This just might be some fun.
Formal brief is listed below:
Learning Outcomes:
1.
To develop co-operation skills
2.
To develop knitting competence
3.
To develop a Blog
4.
Learn to read/write knitting patterns
5. To develop documentations skills
Project:
[This project is working on three levels: Personal, group of
four, and the entire class]
The entire group is working on one piece. This piece is a
pixelated composite portrait including each member in the class. The portrait
is made from 10 cm square pieces of knitting, in four different tones/colours.
The class is divided into four groups of four. Each group of
four will work in one colour, developing the required number of squares in that
colour for the whole portrait. Each group will develop as many different types
of knitting patterns for their squares. The group documents the entire process
on a blog. Each knitted square is photographed with clear knitting
instructions.
Each group is responsible for the construction of one
quadrant of the portrait.
Tasks:
1.
Have your portrait taken
2.
Develop your blog [use blogger]
3.
Decide which colour your group is working in
4.
Research knitting patterns, becoming familiar with the
terms
5.
Reference all you research
6.
Introduce your group and explain what the brief is
7.
Document each square you make, photographically, and
give knitting instructions with appropriate abbreviations.
8.
Make sure your tension is correct, we are working with
10cm squares
9.
Document the process of the construction of your
quadrant
10. Refer
to http://1stsurface.blogspot.com/
for updates and other documentation
Assessment Criteria:
1.
Blog
a. Clarity
b. Legibility
c. Attractiveness
2.
Knitting
a. Variety of stitches
b. Quality of knitting
c. Quality of quadrant
d. Competence of knitting instructions [tension/gauge
abbreviations]
3.
Group-work
a. Cohesion of group [has everyone contributed and worked
things out together]
b. Peer assessment
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