To upload presentations

Use http://www.scribd.com/ to upload your presentations

How to embed ppt from SCRIBD into BLOGGER

Notices

1. Hand-in for "Where Do I Come From" 27 August 2012
2. Pin your work up in the passage
3. Please note that your work will be marked via your blog
4. Make sure your email and blog address has been sent to me... marksplendid@gmail.com
5. Check on the 'email and blogs' page whether your addresses have been received or not
6. Make the documentation clear and easy to access

Artists drawing on their heritage

Kendell Geers

http://www.artpapers.org/feature_articles/feature1_2002_1112.htm

Nicholas Hlobo

http://www.stevenson.info/exhibitions/hlobo/umthubi.htm

Inspiration

Artists exploring their roots

http://ruxandrabp.wordpress.com/tag/mary-sibande/

http://www.thefoxisblack.com/blogimages/mary-sibande-1.jpg

http://www.whatiftheworld.com/featured-artists/dan-halter/

http://media.withtank.com/f7d8456445/img_8523.jpg

http://media.withtank.com/89c37bc4a9/furryboots_web.jpg

Assignment: Where Do I Come From ?

Assignment:
Where Do I Come From?

Hand in: 27 August, 10 am

Specifications:

• you can use any medium, field, genre or media (etc.) to answer the question
• create a blog [on blogger] www.blogger.com/
• create a pintrest account pinterest.com
• create and use a facebook group http://www.facebook.com/
• write in your journal
• submit a comprehensive written explanation of your piece
• upload sufficient documentation of the piece (including the written explanation) on your blog [There needs to be sufficient and explicit information for the work to be assessed via the blog]

Suggestions:

• use the facebook group as a support group, keep the other members in touch with your progress daily
• use the written journal....free form writing in the morning, and daily inventory before you go to bed
• brainstorm images on pintrest and share with your group
• use authentic images from your story (your own photographs/archive)
• work within the time restraint [beware of being over ambitious and procrastination]

Assessment Criteria:
The breadth of your understanding is conveyed by your engaging with the following forms:

• concepts and content [understanding of the topics and making of meaning; honesty and depth of engagement]
• materials, techniques and methods [use of the form you have chosen; innovation, originality and integrity]
• presentation [professionalism; respect to yourself, the work and the viewer; care]

The deeper you dig, the more rewarding this will become!