BSH Workshop Report - 22 July

This workshop was facilitated by: Mick Byrne

Name of any other State Library staff present: Michelle Brown

Workshop Date: 2021-07-22

Workshop Location: Brisbane State High

How many Designed Things were sent into The Well? 5

Notes regarding Thing Submission

List the Imagined Things number or name a

Two trees

Pirate ship in a tornado

Light tunnel

Undersea dragon cave & Koi

The Floor is Lava

What did you think was successful about the workshop? The getting a large group

with 5 different ideas

To unpack very concrete ideas and consider the ephemeral potential of these ideas

to settle on a single idea

commit as a crew to work on this idea for the next 8 weeks

What did you learn about the workshop?

kids are used to structured activities

you cant half-a*s* homework activities. you need to be properly prepared and have time to introduce the activity

Can you note any ideas for future implementation?

Homework activity was rushed

the Pintrest board was great and subtly (quietly with out much discussion) informed the.

Again the participants automatically think in very concrete terms- i think because contemporary society is so literate in film and screen base story telling- and so most of their concepts are fairly representational. They are pretty good at analysing themes but by and large aren't as confident at abstracting ideas into textures, forms, colour movement etc.

Are there any immediate actions arising from this workshop?

Wonder if a Teams type communication platform could be used to increase engagement between session and to facilitate activities like the Homework activity and possibly a crew pintrest. maybe the school has a platform we can use.

Can you share any memorable moments or quotes from participants?

What was/were your favourite Designed Thing/s from the workshop?

Did you capture any images, audio or video to share from the workshop? (optional)