Reflective Analysis

There were both good and bad things about my Work Based Learning workshop with the Young Carers.

The positives were 

• meeting the young carers
• made links with the young carers organization by introducing myself to the coordinator
• made possible plans to do voluntary work for the group
• my workshop went well because i got the children involved with colouring in
• the younger children seemed to enjoy my activity
• i was well organized and had everything set up before they arrived
• i had enough resources to run my workshop because I had worked out in advance roughly how many children would be attending and made extra sets of animation frames 

The challenges were

• there was not enough room in the studio for each of our activities
• we were not aware of the amount of young carers that were going to attend 
• i was not in control of anything but my workshop so didn't get the audio i needed

The outcomes were

• i contacted the group to set up another meeting with the organization to get the audio i required
• i went down to the group base with some decent audio equipment and acquired some better audio for my animation
• i learnt that it is important to be flexible and if things don't go to plan on the initial run then have a backup plan 

Outline of my WBL role

The work-based learning project was to set up and run a workshop with the young carers from the Friends and Families of Special Children group.

The primary aim was:

·       To introduce the young carers to animation techniques

·       To give the young carers an enjoyable experience

The secondary aims of this workshop were related to our major project:

·       Getting to know the young carers

·       Recording audio of the young carers

·       Visual work from the young carers

We each had an individual workshop to operate.

·       Ronan = 3d modelling clay

·       Jack = Green screen

·       Chris = Sound engineer

·       Me = 2d drawn animation

For my workshop, I drew the outlines of eleven sets of animation sequences, ranging from 5 to 8 frames each.

Each child picked a set of animation frames and coloured them in. I then proceeded to show them how to make them move by capturing each of the frames in twos on the Rostrum and viewing each of them on a computer monitor.

 

 

WB7 Work-based activity: Student Evaluation Form

Details of activity: Provider/employer, self-employment activities, etc.

Details: Friends and Families of Special Children Dates: October 2011

How could the provider/employer have improved the support offered? ·       Provide more opportunities for interaction with the Young Carers ·       Provided more specific details of how many young people coming to the workshop and when
What could you have done to have gained more from your Work-based? ·       Kept frames of their animation, have more room for each workshop and more time
Were you satisfied that the Work-based Learning activity; was relevant to your intended career?	Very Satisfied		Satisfied		Not  Satisfied
		x
Which aspects of your Work-based activity did you find particularly useful? ·       Interaction with the young people
Which aspects of your Work-based activity were not relevant? ·
Were there any areas that you would have liked to be part of the Work-based activity that were not included? ·      More time
Do you have any other comments that you would like to make?      ·

Student signature………………………………  Date: 03/05/12