Expression of emotion

For my Visual comminucation module we were given half an hour to go round the university and take pictures of things which caught our eye and we could use as metephores for certain emotions and feelings.

I chose to take a picture of these Yorkies because they are popular chocolates and the two flavours are very different. I have used this picture as a metephor for two different personalities which portray those of real people, how everyone is different, some people are original and some people strive to be unique. The raisin and biscuit one shows a quirky and vibrant personality and is something different, but not nessicerilly loved by all..but it wouldn't be rasin and biscuit otherwise would it? Original Yorkie represents an original personality, a portrayal of original but at the same time new ideas. It is the first one people look for because it was the first one to have that 'original' streak to it.

Again, chocolate (as seen on a previous blog, I do love chocolate). The picture of these twix's represent togetherness and companionship because there are two chocolate fingers in each pack stuck together (like glue). In the media, the adverts of twix's show how you cannot eat one without eating the other, basically, it's only fair to eat both. I used these as metephores for real people to show loyalty and togetherness and how if you stick with something or someone you are never alone. Even though there are only two in the pack, the quality of the chocolate out-weighs the quantity.  That also applies
to companions and friends in the lives of real people..afterall..two's company.

When I saw these post-it notes I thought they were simple and optimistic. It shows that you can dream, hope and inspire to do anything and if you hope and believe in your dreams then the positivity of these thoughts will inspire you to do your absolute best and achieve your goals. So remember..Dream, Hope and Inspire..you can do it!

Overall all of these pictures portray metephors about everyday life, whether it's people's personalities..original or different, whether you have two friends or two hundered friends... you still have the companionship, and whether you pay attention to your goals and achievements or not...you can still succeed with a sprinkle of insperation. All of these metephors show optimism and everyday life. This is why I chose these pictures, because they made me happy at the time of taking them and they make me happy from the optimistic element of them. Better than pesimism right?

Tagxedo

The purpose of this task is to show how pictures can be used to represent words and feeling. It shows creativity and the site "tagxedo" is easy, simple and fun to use.

I have created a simple but personal representation of the things I love and the things which conote love. I love life, chocolate, colours, food, family and friends, all of which I have included in this picture. I have also included the word "falling" in it to represent the emotional/unconditional side of love. I used the theme/colour: "Fruits of passion" to portray passion and love for all things I find beautiful.

Education and how it has been shaped and changed

People have been learning all their lives, we are learning all the time, whether we are sat at a computor nosing around at someones facebook page, or whether we are reading the calorie information on the back of a chocolate bar, it doesn't matter what time of day it is, or where you are, we are learning with every thing that we do.

Within learning environments and in and around the home education is changing rapidly, and there's nothing we can do about it. Technologies are progressing with bigger and better sourses of power and machines such as ipads and touch-screen laptops which people can use for typing out reports/essays/assignments or letters. Even boards in schools are computored and have pens (which are hard to use..but practise makes perfect) but are clear to copy from.

In a group we conducted a presentation about what education was like ten years ago: Here are some of the examples of what we wrote about:

• Ten years ago, primary schools used mostly white boards and blackboards.

• Ten years ago, reading corners the children would listen to cassettes while reading a book.

• Ten years ago, there usually was a television trolley where you would have a vcr player.

• Ten years ago, some schools would have a computer per classroom or a computer suite which kept developing throughout the years. On these computers children would use paint, spelling games, reading games and mathematic games.