are for 2 hours per week on a Tuesday and are followed directly by Functional Skills for all the students directly after.
The context statement for this class is explained on another tab section of this website. Whilst this may look different from a normal scheme of work it operates in the same way but is far more interactive and responsive to the students teaching and learning. It is a student responsive live curriculum which works better than it being just on paper in a file in a staff room.
NB ; This part of the course in under construction and will be delivered in 2012
Week 1
This session will take place in the studio or on location with portable lighting kits and an introduction to the cameras and how to use the lighting systems. This depends on availability of the studio and the weather conditions. This session has started late in the term in response to timetable issues.
For this section of the course you will be taught on a tuesday morning and you will be introduced to the world of photography. This will done in the photography studio and be on the subject of fashion and portrait photography.
The layout of the course will be slightly different in that you will have to add all the above criteria as titles on your blog, then you will over the coming weeks add more and more value to each blog in order to pass it. For example;
ie, Title of blog one,
P1 : Present an idea for photographic images, which shows some relationship to photographic practice
and so on for all of the above criteria in the table.
The first session will be setting this framework into all of your blogs so you know exactly what you need to do and what has to be answered. This will provide clarity as to what you have to do each week.
Once your websites include all the criteria titles then we will begin to look at other photographers as part of the research that you need to do.
This session is all about research and development of ideas themes and concepts based on ideas drawn from the research that you do. It is vital that this planning and preparation is done and evidenced thoroughly on your blog. All ideas if they are drawn or sketched will need to be scanned and uploaded to your websites.
Remember that the research that you gather must be critically analysed, this means that you must write about what you think about what you have put onto your website. To do this you must talk about what you see and could influence your ideas.
You will need to look at the assignment paper to understand exactly what you need to do as all aspects of it are explained fully.
This session is only 2 hours long as Functional Skills happens in the last hour. Also other members of staff pick up the conclusion of each session. This will be the case every week.
Week 2
The aim of this session is to look at the cameras kit and equipment used in the photography studio.
By the end of the session the students will have all generated some images of each other, these can then be used as evidence on their blogger websites.
In the studio, further exploration of studio lighting and responses to research of the area of portrait photography. Test images while adjusting the 3 main variables of fstop, shutter speed, and ISO settings.
The students will photograph each other and experience how to work in the studio and take several experimental images that are then compared to their chosen research image.
The images will help students gain experience in being in the photography studio in relation to the location photography that has been done with the portable lighting kits. All kit and equipment has to be identified and images from google loaded onto your blogs to help explain what was used.
Week 3
This sessions aim is to allow students time to catch up with their written work and general blog website production work.
They will have the message reinforced of the meaning of the Design / Learning Cycle to help the students realise the value of research and development and analysis and evaluations.
The work that has been done in practical sessions has to be evidenced in this session while we have access to a classroom as normally we only have access to the photography studio and no computers.
Also see the home page of this website to see the blogs that inform and reinforce this session.
The students are having live feedback given via the ipad and wifi to their blogs to give the students hard written evidence rather than one to one tutorials and often lost conversations.
This feedback is evidenced on their websites via 'Recent Comments' and will inform and direct them for every session along with this Tutor Support Website.
Week 4
We are going into the studio to do light drawing in the context of understanding light, exposure, ISO, shutter speed (BULB setting) ,and also taking the images and animating them into a sequence. this will be done in another session where they can be added into a time line in final cut.
This session will be finished off on thursday when we are in the classroom.
I also mentioned that you should show your parents the Parental Invitation link on this website, ask them to look at your work and also the Tutor Support Website then send us an email from the link to me so I can have their comments please, can this be done for next thursday class please.
Christmas Break
Week - 3.1.12 - Portraits
This week we are officially starting the photography assignment, the theme is Portraits. The assignment paper is on this site and explains fully what you need to do, please read this carefully.
We have covered aspects of kit and equipment in previous sessions, we have looked at light drawings to explain how shutter speeds work. We have also had two sessions in the studio previously looking at halloween portraits and test portraits that you did of each other.
In previous sessions one of the main issues has been not keeping the work that you produce and not writing fully about what you have done on your blogs for every session that we have done.
For example we have been in the darkroom and done photograms as well, so this session needs writing about to evidence fully what you did. Plus you need to research what photograms are and explain about they are made, along with the processes involved.
Also we went into the studio this week and we did a session on controlling the camera and its 3 variable settings, F STOPS, SHUTTER SPEEDS AND ISO.
1. You need to produce blogs about previous sessions that we have done with written work and images such as the photograms session that you did in the darkroom and the last session we did on still life photography.
2. You need to read the portrait assignment paper carefully.
3. You also need to start the research photographers names that are on the assignment paper and start to add these into your blogs.
4. Add a seperate blog entry for each of these along with images that help explain what each one means from google.
5. You have had several sessions in the studio where I have explained what each piece of equipment is, add an image of each onto a new blog and write about what each of them is and what they do.
6. Develop ideas for your studio shoot and show me an image that you would like to attempt as part of this assignment.
Date - 10.1.12
Aims of the Session
In this class we will be looking how to produce still life images in the photography studio. The main aims will be to get the students to understand and record the ISO, Shutter speeds and F stops.
Objectives of the Session
The objective is always to meet the requirements of the criteria in a practical and theoretical manner
P1
P2
P3
P4
Outline and Development of Learning Activities
The students will observe me doing a demonstration on how to set up the studio lights and what type of lights will be described. Light meter readings will be taken and their data will be transfered onto the camera.
ISO, Shutter speed and F stops
Unit Module
Functional / Key Skills for Life
Separate sessions with Functional Skills Tutor to support teaching and learning in addition to all these sessions takes place from 11.15am until 12.15pm. (seperate sessions with a different tutor).
Resources / Websites / References
A rostrum camera, digital SLR cameras, Mac computers and adequate rooming / seating, (see resource tab for me information about resources).
Assessment Strategies
The assessment of work is aided by the self tracking and self labelling of any work that is produced. This is vital in understanding 'where' you are within the curriculum as it is delivered. And allows for accurate and timely adaptation or targeting of criteria that may have not been met. And it also allows confirmation to the students as to what they have achieved as well. All of this self tracking is commented on as the students progress in a very strong formative manner on a regular and written evidenced way appearing automatically next to their work on their blog websites.
Feedback Strategies
The whole system of using blogs online allows the work of all students to be viewed by not only the tutor but also by all the students themselves. This allows transparency as to how students are achieving an thus adequate intervention time to allow improvements to happen to the students work.
All the students can leave comments on each others work which can build a team ethic of helping each other to learn (peer to peer). This evidence is written and S.M.A.R.T and also automatically dated and timed.
Consolidation and Evaluation
This takes place after every session where the class recaps and reviews what they have done, identifying key features and resources. This takes the form of written evidence in their blogs, which depending on whether we can access computers directly, if not then the evaluation and consolidation is done in written form when next able to access a computer (either in class or at home). If we are working in the photography studio then this is often not possible until we are back in a classroom.
Date - 17.1.12
Aims of the Session
In this class we will be looking how to produce still life images in the photography studio. The main aims will be to get the students to understand and record the ISO, Shutter speeds and F stops.
Objectives of the Session
The objective is always to meet the requirements of the criteria in a practical and theoretical manner
P1
P2
P3
P4
Outline and Development of Learning Activities
The students will observe me doing a demonstration on how to set up the studio lights and what type of lights will be described. Light meter readings will be taken and their data will be transfered onto the camera.
ISO, Shutter speed and F stops
Unit Module
Functional / Key Skills for Life
Separate sessions with Functional Skills Tutor to support teaching and learning in addition to all these sessions takes place from 11.15am until 12.15pm. (seperate sessions with a different tutor).
Resources / Websites / References
A rostrum camera, digital SLR cameras, Mac computers and adequate rooming / seating, (see resource tab for me information about resources).
Assessment Strategies
The assessment of work is aided by the self tracking and self labelling of any work that is produced. This is vital in understanding 'where' you are within the curriculum as it is delivered. And allows for accurate and timely adaptation or targeting of criteria that may have not been met. And it also allows confirmation to the students as to what they have achieved as well. All of this self tracking is commented on as the students progress in a very strong formative manner on a regular and written evidenced way appearing automatically next to their work on their blog websites.
Feedback Strategies
The whole system of using blogs online allows the work of all students to be viewed by not only the tutor but also by all the students themselves. This allows transparency as to how students are achieving an thus adequate intervention time to allow improvements to happen to the students work.
All the students can leave comments on each others work which can build a team ethic of helping each other to learn (peer to peer). This evidence is written and S.M.A.R.T and also automatically dated and timed.
Consolidation and Evaluation
This takes place after every session where the class recaps and reviews what they have done, identifying key features and resources. This takes the form of written evidence in their blogs, which depending on whether we can access computers directly, if not then the evaluation and consolidation is done in written form when next able to access a computer (either in class or at home). If we are working in the photography studio then this is often not possible until we are back in a classroom.
Date - 24.1.12
Aims of the Session
In this class we will be looking how to produce still life images in the photography studio. The main aims will be to get the students to understand and record the ISO, Shutter speeds and F stops.
Objectives of the Session
The objective is always to meet the requirements of the criteria in a practical and theoretical manner
P1
P2
P3
P4
Outline and Development of Learning Activities
The students will observe me doing a demonstration on how to set up the studio lights and what type of lights will be described. Light meter readings will be taken and their data will be transfered onto the camera.
ISO, Shutter speed and F stops
Unit Module
Functional / Key Skills for Life
Separate sessions with Functional Skills Tutor to support teaching and learning in addition to all these sessions takes place from 11.15am until 12.15pm. (seperate sessions with a different tutor).
Resources / Websites / References
A rostrum camera, digital SLR cameras, Mac computers and adequate rooming / seating, (see resource tab for me information about resources).
Assessment Strategies
The assessment of work is aided by the self tracking and self labelling of any work that is produced. This is vital in understanding 'where' you are within the curriculum as it is delivered. And allows for accurate and timely adaptation or targeting of criteria that may have not been met. And it also allows confirmation to the students as to what they have achieved as well. All of this self tracking is commented on as the students progress in a very strong formative manner on a regular and written evidenced way appearing automatically next to their work on their blog websites.
Feedback Strategies
The whole system of using blogs online allows the work of all students to be viewed by not only the tutor but also by all the students themselves. This allows transparency as to how students are achieving an thus adequate intervention time to allow improvements to happen to the students work.
All the students can leave comments on each others work which can build a team ethic of helping each other to learn (peer to peer). This evidence is written and S.M.A.R.T and also automatically dated and timed.
Consolidation and Evaluation
This takes place after every session where the class recaps and reviews what they have done, identifying key features and resources. This takes the form of written evidence in their blogs, which depending on whether we can access computers directly, if not then the evaluation and consolidation is done in written form when next able to access a computer (either in class or at home). If we are working in the photography studio then this is often not possible until we are back in a classroom.
Date - 31.1.12
Safeguarding
Lanyard Check and Celcat Registers
Context Statement
NB, There is a full and comprehensive context statement about this group on the tab section of this website.Also for this session; we are in the photography studio doing practical work and sometimes more theoretical work as this is the only room available for this group on the timetable.
Computer and blogging work has to be done within the thursday sessions when we are in a classroom.
Differentiation is especially catered for within the profile section of the Edmodo (and Blogger ) as they have information about themselves and how they prefer to learn (which is one of the features they will be putting more information into in thursdays classroom session).
Aims of the Session
Framework for learning is a session about how the new Edmodo system can work alongside the Blogger websites and the photography you are producing today.
We will be looking at a demonstration by myself about all the features of the system and how best to use them within the classroom.
Objectives of the Session
This sessions is about the whole framework of the course that will help them to meet the aims and objective of the course in a smarter and more efficient manner.
All students will be aiming to meet the criteria of the course units (see table) As they are met and written about each one is tagged in Edmodo or labelled within Blogger.
All students will be aiming to meet the criteria of the course units (see table) As they are met and written about each one is tagged in Edmodo or labelled within Blogger.
1. They have a raised awareness of the Edmodo system and its features.
2. They know how to upload their work to it in a variety of ways using varied media.
3. They can identify key features within the Edmodo system
4. They can improve their knowledge of Edmodo and how it can link in their parents
5. They understand how to embed their blogger website into Edmodo
Also within this session the students will be responding to the Triptychs examples from this website;
1. Students will look at the research in order to respond accordingly (P1)
2. Students will take the 3 photographs required, one form the head, one from the body and one of the shoes.(P2)
3. These can then be loaded into Lightroom software and effects applied.(P2)
4. All images exported for use in another session.(P3)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theblackstar/sets/72157626117942754/detail/
Adde Adesokan from Germany is the photographer his website is;
http://www.adde-adesokan.de/
2. They know how to upload their work to it in a variety of ways using varied media.
3. They can identify key features within the Edmodo system
4. They can improve their knowledge of Edmodo and how it can link in their parents
5. They understand how to embed their blogger website into Edmodo
Also within this session the students will be responding to the Triptychs examples from this website;
1. Students will look at the research in order to respond accordingly (P1)
2. Students will take the 3 photographs required, one form the head, one from the body and one of the shoes.(P2)
3. These can then be loaded into Lightroom software and effects applied.(P2)
4. All images exported for use in another session.(P3)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theblackstar/sets/72157626117942754/detail/
Adde Adesokan from Germany is the photographer his website is;
http://www.adde-adesokan.de/
Outline and Development of Learning Activities
There are Edmodo handouts for the students and also a powerpoint to go through with a step by step guide for what they can do. The framework used within the learning environment is very important and how to use all its features in order to encourage work production, feedback and reflective practice.
The students have started to use the system but not all are engaging fully with it, they should as it is social networking and very similar to Facebook but safe and secure for use in the learning environment.
A previous image from a studio shoot that they have done last week will be used as material for this session.The image will then be uploaded onto the Edmodo System via 'post a message', they can type in about who they have researched, link to a google image of that photographer and also add a youtube video also about that photographer. Critique and feedback of this work can come form tutor and peer alike to inform and direct each students work.
There is no expectation that they will do it alone it will be supported and demonstrated by me at all times as an example of how to get the best out of Edmodo.
Time permitting I will show how students can then link their main Blog websites into the Edmodo system and also how to label or tag what they are producing.
Following on from this session into the next they will all have an opportunity to try all these features for themselves.
Whilst I will be doing this presentation the students will watch and observe and one or two students will help with this to reinforce what it is they have to do in following sessions. No students are expected to use computers within this session as it will take place in the next classroom based session.
Stretch and Challenge
In addition to this session some students will be producing images if there is time in line with their thursday work and lesson plans , today that will be about the following link,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theblackstar/sets/72157626117942754/detail/
At the end of the demonstration about Edmodo there is a quiz that has been sent to all their accounts that I want finished ready for Thursdays lesson, done away from college.
www.edmodo.com
Following on from this session into the next they will all have an opportunity to try all these features for themselves.
Whilst I will be doing this presentation the students will watch and observe and one or two students will help with this to reinforce what it is they have to do in following sessions. No students are expected to use computers within this session as it will take place in the next classroom based session.
Stretch and Challenge
In addition to this session some students will be producing images if there is time in line with their thursday work and lesson plans , today that will be about the following link,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theblackstar/sets/72157626117942754/detail/
At the end of the demonstration about Edmodo there is a quiz that has been sent to all their accounts that I want finished ready for Thursdays lesson, done away from college.
www.edmodo.com
Unit Module
9 - Photography
See tab section on this website.
9 - Photography
See tab section on this website.
Functional / Key Skills for Life
Separate sessions with Functional Skills Tutor to support teaching and learning in addition to all these sessions takes place from 11.15am until 12.15pm. (seperate sessions with a different tutor).
Resources / Websites / References
A mac studio computer to demonstrate to the group what to do with images they have taken in the photography studio. Also a fully equipped photography studio with associated cameras and lighting equipment.
Websites to relevant photographers as mentioned on the assignment paper, plus any additional research by the students may be used in this session.
Adde Adesokan from Germany is the photographer his website is;
Websites to relevant photographers as mentioned on the assignment paper, plus any additional research by the students may be used in this session.
Adde Adesokan from Germany is the photographer his website is;
Assessment Strategies
The assessment of work is aided by the self tracking and self labelling (tags) of any work that is produced. This is vital in understanding 'where' you are within the curriculum as it is delivered. And allows for accurate and timely adaptation or targeting of criteria that may have not been met. And it also allows confirmation to the students as to what they have achieved as well. All of this self tracking is commented on as the students progress in a very strong formative manner on a regular and written evidenced way appearing automatically next to their work on their blog websites.
In this way the students can take ownership and control of the work that they produce and are fully aware of the criteria that they are required to meet 24/7.
In this way the students can take ownership and control of the work that they produce and are fully aware of the criteria that they are required to meet 24/7.
Feedback Strategies
The whole system of using Blogger and Edmodo online allows the work of all students to be viewed by not only the tutor but also by all the students (and parents) themselves. This allows transparency as to how students are achieving an thus adequate intervention time to allow improvements to happen to the students work.
All the students can leave Recent Comments on each others work which can build a team ethic of helping each other to learn (peer to peer). This evidence is written and S.M.A.R.T and also automatically dated and timed.In this way the students can have a critique of each others work from day one and on a rolling program of feedback from all parties.
All students are following each other via Blogger and Edmodo systems at all times.
All students are following each other via Blogger and Edmodo systems at all times.
Consolidation and Evaluation
This takes place after every session where the class recaps and reviews what they have done, identifying key features and resources. This takes the form of written evidence in their blogs, which depending on whether we can access computers directly, if not then the evaluation and consolidation is done in written form when next able to access a computer (either in class or at home). If we are working in the photography studio then this is often not possible until we are back in a classroom.
As part of stretch and challenge I want all students to complete the online QUIZ that has been sent to their Edmodo profiles.
As part of stretch and challenge I want all students to complete the online QUIZ that has been sent to their Edmodo profiles.
www.edmodo.com
