myblog | Sara Byers | Activity https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/members/20044529/activity/ Activity feed for Sara Byers. Mon, 11 May 2026 01:13:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 7d9ce24413a3813dc77460fb0b3aefdd Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=85 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 22:05:28 +0000 I know that I could have done a much much better job and honored the material I gathered more. I was so bowled over by what the students shared that I got lost in trying to work out how to represent it. I read […]

]]> 0 5e915e546a7373eba8d8bcb38a31754e Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=84 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:55:40 +0000 Participant 1 = A sense of being present, getting a sense of something heavy to make you feel you own lightness, Feeling irritable, having an itch you can’t scratch, safe, boring, frustrated, anxious, p […]

]]> 0 dce7f10fb70dad2d8f2a5aa1490c91b5 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=83 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:46:50 +0000 Question: what is your perception of your comfort zone?

‘What do I do to feel safe taking the plunge on something?’

Participant 13:

‘If it something like speaking in front of others then I just try to bl […]

]]> 0 7fb2af9fedb348d08e6dd2b1a4b2bbe9 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=80 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:16:36 +0000 ‘I am very aware that my comfort zone within my practice sits within low-tech processes, especially in processes that I have developed myself. I have often felt unsure of more technical and complicated p […]

]]> 0 123d58a2f80ddf7ed40f9893f3693769 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=79 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 17:52:28 +0000 I am interested in supporting digital literacy and plan to make a video of my learning the ‘language’ of 3D printing from my perspective as a digital immigrant/visitor. I have a Prusa 3D printer, bought in loc […]

]]> 0 20f4d4eec9161fee311aa010e3540b3a Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=77 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 17:48:10 +0000 Article taken from ARTNET = ‘Art Schools of the Future Need to Teach Students to Understand Technology. How Will That Change the Future of Art?’

My research question aims to explore how a digital […]

]]> 0 de73fa4814058c6f963d9d766d43ac32 Sara Byers and Juliet Russell are now friends https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/454855/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:31:07 +0000 0 4eda6371329d9da99853117fc849dacf Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=66 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 14:44:24 +0000 Whilst I’m compiling my research question, I am thinking about who to interview and how I would frame my question. It’s important that I am aware of how I position myself in relation to 3D and 2D concerns as I h […]

]]> 0 58dfad6cd1c6d8609ba66971e2cf6163 Sara Byers commented on the post, Sip Workshop 3, on the site RochelleFryblog http://rochellepgc.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/11/25/sip-workshop-3/#comment-16 Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:46:44 +0000 Hi Rochelle,
I hope that you’re having less panic attacks and getting even more of a sense of pulling things together – I’m really trying hard to do that too. I’m looking through notes I took on seminars and saw […]

]]> 566c9e288b6c651d882e585240a9697f Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=62 Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:18:06 +0000 Hearing other’s research questions today – so inspiring to hear people be so passionate about their subject.

We talked as a group about our project outlines and I made notes on colleagues research questions and […]

]]> 0 6b78907b890f49f51c826318eae902eb Sara Byers commented on the post, FOCUS GROUP ANALYSIS – KEY TAKE AWAYS, on the site Erica Weide - Self-initiated Project Autumn 2021 http://ericaweidesip2021.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/12/17/focus-group-analysis-key-take-aways/#comment-2 Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:05:49 +0000 Hi Erica, I found this so inspiring and it comes across as a really thorough interpretation of the discussion. I’m looking at how to best represent the discussions I had and your way of delivering this is really […]

]]> b0f752a23a5350a5a7afec571efeac4e Sara Byers commented on the post, Self-initiated Project, on the site My PGCert Blog http://julespgcert.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/10/04/self-initiated-project/#comment-20 Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:47:35 +0000 Hi Juliet,

Good to read your posts and I agree totally about needing deadlines. I really enjoyed your presentation and you inspired me to be more concise with mine. I also think that analysing data from two […]

]]> b24bc3bbb42c69e39db813d60a044a65 Sara Byers commented on the post, Hierarchy - The Grade 5 Technician, on the site PGcert journey http://laurenc123.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/10/27/hierarchy-the-grade-5-technician/#comment-13 Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:25:05 +0000 Interesting! I’m a Grade 4 and would love to know how the (T&L) = Teaching and Learning is expected to manifest in what I offer students. In the Technical overhaul that happened a couple of year ago at CCW, all […]

]]> 120fbfa53c794f1466c86f1e36d134ca Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 http://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=42 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:58:26 +0000 My original SIP idea was How would a digital visitor/imigrant learn a digital skill in order to be able to teach a digital native/resident?

A particular skill would be to learn how to operate a Prusa 3D […]

]]> 0 3ef9ccfc855395c38adc3584b4309d70 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=50 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:19:51 +0000 I’m aiming to talk to my target group this week. I’m in two minds about whether to show them an example diagram/map of the comfort zone from off the web as inspiration or to simply ask them to draw what they […]

]]> 0 eefc6cb0ddf970cf83bc863b887a8efa Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=47 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 20:08:04 +0000 Having checked the difference between quantitative and qualitative research, I looked at this website to gain an understanding of thematic analysis and how I might utilise it:

In response to the ideas in this […]

]]> 0 b6916ec4cbc0f30da009c8bbc5c2cde4 Sara Byers posted an update: I found this […] https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/451669/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 19:52:51 +0000 I found this link
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nick-Fox/post/What_is_the_difference_between_content_analysis_and_thematic_analysis_as_methods_used_in_qualitative_data_analysis/attachment/59d61f1279197b807797d7ba/AS%3A273622457880604%401442248085721/download/Qual+Analysis+ch+2.pdf

This article discusses three main types of analysis,…Read more

]]> 0 a572a44984f56870ea5fdf015fc30059 Sara Byers posted an update: Having checked the difference between quantitative and […] https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/451668/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 19:51:25 +0000 Having checked the difference between quantitative and qualitative research, I looked at this website to gain an understanding of thematic analysis and how I might utilise it:

https://delvetool.com/blog/thematicanalysis

In response to the ideas in this link:

I’m asking questions of my focus group both as a questionnaire and as written t…Read more

]]> 0 f5855ef553cdde21efb72cfce169bca9 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=69 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:25:00 +0000 Investigating the methods: Using Diagrams

As a practitioner and researcher in this process, I plan to investigate the best methods to use. I’m trying to think about how I can construct a research project c […]

]]> 0 88e2588d2a637ba82710ba2bf7814df1 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=54 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:56:00 +0000 For the 22nd November SIP Session

Brief:

For the session, please think of 5 sentences that describe your research project to present in the class. These could be framed considering aspects that your SiP […]

]]> 0 8ccf84b1b930acef0bcedc3e9c7329d4 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=44 Sat, 20 Nov 2021 20:51:59 +0000 At this point, I am thinking about the themes that I am trying to uncover, and to finalise specific questions. I am still trying to frame the research question and have gone from focussing on learning styles to […]

]]> 0 2acff634f17f71bd7136a0437516175a Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=68 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:04:00 +0000 I am reading: ‘Interviews: A Skeptical Review in Interpreting Interviews’. (Alvesson, M. 2021) in order to understand more about the process of thematic analysis and how to apply it to my research.

The ack […]

]]> 0 76ea4ffe603955e58ef45773e7e377d5 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=41 Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:55:10 +0000 I’m beginning to really try and shape my research question and finding it incredibly hard to be specific and not make it too broad. I recognise that in order to get value from this cycle I need to focus and not […]

]]> 0 a48ce7727ee2b65c4ffc972c15885421 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=63 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 20:43:00 +0000 Proposed Questionnaire for SIP on original research question

I’m working on questions for the focus group. I’m hoping to organise a Teams session where I brief the invited participants, then leave them to […]

]]> 0 831fea38acdbb8107c7e1910ba106cee Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=55 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:15:00 +0000 18th October 2021

Starting to use the Prussa!

Here I go, learning how to use this thing that took 6months to arrive during lockdown and then sat under my desk for 6months as I grappled to teach students […]

]]> 0 3e58dc57e3b8786cfc27ef1902bf9f05 Sara Byers and Alaa Kassim are now friends https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/441243/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:29:22 +0000 0 34689832fb064fd2665f8df7c4fc17cd Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=64 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 19:09:00 +0000 My research question aims to explore how a digital immigrant/visitor could become proficient in a digital skill in order to teach a digital resident/native. I have begun to find material which discusses this […]

]]> 0 e909bec8ada984b30d8292aa9b5023fa Sara Byers commented on the post, Micro-Teaching prep, on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 http://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/04/06/micro-teaching-prep/#comment-3 Fri, 21 May 2021 12:00:49 +0000 HI Sarita, How kind of you to send that idea. It really does sound good on lots of levels and I’ll definitely try it. I love the idea of adding the photos to Miro, something I’ve not tried out yet. My tutor Vicki […]

]]> a4a625235a4a85c9b299ecafa5a7d3d2 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=40 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:27:53 +0000 Today we attended Micro-teaching sessions of our tutor-groups. We were required to bring along an ‘object’ which was a loose term for something to build a 20 min presentation around so that observers could watch […]

]]> 0 2110529dcc99b25258aa4f84d4471f48 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=29 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:18:13 +0000 This is a welcome slide which a fellow PGCerter, Sanjeev Davidson, was kind enough to forward to me and now I use it in most of my PP presentations. I like to have it as the image students see whilst waiting for […]

]]> 0 ad9bd7bbb3e16f1f45280cb694fb3e42 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=28 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:16:19 +0000 This post is retrospective from 14th March before the micro-teaching sessions

I’m prepping my micro-teaching session for Monday. I’m trying to find ice-breakers that are creative and will relate to my ses […]

]]> 0 2a13498245183e917b9e7154a1d285b1 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=25 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:54:01 +0000 Focussing firstly on a video by Lindsay Jordan as an intro to ‘Love and Belonging in the Educational Realm’ – the philosophy of Anna Julia Parker […]

]]> 0 426d7a2b20dd19fb10b1bca681a788c5 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=23 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:35:15 +0000 (Excerpts from the text given in italics.)

I began by investigating and exploring many of the terms used in this excerpt from the Ethics of Play by Vilhauer.

Inclusion as a participant in the play of […]

]]> 0 dd417e84cb0be6aecf0aa63b2106fe04 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=22 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:28:46 +0000 This post is retrospective from 14th March

I’m prepping my micro-teaching session for Monday. I’m trying to find ice-breakers that are creative and will relate to my session but haven’t found anything yet t […]

]]> 0 d6fc25c386e39a6bec2a3755b1a15160 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=16 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:17:59 +0000 Micro-teaching session idea

Lásló Biró who invented the ball-point-pen

Magnified image of a ball-point biro pen

I’m considering using this image of Lázló Biró and his invention as my object […]

]]> 0 448a5a0d209867756f88c6cb0b684fd9 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=15 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:57:48 +0000 This post is retrospective from 14th March before the micro-teaching sessions

I’m prepping my micro-teaching session for Monday. I’m trying to find ice-breakers that are creative and will relate to my ses […]

]]> 0 96b712a562d938f7fb10d942d55f26aa Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=14 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:54:42 +0000 I’m feeling apprehensive about starting the PGCert. I’ve wanted to take this course for so long and to be able to enhance my practice – this will be my 4th att As a technician I am aware that this cours […]

]]> 0 1e6d71b7ba5693c71bb3b00d0627397a Sara Byers posted an update: This post is retrospective from 14th March before the […] https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/418057/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:52:40 +0000 This post is retrospective from 14th March before the micro-teaching sessions

I’m prepping my micro-teaching session for Monday. I’m trying to find ice-breakers that are creative and will relate to my session but haven’t found anything yet that I feel confident enough in running for the first time. With the session only being 20mins long, I don…Read more

]]> 0 a37f31d726ebdd908336e9fdedcecc62 Sara Byers posted an update: McInerny writes: “The purpose of offering more access to u […] https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/408420/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:48:11 +0000 McInerny writes: “The purpose of offering more access to university was to ensure that people like me, growing up in towns decimated by low employment – thanks to Conservative government decisions in the 1980s – still had something to do with our lives. The purpose was to ensure that working-class people in Britain, one of the richest count…Read more

]]> 0 ecff07aab148f25c89db4f010a275b8e Sara Byers posted an update: Cooper’s thesis, from the Sorbonne, addressed attitudes on s […] https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/408419/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:47:20 +0000 Cooper’s thesis, from the Sorbonne, addressed attitudes on slavery and racism and how these affected rights and freedom in the Haitian and French Revolutions.

Interestingly, it sounds as if she did ultimately feel a sense of belonging and is said to have felt nurtured, sheltered and protected by her education, particularly at Oberlin C…Read more

]]> 0 085085dbdbfac57ddf04d09948a5e430 Sara Byers posted an update: Figures who have lived on the ‘margins’ but have man […] https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/408418/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:46:17 +0000 Figures who have lived on the ‘margins’ but have managed to infiltrate the bastion of learning can offer profound insights into the effects of suppression include Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964). She was born into slavery but became an American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black liberation activist, and one of the most pro…Read more

]]> 0 38318d4b31fe6e9a5bf1515d5931468f Sara Byers posted an update: PGCert Readings for Monday Video by Lindsay Jordan as […] https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/408416/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:44:48 +0000 PGCert Readings for Monday

Video by Lindsay Jordan as intro to Love and Belonging in the Educational Real.

Focussing on those who are on the margins of dominant systems and structures which can suppress. How can these be dismantled – its not enough to passively recognise them.

This quote from the lecture acts as a call to action r…Read more

]]> 0 29d8f6a102092b7d4d81d9c407348d91 Sara Byers posted an update: Reading Reflection - Vilhauer, Gadamer and the Ethics of […] https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/407307/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 13:31:22 +0000 Reading Reflection – Vilhauer, Gadamer and the Ethics of Play

(Excerpts from the text given in italics.)

I began by investigating and exploring many of the terms used in this excerpt from the Ethics of Play by Vilhauer.

Inclusion as a participant in the play of this text, in order to be drawn into the game and to fully engage…Read more

]]> 0 9a7ed2b409b9b475d2eeef7bfb50b343 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=7 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:34:22 +0000 Hi everyone, looking forward to meeting you on Friday.

I work at UAL Camberwell in Sculpture/Fine Art/Photography. I’ve been wanting to take the PGCert for several years so I’m really happy that I’ve managed […]

]]> 0 194aa50438e4cd0518ffd516895349f4 Sara Byers wrote a new post on the site Sara Byers - PGCERT 2021 https://sarajbyers.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:23:36 +0000 Hi Everyone,

I hope that you enjoyed last Friday’s lectures as much as I did. Both speakers were inspiring and I’ve already learned some things to take into my teaching practice this week.

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