Monday, December 04, 2006

Last Post 2006 - Hibernation


The Last Post For 2006 Is Written - Photo by Daniel

Yep; sadly this is the last post for The Gong Media blog 2006. The blog will now hibernate until early February 2007 when the new Editor will take over.

Since August the production of this blog has personally been a huge scary learning curve which quickly became an enjoyable experience.

I am sure that I speak on behalf of the rest of the Diploma students in thanking all who have helped us to attain our Diplomas - Dept. Head Ellen (left) and members of her staff (pictured below) Penny, Lyn, Gary, Dragica, Geoff and Peter. The "extra yards" that all of you have put in for us is very much appreciated.


I feel that we have all obtained the objective described in "Our Purpose" written at the top of the blog. It is rumoured that the Media and Communication Dept has been noticed to have done well with the extremely limited resources that were available in 2006 and that there will be more "tools" made available for 2007.

I would also like to thank all of my fellow students for their contributions.

Many personal thanks to the TLRU unit staff and especially the legendary computer geek Jo Kay who introduced me to Web 2.0 and the wonderful world of e-communication.

Not to forget Cindy and the friendly staff at the ITSA canteen and coffee shop who thtopped me from thtarving. The book shop staff as well.

Hopefully this blog can develop into the hub of communication between teachers and students (including ex students) in the Media and Communication section of Wollongong TAFE. Expansion with contact to other TAFEs is an achievable ambition so if you are at another TAFE and read this don't be a stranger. Let us know you are there.

The best thing about this communication tool is that all of this stuff here is not locked away in a dusty cupboard never to see the light of day. It is all here for all of you to use and share. It is not the property of the Editor. It belongs to all of you!! Please take ownership of it.

Parting words? TAFE's great mate! Wish you were here.

Happy Christmas to all of you and good luck to the next Editor.

Article by Micael

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Graduation Day Photos Now Available

Graduation Day Organisers (clockwise) Will, Janelle, Eve and Sarah

Congratulations are in order to Media and Communication Diploma students Sarah, Eve, Janelle and Will for the excellent work they did in creating a wonderful day for all that attended our final “Graduation Day” held at the ITSA function centre on Friday, December 1st 2006.

As promised, the photos from the day have been uploaded and there are a lot of them.

For pics of all students receiving their Certifcates from the Dean as well as class photos click on this sentence. There are also some photos of proceedings here as well.

For Parts 1 and 2 of the events of the day click on this sentence.

For part 3 of the events of the day including group photos of the teachers ( I prefer "mentors") click on this sentence.

Photos can be viewed as a slideshow from these links.

Will and Eve thank inspirational guest speaker Amy Taylor


I have endeavoured to get a photo of every single person that attended on the day. After all, these are the people that love and support us, aren't they? So why should they miss out!

Photos have been uploaded to Flickr and I thank them. Hopefully the powers that be may be kind enough to open a Fickr account next year so that all "The Gong Media" blog photos can be found in the same location.

Feel free to download any of the photos. Creative commons recognition would be appreciated if you publish them.

Article and photographs by Micael

Photo Competition Extended

Emma (left) and Jess (on scren) networking the photo competition.

I understand that it is disappointing but due to unforeseen circumstances the closing date for the digital photo competition has been moved back and entries will now be taken up until Wednesday, 28th February 2007.

The winner will be announced two weeks later on this page on Wednesday 14th March 2007.

Remember to take lots of photos and that you can enter up to five photos. The ideal size is suggested as 800 pixels or less along the longest side.

It is confirmed that the first prize is a digital camera. It is my opinion that the recognition is worth more.

The photos will be judged by a professional photographer.

Don’t be afraid! Enter your photos. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

E-mail your photos to Emma and Jess at projectmediart@hotmail.com.

For for more information click on the Project Media Art link.