Task 6: Idea 4

The importance of toys in a child's development. 

or I am interested in young adults vinyl toys; which tend to be collectables. So how toys can still develop into adult life?

or the importance of play?

5 Relevant and inspiring quotes: 

1. "Virtually every aspect of the growing child’s life is affected by play. Early play experiences set the stage for all subsequent development." file:///home/rf251653/Downloads/contributions_of_play_and_toys_to_child_development-2.pdf  

2. "Children who do not play, or who do not play as often as other children, are at increased risk of psychological, intellectual and social deficits." file:///home/rf251653/Downloads/contributions_of_play_and_toys_to_child_development-2.pdf

3. "However, they learn many other things as a by-product, which they are often not even conscious of learning. They develop a number of skills and competencies in areas such as solving problems, anticipating threats, protecting themselves against threats, building winning strategies, generating opportunities, reflecting before acting, decision making" file:///home/rf251653/Downloads/Eduardo%20Chaves.pdf

4. "The production of private speech is extremely common during these types of children’s play and is clearly associated with episodes of challenge and problem-solving." http://www.importanceofplay.eu/IMG/pdf/dr_david_whitebread_-_the_importance_of_play.pdf 

5. "Toys are vital tools that help foster the mental, physical, emotional and social development of boys and girls. Toys are basic instruments for the development of children’s fantasy, thoughts and creativity." http://www.child-development-guide.com/importance-of-toys-for-children.html

5 Locations/senses of place that connect your ideas: 

1. Schools     
2. Nursery
3. Early Learning centre 
4. Forbidden Planet 
5. Lego Store 


5 Websites: 

1. http://www.ornes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Play-in-children-s-development-health-and-well-being-feb-2012.pdf

2. file:///home/rf251653/Downloads/contributions_of_play_and_toys_to_child_development-2.pdf

3. http://www.importanceofplay.eu/IMG/pdf/dr_david_whitebread_-_the_importance_of_play.pdf

4. http://www.legofoundation.com/en-us/research-and-learning/research-and-learning


5. file:///home/rf251653/Downloads/contributions_of_play_and_toys_to_child_development-2.pdf

6. http://families.naeyc.org/learning-and-development/child-development/why-toy




5 Relevant and inspiring images: 

Task 6: Idea 3

Why people grow and maintain strange addictions.

5 Relevant and inspiring quotes: 

1. "People with these rituals don't want to do them. They do them to avoid anxiety and that's not the same as doing something to get a high as addicts do," said Sony Khemlani-Patel, a psychologist at the Bio- Behavioural Institute in Great Neck, N.Y." http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/strange-addiction-tlc-highlights-bizarre-obsessive-behavior/story?id=12467162  

2. "These obsessions are things that in general alleviate anxiety, and it has a place in the person's psyche. That activity relaxes them. It's something that they do becaue they're worried that something terrible may happen." http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/strange-addiction-tlc-highlights-bizarre-obsessive-behavior/story?id=12467162 

3. 
4. 
5. 


5 Locations/senses of place that connect your ideas: 

1. Internet  
2. Real life stories  
3. Mental Health hospital/centre 
4. 
5. 


5 Websites: 

1. http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/my-strange-addiction/

2. http://therapytwins.com/strange-addictions-the-psychology-behind-fetishes/

3.https://drmarkgriffiths.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/compelling-evidence-a-beginners-guide-to-obsessive-compulsive-disorders/

4.http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/10-strange-addictions.htm#page=0

5.


5 Relevant and inspiring images:

Task 6: Idea 2

The impact art within education. How art can educate. 

5 Relevant and inspiring quotes: 

1. "A study shared at the 2009 Learning, Arts, and the Brain Summit reported that children showed more motivation, paid closer attention, and remembered what they learned more easily when the arts were integrated into the curriculum." http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/how-the-arts-can-help-struggling-learners/

2. "The arts celebrate multiple perspectives.
One of their large lessons is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world." http://www.arteducators.org/advocacy/10-lessons-the-arts-teach

3. "The arts enable us to have experience we can have from no other source 
and through such experience to discover the range and variety of what we are capable of feeling." http://www.arteducators.org/advocacy/10-lessons-the-arts-teach

4. "The arts nurture a motivation to learn by emphasizing active engagement, disciplined and sustained attention, persistence and risk taking, among other competencies. Participation in the arts also is an important strategy for engaging and motivating students at risk of dropping out of high school and for those with special needs." http://www.nasaa-arts.org/Publications/critical-evidence.pdf

5. "Visual thinking is a learning style where the learner better understands and retains information when ideas, words and concepts are associated with images. Research tells us that the majority of students in a regular classroom need to see information in order to learn it." http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning

5 Locations/senses of place that connect your ideas: 

1. Working with children/students.   
2. School
3. University  
4. Bookshops  
5. library 


5 Websites: 

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24229748

2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/get-psyched/201207/learning-through-visuals

3. http://www.arteducators.org/advocacy/why-art-education

4. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/22/top-10-skills-children-learn-from-the-arts/

5. https://cerp.aqa.org.uk/perspectives/importance-art-education

Task 6: Idea 1

The impact of digital technologies within art and advertising. 

5 Relevant and inspiring quotes: 

1. "There is a huge outcry among traditional artists regarding the authenticity of art created using digital technologies. They argue that creativity is lacking in most of the digital creations, and hence they cannot be treated as a genuine art form." http://www.designjuices.co.uk/2011/08/creative-digital-media/

2.  "The greatest impact could be the expansion of our audiences, but the worst impact is the attention span of the moment of interaction." http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/01/04/section-6-overall-impact-of-technology-on-the-arts/

3. "I can’t emphasise the importance of the internet and social media in our marketing efforts enough." http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/01/04/section-6-overall-impact-of-technology-on-the-arts/

4. "Social media can have an impact on the arts 
from at least three different perspectives: helping to bring audiences to performances and to artworks by matching art to people who are looking for it, providing a platform to 
create art and carry on dialogue and debates around communities of interest and giving organisations tools to listen to the public and build arts awareness." http://www.cpaf-opsac.org/en/themes/documents/digitaltransitionsreport-final-en.pdf

5. "So, just as artists and arts organisations should be finding it easier to reach the public 
directly, they find themselves awash in a sea of content." http://www.cpaf-opsac.org/en/themes/documents/digitaltransitionsreport-final-en.pdf 

5 Locations/senses of place that connect your ideas: 

1. Social media sites. 
2. Artist websites. Emailing artists about their opinions.  
3. Advertising Agencies.  
4. Comic Convention. 
5. University


5 Websites: 

1. http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/01/04/section-6-overall-impact-of-technology-on-the-arts/

2. http://www.cpaf-opsac.org/en/themes/documents/digitaltransitionsreport-final-en.pdf

3. http://www.midanmasr.com/en/article.aspx?ArticleID=200

4. http://www.artnews.com/2011/06/01/the-social-revolution/

5. http://hyperallergic.com/66039/selling-out-the-impact-of-corporate-social-media-space-on-art/