When looking at sources overall, the biggest source we can all relate to again is Web 2.0- On a daily basis I go onto social media sites like facebook and twitter for my social side of life and also my professional career. The dangers of these sites I already spoke about earlier in task 1b on my blog, however before beginning module one I never realised how many online facilities and sources were available to me. I also use search engines on a regular basis, and it is search engines like google and things where we have to be careful of where the original source of certain materials come from. How much can we trust these sources online? Now that the online world allows a viewer to be a creator, anything could be published... wikipedia is a great example of how Web 2.0 has affected the online resources we have and the trust people put into them, a common mistake from senior school was that I used wikipedia as a trustworthy resource. For a comedy read this link can just truly show how wikipedia can be edited by absolutely anyone....http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/25-biggest-blunders-in-wikipedia-history/
We also now rely on Web 2.0 to promote ourselves as performers, sites such as spotlight and casting call pro where a simple upload of a show reel can gain you a job shows just how much the world is moving forward from the audition process, it makes you wonder will auditioning becoming a thing of the past? It is harder by the minute to promote yourselves on sites like this, with the industry growing with more and more people adding more and more competition but it is how we professionally network ourselves via these sites that is most important.
Blogs and forums are also a good source to be able to discuss with people your practice, the same goes for a meeting environment, with BAPP the module sessions are great sources of information for myself, whatever you yourself are thinking you can add another 10 ideas from others within the session that you may never have thought of before.
Work colleague's are a vital source of information for myself, not only can they share in an experience or feeling you may have but they can offer support for if you are feeling down, offer that encouragement we need when facing a difficult situation. When analysing shows and making vital notes and changes for the shows they are a vital part of my reflection process, feedback is huge to me. This is the same for a guest perspective, as a source of information the guests who come to my workplace are a source of feedback and by socialising with them you never know who they may have as networks to them.
The sharepoint network within my workplace is a large resource for me when it comes to briefing for activities and breaks. Whenever i am feeling in a place of insecurity there is always somewhere I can look on the Sharepoint network to make those feelings feel more relaxed.
Privacy within these sources of information is also important to understand, for example with Sharepoint the Warner company is a brand and by sharing this brand with others the brand doesnt remain unique, the brand standards should be kept but not so much shared with anyone else. More for my future career I have to also think about confidentiality, as a primary school teacher it would be best to have accounts with different names so a social life can be seperate from that of a professional teacher.
For BAPP arts students we put a lot of trust in the literture provided to us, I for one can certainly relate to quoting bits from the reader's given to us, it is what we do with these sources of information that develop our practice. By using the readers as a basis for knowledge I can develop and put more trust into the resource the more I research into it. By having the evidence and research that we put in ourselves behind the readers we should find that trusting them as a source is not very hard to do at all.
Focusing in on the types of sources there are?
A primary source is an original document containing firsthand information about a topic
A secondary source contains commentary on or discussion about a primary source.
A tertiary source presents summaries or condensed versions of materials, usually with references back to the primary and/or secondary sources
http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/primary-secondary-tertiary.html
Earlier I talked about trusting sources... and it is very much dependent on the type of source it is from the above. The site above shows some great examples of how the sources are divided.
It would be interesting to see if any of you have any other sources you feel are vital to their own practice and whether I can use these as well. Please feel free to comment!
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