Lesson Tasks
Self Portrait
Thought Process: This was the first task I started as it was the first task I knew about. It took me two days to find out where the tasks were on Moodle, but thanks to the forums I was able to find about it that way. I decided to draw this self-portrait. The reason I decided to draw it the traditional way is because it represents how I myself am a more traditional person. I like to do things the old-fashioned way making this new study a fun challenge.
Work Process: I first decided to draw this self-portrait in a realistic style.I started to draw the self-portrait, but I kept getting more insecure about it as I kept going. There was just something about it that didn’t work. The reason for this is that I’d chosen the wrong style to draw it in. I’m not very good at drawing the realistic style and I’m definitely not confident in it. I therefor decided to start again. This time I chose a more artistic and cartoony style. This worked much better. The drawing looked much better and I was able to draw something I was happy with.
Knowledge Gained: Through this project I’ve learned to not reach too high. Instead of trying to master a style that is far too difficult for me I’ve learned to develop the styles that I’m comfortable with and as I continue to master my craft I can move on to this more difficult style. I’ve also learned to love drawing. I used to hate, not because I hated drawing itself. I would actually quite enjoy myself while drawing. I hated what I was able to produce because I was a perfectionist and wanted it to look perfect. In order to complete this task, I had to divorce myself from this need or else I would never hand anything in. By doing this I was able to produce something that surprised me. I didn’t know I could draw something that wasn’t a stick figure. This made the second task much more fun to complete.
Moodle Illustration
Thought Process: At first, I was slightly confused by this task, not because I didn’t understand what the task was asking me to do, but because I didn’t understand what type of metaphor I was asked to draw. After I kept navigating Moodle though, I got more and more frustrated. I never seemed to find what I was looking for. In fact, it took me two days to find the tasks themselves, and not for the lack of trying. The image of a tall mountain came to mind, but I soon realised that that was the exact image that a lot of the others had gone with too. So, I decided to go with another image that was hopefully more original. I went back to the confusion I felt with navigating Moodle trying to find a better image that could depict my emotions about the site. An image of vast ocean came to mind. Just like Moodle an ocean is difficult to navigate, but you’re is eventually able to find what you’re looking for.
Work Process: I started off by drawing a large body of water. I then proceeded to draw a small island with a small lighthouse. This is a representation of Moodle as a whole as well as the goal of fully navigating our digital campus. I chose to have no light coming from the lighthouse representing how the achievement of this goal is hard to see when you first start out. I then added a series of signs leading to the lighthouse. These signs represent the induvial pages of Moodle that lead us to navigating Moodle properly. The placement of each individual sign represents how quickly I discovered and learned to navigate these pages. The further away these signs are the longer it took me to discover the pages the signs represent.
Knowledge Gained: I obviously learned how to navigate Moodle. I’ve learned where to find the forums, the weekly tasks and whatever else I need to use in order to be able to use this digital campus. I’m extremely thankful we spent this first week getting to know Moodle. It would’ve been ten times more stressful to not find what I needed when handing in an important assignment. I was able to get all of the stress and panic out of my system this week. The other thing I learned while completing this task was how to come up with a good concept on my own. Previously I would be so afraid of doing something wrong that it would hold me back and stifle my creativity. In the end I would just do what everyone else was doing leading to less original work. I’m happy with myself for not just looking at what the others have done and copying that, but actually looking at my own feelings and coming up with a metaphor based on that. I hope the next assignment I get I won’t panic and stop thinking about what the teachers want me to create. I need to trust myself as well as trusting that the teachers have given all the information about how to fully complete a task when giving it. They’re not hiding any information on what they want you to create or not. If they want you to create something specific, they’ll tell you.
Moodle Presentation
https://lms.noroff.no/user/profile.php?id=19158
Forum Presentation
https://lms.noroff.no/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=49826#p210147
Work Schedule
Deadlines:
Monday 23.08.2021, 10:00 am. (Must be submitted to blog Sunday 22.08.2021, 23:59 am).
Friday 03.09.2021, 16:00 pm. CA 01Friday 08.10.2021, 16:00 pm. CA 02
Friday 29.10.2021, 16:00 pm. Project Description
Friday 12.11.2021, 16:00 pm. CA 03
Friday 26.11.2021, 16:00 pm. CA 04
Friday 10.12.2021, 16:00 pm. Semester Project 1
Friday 17.12.2021, 16:00 pm. Portfolio 1
Friday 28.01.2022, 16:00 pm. CA 05
Friday 11.02.2022, 16:00 pm. CA 06
Friday 25.03.2022, 16:00 pm. CA 07
Friday 08.04.2022, 16:00 pm. Project Description
Friday 29.04.2022, 16:00 pm. CA 08
Friday 03.06.2022, 16:00 pm. Project Exam 1
Friday 10.06.2022, 16:00 pm. Portfolio 2
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