https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcremI3pAwU BCM214 Digital Artefact When developing my artefact for our innovation, Life-Alert, I wanted to highlight first and foremost the need and utility of it. As shown in the video, the makeshift device, a black box, has purpose in being there as compared to when it was not there to be of assistance. Juxtaposing the... Continue Reading →
The exploration of my particular research topic was initially due to the fact that I could personally resonate with nerves due to public speaking at University, and the discovery that I am not alone has been quite comforting. I went into this project expecting the majority of the answers I received, an overwhelming amount of... Continue Reading →
Public speaking in a University environment can evoke a range of emotions from students, the most dominating feeling being a type of nerves. These feelings are still increasingly common in tertiary students with 18% of a student population rating public speaking in front of their peers as more fearful than death (Dwyer K. & Davidson... Continue Reading →
If you produce any kind of promotional content, whether it be for a business or yourself, there are important factors you need to consider before doing so. If the promises you are making to the target audience, intentional or not, are not met then it could land you in hot water. By understanding Australian Consumer... Continue Reading →
Do interpersonal skills like public speaking and oral presentations improve through your degree as you get more comfortable at University or does it depend more on the personality type? My intended topic is to look at Students public speaking skillsThe potential anxieties around it If their skills change throughout their degree [How does University improve life... Continue Reading →
There are some things in your second year of University that you expect to have changed since the year before, for me that was ice breakers. Much to my dismay, in the first tutorials of this year they still made my knees buckle and voice crack like a floundering child. I tried to plan and... Continue Reading →
My prototyping and making phases have since been merged together, as my prototypes are now live/working content MADE on my blog. I have started to get the hang of making a cohesive recipe blog post, but how can I expand on this? Expansion for me has been narrowed down to 3 things Wider audience Monetisation... Continue Reading →
For my digital artefact I wanted to make something that had a purpose for my own life, and this was key in the ideating phase of my project; providing direction for what it is now. I spend a lot of time cooking and eating, as per most folk, however the things I eat are not... Continue Reading →
After a rocky and unmotivated start to creating ANY kind of content of my digital artefact, I began to enter the MAKING zone with full acceptance of potential impending failure. I decided I wanted a blog to show recipes and an instagram to give me a heightened sense of productivity, as all the photos were... Continue Reading →
Looking at my end goal stated in my pitch compared to my actual current da prototype, there are differences, but my concept remained the same. My wanting to share coeliac and vegan friendly recipes via video format has evolved into that of a food blog and accompanying instagram account. I initially took a while to... Continue Reading →
PAIGE SUTTON 