Knowledge of visitor interpretation/Activities/Lesson Plans

Objective
Students will be able to: describe the principles of interpretation; describe and compare personal and non personal interpretation

Activity
In classroom

Icebreaker: Trait Trader

1. What is interpretation?

Ask students to write a paragraph about their holidays - (get them to read it out) ask them to start thinking about they way they wrote this, the way they read this out - handheld microphone


 * Glossary of Terms - (on the blog)
 * Wiki site - definition and start
 * Blog
 * Course guide - expected outcomes/yours and mine
 * Interpretation Powerpoint

Activity - Your Place (stage 1 and 2) - handheld microphone


 * run video of where you are from

Lesson 2
Activity: Your Place


 * Look at Tilden's Principles of Interpretation - (Wiki)


 * Microphone session (order) ask student to continue working on interpretation then deliver with microphone


 * Ask student to review lesson on blog

Lesson 2a
Students were asked to choose a tour guiding resource to present to class today -

quotes from famous explorers:

1. When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.” Jacques Cousteau quotes (French Explorer, 1910-1997)

2. It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” Edmund Hillary quotes (New Zealander mountain climber and Antarctic Explorer Famous for being first to succesfully climb Mount Everest b.1919) Stones: out on a nature walk - get students to touch and feel

Check blog: make sure leadership quotes put on.

Now start glossary of terms

with examples: 1. Personal interpretation - where a person is directly responsible for the delivery of interpretation
 * Glossary of terms:

2. Non personal interpretation - situation where media (such as print and audiovisual) is the primary mechinism for the delivery of interpretation

3. Interpretive technique: method of communicating ideas and feelings eg. roleplay, interactive media, print media, spoken word

4. Interpretive theme: the body of the interpretation - area from which message of interpretation taken

5. Interpretive message: simple yet meaningful statement that embodies the interpretation

Go onto wiki look at interpretation link - go through - link to easier interpretation of Tildens Principles

Get students to print out: "Interpretive planning"

Mindmap on "Interpretation (big picture)

The Interpretive Process: Larnarch Castle (go through answer sheet)

Now get them to choose a theme and fill out the sheet by next Tuesday.

Lesson 3
Today: Discuss interpretation/techniques - in particular Larnach Castle topic (activity to complete through this)

Discuss Tour Guiding trip to Northern Cemetary - Year 2 guided year 1. (5 year ones turned up - Kate, Chauvaughan, Josh, Haylee, Kylie - explain to rest of students reasons why they should turn up:


 * Tour guide may have more than one guided tour to complete in the day - first at 8pm


 * Guides may be working on commission - if clients don't turn up what will this mean


 * Guiding becomes a way of life "its not just a job"


 * Need for proffessional attitude

All actions have reactions: students that missed tour must come up with two actions each on how they will get their clients to turn up for a tour - this must be put onto the blog by the end of the day.

Types of Interpretation 1. Personal - when one person is directly responsible for interpretation of tour

Venice guided tour

Interpretation techniques - using Laranach research Students were to search out information on Larnach Castle) - used interpretaive planning sheet up to research section.

2. Non personal - using print or audio visual

Costumed historical interpretation

Take students through slideshow "Tour Guiding interpretation" - take notes

Techniques: Louis Armstrong handpuppets

(refer students back to wiki link "Tildens Principles" and "Interpretative Planning" Move onto "choosing a theme" (handout) photocopy for students

Then get students to (produce a poster or powerpoint (3 slides) - you will be asked to present your themed research back to the class (15 minutes)

Lesson 4
Props - for guided interpretation
 * show bag of goodies

Go back to Larnach Castle slides (interpretation summarised) once completed:

(want to see completed - interpretative process form) - this is to be completed for next week when you will present it.
 * start writing interpretation

Assessment 2 - all pass (Kate to sit assessmet)

If time available:


 * Take students up to university


 * observe site - write down phyiscal features, feeling, environment - draw or describe

Lesson 5
Interpretative panels - (session on these) Wiki - and short tour outside


 * Larnarch Castle presentations (with props)

Lesson 5
Signs

Signs (refer to book) Advantages: pg.11


 * Signs are user friendly
 * Signs are always on the job
 * Signs are economical

Disadvantages:


 * Signs cannot be made invisible
 * Signs cannot replace a good interpreter
 * Signs cannot provide complicated of lengthy information - or if they attempt to they are often not read at all

Universal symbols: Signs pg 37

Rules for rule signs:


 * place them where visitors are sure to see them eg. entrances, boards, restrooms (Otago musuem), give them time to read
 * be proactive use colours, graphics, good wording
 * state rules in a positive tone.
 * provide the reader reasons for the rules

Activity - Interpretive signs ( 20 minutes - outside)