Knowledge of visitor interpretation/Activities/Signs
Objectives
Signs - understanding them
Activity
Looking at different signs/symbols and their interpretation
Task
Information Signs
In groups of (3)
Information boards on tracks are often used to communicate rules and warnings. They must command attention and appeal for people to take notice of them.
Think about some of the warning signs you have seen, what if anything made you first look at them and then read them. Was it the use of simple direct language?
People often have more respect for rules if they know the reasons for them.
Exercise 1:
Draw the following sign - relating the following message (remember to explain why). You must use both words and pictures
Do not drink the water from this stream
and another sign
please do not feed the Keas
remember to explain why
Exercise 2:
Use graphics and universal symbols to create the following sign
Ross Creek Track
No bikes, No camping, No fires, No dumping rubbish, No fishing, No shooting, No swimming, Dogs on leads only
Exercise 3:
Create a message pyramid
(Take students out to look at interpretive panels at Otago Polytechnic)
Using the 3-30-3 Rule (a descending order of message importance eg. Visitors can receive a message in three seconds, thirty seconds, or three minutes) - create an interpretive panel sign providing information for visitors who want to ride the Otago Central Railtrail.
Complete in the form of a poster (paper supplied)
Supporting Materials
- PDF's on Course drive
- JPG's on Course drive
- Otago Central Railtrail
- Semiotics
