"More Than Meets The Eye" Animated VR Experience

http://reflectiveteaching.co.uk/books-and-resources/reflective-teaching-in-further-adult-and-vocational-education/becoming-a-reflective-professional/3.-reflection/reflective-activities/to-adopt-brookfields-four-critical-lenses-in-your-reflective-practice Brookfield (1995) suggests we can take four viewpoints to reflect upon our teaching. 1. Our Viewpoint 2. Our Colleague's viewpoint 3. Our student's viewpoint 4. Literature theory To reflect: I can ask for feedback from my students and my colleagues. Next steps... Arrange for an observation of my teaching. email f.j.paterson or Gordon Sparks

LTHE session 4, involved a group participatory workshop where we each presented a 5 minute lesson to the group. Using Powerpoint and a print out of a complete lesson plan, I outlined what I would teach during an Animation Storyboarding class, and took a bite sized extract (5 mins) to explain the 180 rule and 'crossing-the-line' terminology in film. The five minute lesson plan template  https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/5minplan/

Assessment and Feedback...Session 3. Discussed in groups and as a whole, assessments and feedback. The importance of adhering to criteria and assessing accordingly was stressed; in particular not allowing the criteria to be ignored or minimised by the student's attitude or performance in class.... either positive or negative. Key points: Providing effective feedback , either face-to-face or remotely via dictation over film Feedback methods can vary, depending on the type of student and discipline. Provide feed-forward and three action points for 'next time' If marking essays, then review and suggest the following link UoD>Students>Academic Skills Centre>Resources>Essay bits

In order to comply with the mandatory element of teaching in an HE environment, I am to attend five interactive lunchtime workshops. Session 2 completed today. Interesting to meet other teachers, particularly two of the PhD students at DJCAD and compare how we all 'break the ice' with new students. I spoke about this current semester (Sept 2018) and teaching part-time on the MSc Animation and VFX course at DJCAD. Having realised in the summer, whilst teaching the International Summer School Students, it was a great ice-breaker to present a 'show and tell' career overview, bringing in some props from the feature film Judge Dredd. I repeated this with the MSc students, who had prepared their own Powerpoint Presentations of their career journey to date, where they have come from across the globe and, interestingly, images of the food they eat! Hilarious and very energetic start to the academic year! It was a great way to get the cohort to get to see what they were cap...