Update!

Definitely want to concentrate my work on hands! The ability of our hands an what they can show!

Ict project update!

After drawing some, doing some research, I've figured out that I like to draw hands!
I think I'd like to use the artist I've used below as someone that has inspired me. Another reason why I've chosen to use hands and I think they can show many stories. Whether it be bad or good...
Hands so far...

ICT Project update!

Decided now to follow a negative path for my project. My ideas change from, home, to friends, to social networking, to bullying. I want to explore that a sense of place ins't always considered to be a positive thing. I have been researching some artists...
the first one I found was really inspiring, the Japanese artist Haroshi recycles skateboards to create his art. He has created many different things, but I really liked his 'Screaming Hand'  --

http://haroshi.com/artworks/

I especially liked his use of colours. 

What Is Education?

Further Education in Wales:
Nick Bennett - The Principle of Gower College Swansea.

Nick began the session by overlooking the Education and Training Welsh Government department for Education and Skills. This department provide advice and funding to many institutions including: Colleges, LEA's (6th forms), Adult Educational Institutions, Private Providers and the Volunteering Sector.
After extra researching the Further Education in Wales, It is fair to say that key skills are vital to our society. It can raise businesses and help individuals reach their potential. Nick then explained further what exactly further education does:
It can underpin social justice.
-Widen Access
-Second Chances
-Community Regeneration
-Fulfilment of Potential
-Cultural Awareness
-Civic Duty
-Financial Support

Also, it can support the economy by achieving employer engagement, work based learning, vocational qualifications, knowledge, business generation, workforce development, entrepreneurship. In-between the social justice and the support to the economy, we have the teaching and the learning, equal opportunities,innovation, the Welsh medium, Progression.
Further Education can make a society and economy. It is the key that can encourage individuals and students to become what the aspire to be. Further Education can offer many different qualifications that suit and support individuals for financial problems or second chances.
Nick then provided us with a few statistics;
730 learner went in to further education in 2009/10
95% of those were from Wales.
Further Education can offer up to 5000 different qualifications.
20% of further education students are full time, and then other 80% are part time.

What is Education?

Session with Graham Allen, The Environmental manager of the University.
Sustainable Education 


Graham began his session by setting a research task; What is the definition of Sustainable Education, Brundtland 1987. After doing some research on this, I have found that their are many definitions and such of Sustainable Education, but the one that is mostly recognised from the Brundtland report.
As I was researching I found this; Our Common Future, Chapter 2: Towards Sustainable Development, where I found the quote: 

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts:

the concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and

the idea of needs imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs."

Therefore, we must understand that the decisions that we make now, within Educational, Economic and Social prospects, will eventually have an affect on those in the future. There was a conference in Ontario back in 2007, to look back on the last 20 years of the affects of Sustainable Development in Canada since the publication of the 1987 Brudtland Report -  http://www.iisd.org/sd/#one

We then discussed that corporates responsibilities; Operations, Products or services. He mentioned that schools and other communities that are related in an educational aspect have a positive impact on societies.

ICT Project so far...

After the sudden change of topic, my chosen idea went from 'Identity' to 'A Sense of Place'
at first I thought that the new title was hard and confusing, but after a few sessions with Susie I started to realise and understand 'A Sense of Place'.
Having studied art for a few years at Alevel, I started to gain my own ideas as to where I'd like my ICT scrapbook to go.

First ideas from 'A Sense of Place' were; home, family, feeling comfortable...
So I've started my scrapbook at my home. - Wales.
I have started to develop my ideas and concentrate them down to a smaller idea.. e.g - Wales - Hometown/villages - my house - family & friends.

Knowing that A Sense of Place isn't always aimed at happy issues, I have a few negative ideas which I'd like my original ideas to develop in to...