Where do the years go?

My daughter is 21 in August and she has just completed her degree at Bath Spa University.  As we wait patiently for her results to be published I reflect on years gone by.  So much has changed in 21 years not only in my life as a mother and educator, but especially in the world of technology.  As I gather memories for a project for her birthday I notice change in the storage of memories, from large photo albums that rarely get opened, to videos that can no longer be played (broken player in the loft!) and music on large plastic looking discs of all things (also in the loft, nothing to play them on).  Now all my favourite memories are on my smart phone, and the things that I haven’t room for are stored on websites for instant access.  But strangely today I’m collecting material for a paper based project.  I was recently impressed by a first year student’s work on visual communication.  She created a scrap book made from paper bags!  A very inspiring project that also contained a step by step video guide to creating your own scrap book of memories.  Although I’m probably better suited to a PowerPoint or Prezi – provisionality rules – I asked my student for help in creating one for my daughter and I hope that she appreciates the little step back in time J
 A little wordle about my girl!