myblog | Jo Howcroft | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/20042496/activity/ Activity feed for Jo Howcroft. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:25:28 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 c4618eacf16fc43344e38bb62792faab Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=122 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:21:27 +0000 This was a fantastically interactive workshop. In the discussion about semiotics, I enjoyed the discussion with my group about ‘stereotypical’ research images, bringing my right back to my Chemistry GCSE […]

]]> 0 ac068a1f958d32aec0241ada0fe7cbee Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=116 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 11:49:16 +0000 I should begin by starting this post that although I have booked in a date for my intended focus group, I haven’t started any kind of analysis. This post is intended to help me consider my options. I came across […]

]]> 0 866230c25460f9a1e413ff675ffa07cd Jo Howcroft commented on the post, 15/11/2021, on the site Zac's Blog http://zacscreativeblog.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/11/16/15-11-2021/#comment-2 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:52:16 +0000 Hey – great work! What is the name of the free software? Could you add a link to it?

]]> 9e243b0087009120c95d93d6b6546496 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=115 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:21:20 +0000 Very happy to be a sounding board, particularly when I share a similar theme to another PgCert student. How delighted I was to be part of Lauren’s journey where she piloted some questions on me. Her blog post […]

]]> 0 38ebe2b0bda8c8f2cf13ccbad9149d12 Jo Howcroft commented on the post, Hierarchy - The Grade 5 Technician, on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/10/27/hierarchy-the-grade-5-technician/#comment-12 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:45:01 +0000 There was a restructure at CCW for the technicians, and the grade 5 posts were created in order to show there could be career progression as a specialist specialist rather than go into management. The best person […]

]]> ca10c4d37b2cef811fe0bb8e1659146d Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=114 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:19:35 +0000 How how have I only got to the stage this week of nailing the real question? My action plan now looks like a hilarious disillusioned guide if a) I had the perfect question lined up and b) were in a perfect […]

]]> 0 5d758cb1569b4a4d32eee1e1e714091b Jo Howcroft commented on the post, Hierarchy - The Grade 5 Technician, on the site PGcert journey http://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/10/27/hierarchy-the-grade-5-technician/#comment-10 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 23:15:19 +0000 Ooh, that’s lots of food for thought. I am a grade 5 ‘lead specialist’ technician (grade 4 = specialist technician) at CCW. The thinking behind this was two routes of leadership – grade 5 technical management […]

]]> 9976d4a4a2b941660c54869618966b59 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=113 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 21:59:01 +0000 WORKSHOP 2 THOUGHTS

Stress levels high. Trail line from Brighton to London still disastrous. UAL internet patchy. Nowhere quiet on campus to be for the workshop. Still, this session is a highlight of the week […]

]]> 0 f443d9c01fe5ad9c65814e4d22bcb101 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=109 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:34:59 +0000 While the thought of doing a PhD sounds exciting (and from the feedback received in my tutorial there was enough content to do so), I think I’d rather concentrate on a really good PgCert SIP, and keep the action […]

]]> 0 c707b23335f80248fcb9f1993f1915b2 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=98 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:46:10 +0000 Readings:Jean McNiff – Action Research for Professional Development McNiff, J. (2020) ‘Action Research for Professional Development’ [electronic resource].https://www.jeanmcniff.com/ar-booklet.asp

I found thi […]

]]> 0 561ea19571587fdb4e043e5a5a2f6e58 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=96 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:18:47 +0000 Background and Positionality

As a member of the technical teaching staff, my focus has always been on practical matters that support academic units. My specialist area focuses on technical theatre and […]

]]> 0 337ca937928d1591f6679e23cb31b648 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=88 Wed, 05 May 2021 11:55:26 +0000 What ultimately is my position?

Formalising the informal.

Why is this my position?

To promote and make visible the benefits of learning about technical production skills-based learning that isn’t […]

]]> 0 a0ca026f6aaab019bec21ee37f42ee1e Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=77 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:36:24 +0000 Micro to meso

During the microteach session, it had come to light that a member of our small group was a fellow technician, teaching within the sound arts specialism. My own background is within sound arts for […]

]]> 0 548908a16a9f0607b5c520b0336bc270 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=41 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:56:31 +0000 Coping with a lack of feedbackSource material Performing with an invisible audience – Hattie Voelcker/UWE, 2020 (video)General overview:Tips and helpful information for online teachers to ‘perform’ for their […]

]]> 0 cfe46ccafa65afb26654b97063b7d799 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=39 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:41:48 +0000 Thoughts in response to Dr Kirsten Hardie (2015) Wow: The power of object based learning:Gone are the days of ‘learning things by heart’ or ‘learning by wrote’ in order to obtain knowledge. All-immersive object […]

]]> 0 26beb428524cf2f874409f0a725e80f9 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=38 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:53:03 +0000 Reading/viewing (webpage with video):Laura D’Olimpio, The Ethics of Care (2019)https://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-ethics-of-care/ In this article, D’Olimpio discusses traditional male centric moral theories […]

]]> 0 a96346b0b25758cfb9b89ff4020466c5 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=34 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:20:04 +0000 Thoughts following the reading of Monica Vilhauer’s excerpt “Understanding Art: The play of work and spectator”.

View the textMonica Vilhauer, Gadamer’s Ethics of Play: Hermeneutics and the Ot […]

]]> 0 cb8520937f60eb688aebaed451d68f2e Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=20 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:28:23 +0000 Teaching isn’t something I’ve found the most natural thing to do. I definitely fell into it by accident. The result, almost a decade later, was that I wouldn’t want to do anything else. However, it took many […]

]]> 0 38f1b45ba529361bc88709c52f9ce26f Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=18 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:19:46 +0000 This morning at 9am, I was a very anxious former student-turned-current student. I went through an odd but strangely calming preparatory tea ceremony, and thought about all my best teaching experience […]

]]> 0 84278460f0a6aff8445829911fe37544 Jo Howcroft wrote a new post on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication https://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:13:12 +0000 Hello, my name is Jo Howcroft and I’m a Lead Specialist Technician in Production. In other words, I’m a Theatre Production Manager at Wimbledon College of Arts, and I teach different topics within theatre and […]

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