Hello,
This is the first of our blog’s for our project, ‘Engaging Young People with Video’, with our focus are being Chase Park. We are a team of four, Laura, Kathryn, Louis and James. We believe that the four individual skill sets we possess will allow us to work effectively as a team. We believe that, together, we can produce a successful project and also learn and develop new skills from each other along the journey. Between us, we believe we have strong presentation skills, creativity, great organisation and a useful understanding of the digital world.
We chose the Chase Park project as, the use of video in the planning world is something we all found innovative and wanted to learn more about. Furthermore, the project itself is something, as a younger generation, we feel we are informed on and potentially have an advantage when deciding what does and does not work.
The stakeholders in our project are widespread from Gateshead Council, to the Friends of Chase Park Group to Front Street Primary School. We are excited to meet the stakeholders as we feel they can give us a more informed idea of what is required of us and how we can meet expectations.
The main aims of our project include
– Making the park a more attractive place to visit, central to this we will explore the vandalism problem currently in the park
– Making the park accessible to all age groups, ensuring no group feels they are unwelcome there
– Using video to express our ideas and encourage the surrounding community to make the most of their available green space
The next step in our process is to meet the stakeholders. We are intrigued to find out more about the park itself, the community it serves and the priorities the community have for their park. We believe this next step will leave us in a better position to make our plan of action for the project.
Hi team 2, thanks for your first entry. Good to see the team introduced, your skills and where you feel your strong points are. The post gives the reader a clear understanding how your interests in video relates to the project and your motivations. It is also good to see you have thought about various stakeholders in the local area.
Ps. If you like to change your team name later on to something different you can always do.
Hi team, great to hear your thoughts on your project so far. I particularly like your initial interpretation of video as a medium – I think you’re right in suggesting that young people are all members of the YouTube generation now!
I am also glad to hear that you have clear objectives in place – this will really help to guide your progress and keep you focused. I would even suggest you can think of them as ‘research questions’ – something you will have to grapple when you come to your dissertations next year.
You may wish to think a bit further about how you will utilise the medium of video – will you use it mostly to express your ideas / feelings, or the ideas / sentiments of others, or both? And are there any drawbacks / constraints in video as a medium for communication? These don’t require answers yet, just keep them in your mind for now.