Congratulations Nafisah!

Nafisah Baba wins BBC Young Dancer 2017 prize

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39683255

 

AND an update from the university

https://www.mdx.ac.uk/news/2017/04/nafisah-baba-wins-bbc-young-dancer-2017 

 

and Chrysalis dance with Jodie Blemings

http://chrysalisdancelondon.com

 

Citing Readers and Harvard style referencing

Please look on this link for a blog about citing the Readers:

http://paulanottingham.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/citing-readers.html

I sent round a sheet on Harvard style referencing

also Cite Them Right
http://www.citethemrightonline.com

 and other sites

https://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm

Referencing and plagiarism
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/c.php?g=322119&p=2155071 
https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/learning-enhancement-team/online-resources/referencing-and-avoiding-plagiarism

the idea is that ideas you get form other people are 'cited' so quotes and 'paraphrasing' - and then put the source in the Bibliography (which includes references and other idea sources you have looked at for the piece of writing/communication you are doing). 

Reviewing as a part of drafting

I just talked to Lizzie who said she had reviewed her Module Handbook - good idea!

Also:

there are tutor blogs (Adesola and mine)  http://adesolaa.blogspot.co.uk

and peer blogs (I copied these again recently on my blog and on the BAP Professional Practice Arts My Learning My UNiHub space

on my blog there are:

3 sessions for Module 1 scroll down to find - they all have slideshares!
3 sessions for Module 2
3 sessions for Module 3

All the forms and handbooks are up on your My Learning on MyUniHub space

RoL WBS2515 (WBA)
Module 1 WBS3730 (WBA)
Module 2 WBS3630 (WBA)
Module 3 WBS3760 (WBA)

Acting and musical theatre - The Stage

https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/2017/musical-theatre-actors-shut-plays/

Drafts in this week please

Hi everyone - I am working on Drafts now - so please send them for feedback if I am your tutor.

Internet addiction - a short explanatory film

http://www.nbcnews.com/better/wellness/are-you-hooked-screens-here-s-why-you-can-t-n745801

However in a paperless world - and doing studies and research - we might have to go online?

April 10th campus session recap

Please see the blogs of Amanda, Emma, Jess D. (M1) and Victoria (M3) Eleanor cam by Skype and Taylor came for a bit (M1).

The Monday campus session 10th April was about thinking through the final writing for each module.
So looked at samples of writing, had a library session, and then talked about our own writing using the oral – speaking – before writing.



Formal writing uses structure a bit more to make 'arguments' so to state you point of view - you make key points (propositions) that you then provide examples and evidence for - drawing to a conclusion based on the discussion. The paragraph is used as a unit of thought - so introductory sentence - key points a concluding sentence - is  a essay style. We write in the first person like a report - so not 3rd person- so we use 'I'.

I sent everyone  the articles we used in the campus session.

The  Cottrell extract talks about the formal structure of writing and the others are examples of briefer articles about acting – and we talked about who the summary style of writing was to develop positions, arguments, and conclusions in a shorter piece of writing.

Michelle gave a brief session about searching – e.g. Using the quotation marks to see the Harvard citation - I have sent everyone her handouts.

I also sent a sheet explaining the Harvard citation method – the university also uses http://www.citethemrightonline.com – you can login using your university IT User name and password.