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 * PREPARATION - Week 1**

media type="custom" key="11860408" **In order to do so, there is a short sequence of visualisation tasks (see below). They aim to get your started to think of your** ** actual/imagined/desired subjectivity as well as **** help you find your way round the main course environment: this wiki. **
 * This is a climate-setting week when you get to know each other and your tutor as well as the technologies used on the course. **
 * You will also set up a blog, your individual space where you're going to reflect on the learning process. **

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=Task 1: What are you?=

I’d like you to introduce yourself visually. Think of an image that represents you in some way, not an actual photo of yourself but a symbol, a kind of a metaphor. For example, it could be an animal or an object.

Find the image on the Web (help with finding images on the web), remembering about the copyright (check out Creative Commons) and save the image on your computer (or bookmark the image URL ).

Upload the image onto the Visual Us page (problems uploading an image to the wiki).

//Why did you choose this image? What does it symbolise in relation to you and your personality?//

Make a few notes – you might need them in the next task.

=Task 2: Set up a blog=

Set up a blog using for instance Blogger or Posterous Spaces (see @Tech Help) as a personal space to reflect on your learning throughout the course. This is an important part of the course as the weekly blog entries form part of assessment (see Course Info).

Feed the blog to Our Blogs page so that we can easily follow your development.

If you have any problems setting up the blog, please leave a comment in the discussion area or contact your tutor (see Course Info).

=Task 3: Where are you?=

Let’s consider where you are now and where you want to be.

When studying it is important to know yourself well, to know your character, your strengths and weaknesses. //Which adjectives would you use to describe yourself?// Try to think beyond ‘nice’ or ‘lazy’. Think back to the image you chose to represent yourself in task 1.
 * HERE & NOW**

Brainstorm 10 adjectives and create a wordle that represents you. Problems creating a wordle?

Study the from the University of Glasgow (more background information). This course is particularly interested in the attributes marked yellow but you are welcome to consider the remaining qualities and abilities. //Which of them are especially desirable to you? How do your image, your wordle and the matrix relate to each other? What are you and where are you?//
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Write up a reflection on this topic (max. 200 words) and upload it, together with your wordle to your blog.

=Task 4: Socialise and support=

Look at your classmates’ images on Visual Us, think how they could reflect their personalities. Follow it up by reading relevant blog entries. //How do the explanations differ from your perception?// Leave a comment on the blog, stating your opinion, asking for clarification – start a dialogue!