Further Discussions on the TIE Product

We had a further discussion on the TIE product today. We looked at the ideas we had before. We started about the topic of the differences between two cultures (Western v.s. Chinese). We made a Venn Diagram on the comparison the different cultures.

We talked about many aspects on the topic of the different cultures, such as: The valued concepts, the traditions that are used, etc. We talked about how Chinese people view Western cultures and how the development has urged Chinese people to slowly follow Western cultures. We then thought about what would be in the middle of the Venn diagram and we realised that us, as international students, would fit in the middle. Lastly, we decided that the idea of us, as students in the middle, can become the starting point for our TIE product. We could demonstrate how we view the different cultures and ideas that we were influenced by in the Chinese cultures. This would become a real life situation which would fit well in the global context we are learning about. Using this, the target audience we decided most suitable for this production would be the secondary staff and students. 

I thought that the further discussion added to this was very productive and useful for letting us know what direction we should be heading for making our TIE product. We ended up finding the starting point of our theme and topic that the production would be surrounding, which would be very useful for making the product in the near future.
Our work done over the past classes:

Brainstorm of the Ideas for the TIE product

Today we were assigned to complete the brainstorming process for the ideas that we were going to choose from for our final TIE product.
We started with discussing and brainstorming ideas surrounding the global context: Fairness and Development. We wrote down a
number of ideas that we had come up with surrounding the context down on a poster paper:

Later, we chose a aspect and elaborated ideas on the topic. We chose the topic of the social discrimination. We chose this topic because we had ideas surrounding this topic already, which would make this choice easier to follow to. 

Next, we brainstormed two ideas surrounding the topic of social discrimination.

The first idea was about social discrimination on the topic of wealth. The target audience in this case would be the students of secondary. The topic talks about the different perspectives on the values of life. Scenarios of this idea would be such as: The poor would discriminate the wealthy with the perspective that their property criticises them, etc. The second idea was about academic achievement. The target audience in this case would be the students of secondary. This idea surrounds the different perspectives and treatment between the people that hold different academic achievements. Scenarios of education and workplace were listed on the brainstorming paper. 

The Importance of Criteria

Through the process of creating, improving, and presenting the presentations of TiE, I have learned the significant importance of the MYP criteria for Drama. 

For the presentations, we were assessed on the Criteria A. 

To achieve a 7-8 mark on Criteria A, we would have to achieve the following:

i. demonstrates excellent knowledge and understanding of the art form studied, including concepts, processes, and excellent use of subject-specific terminology

ii. demonstrates excellent understanding of the role of the art form in original or displaced contexts

iii. demonstrates excellent use of acquired knowledge to purposefully inform artistic decisions in the process of creating artwork.

For the first strand, I have learned that we would have to include concepts, processes and subject-specific terminology. I was confused with this strand at first, which led me to the incorrect explanation and use of these three requirement. For example, I had used processes in the wrong way. Instead of stating the processes of TiE, I had explained the development process of TiE. After the presentation, I had understood the this strand is to state the concepts needed in TiE, state the processes needed in TiE (What is done in TiE?), and use specific terminology in the explanations of TiE. Mr. Evans showed us what it would look like to achieve this strand: 

After this explanation, I had understood the way to achieve this strand. I have realised once you understand this, it wouldn't be as hard to achieve it. 

 

For the second strand, the criteria stated to demonstrate the context of the role of art. I have understood that to achieve this strand we could present information on the historical context of TiE. Using the historical context, we could show the development and the role of TiE as an art form. Again, to achieve the first strand throughout the presentation, I could include specific terminology in the explanations. 

For the third strand, the criteria stated again about including knowledge of the processes of TiE. This would be achieved likely to the first strand. 

Learning about these strands shows me what I can do to improve my presentation for the end product that should be made for the final submission of the MYP E-Portfolio. 

The criteria is important because if they are not achieved, then the marks for the final presentation which would be for the E-Portfolio would be low. Therefore, achieving these standards are very important. Now, I have learned approximately what to do to achieve them through this practice presentation process.