Today I'm tackling piktochart for our info graphic! It's SOMEWHAT user
friendly but seemingly the easiest one I could find. In searching, I looked at
about 10-15 different infographic websites and signed up for each one of them.
I ended up going back to the one I started with and that is Piktochart. It
seems to have the most options. I opted for the blank slate but it is very time
consuming. All and all though, this global project has been interesting. Here
are some of the comments from our global partner on our topics…..
From Johanna - (Swiss contact)
"The school I teach at has
about 250 kids, aged 12 - 16. At the moment we do not have any drama classes
(we might do it as a project once for a week or so with individual classes), no
additional music classes (there have been bands as far as I know), we don't
have a choir or orchestra. Marching bands are not really known in Switzerland.
The only extra activities we offer are some sports classes, and one in art,
crafts and cooking classes. There's also a class where they can make their own
jewelery. I think the fact, that students live very close to school (usually 5
- 10 minutes walk) makes it less necessary for school to offer all of it. A lot
of students take music classes, do sports etc after school arranged by out of
school organisations and in different locations. So generally they go home
after school in the afternoons and then continue their activities from there. I
don't really understand what is meant by community?
If you go to the gymnasium
(the school that will take you to university) it is a bit different. Usually
there is one gymnasium for a bigger region, so kids come from further away. The
gymnasium I went to had a wide offer of after school activities. I played piano
in the orchestra we had, my class was part of a choire, there were several arts
clubs and a fantastic offer in sports. Very often we had concerts or
performances (like with all the dance classes that were offered). "
I find it
interesting that they have so little exposure to the arts yet are so much more
appreciative than your average American of music and concerts. It seems when we
set up for concerts in these small villages/towns, most of the town comes out
to see us…a group of American teenagers. I guess we are also inundated with
sports and other activities that take away from the arts these days. We have
several movie theaters, pools, activities offered on a constant basis
where I believe in a smaller town, there is less offered. I suppose this is why
they still seem so appreciative of our concerts.
Outdoor concert
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