F.S. 5 - Learning Activity 2: Bulletin Board Display

Tools:

Name of School Observed: Regional Science High School

Location of School: Gusa, CDOC

Date of Visit: December 2013

1. Number of Bulletin Board Displays: 2(two)

2. Location of Bulletin Board Displays (BBD): Near the entrance of the school

3. Describe each BBD in terms of the following:

a.       The message(s) it provides
The bulletin board is full of information about the activities in the school. All the upcoming events and projects are listed and posted in the BBD. All messages are in English language and all are in simple ones in order for the students to easily understand. Almost all posted are in outline form.

b.      Images color
The BBD is not so attractive but somehow colors are still noticeable. Only few color combinations are used in the BBD. There are only few images available in the BBD and they are all about the latest news.

c.       Arrangement of information/messages
The information most especially about their “P.E Sports Festival” are chronologically organized/arranged. Posts in the form of papers are pinned horizontally in the bulletin board.

      4. Materials used in the display

·         Cartolina

·         Bond Papers

·         Colored and Construction Papers

·         Crepe Paper

·         Water Cellophane

·         Wood(framing)

5. Errors noticed, if any

      There are no major errors I noticed. Only the presentations of the BBD because it is more attractive if there are more colors in the display. As we all know, people most especially young ones are most attracted to colorful things. A typical Bulletin board is covered with glass so that the information/messaged pinned in the BBD will not be touched by people. Nasty students are inevitable, they sometimes tear – off papers in the BBD, that is why it is important to cover the BBD.

       6. Borders, if any

The Bulletin Board Display has a thick wood as its border. The BBD just occupied almost the whole width of the wall.

       7. Clarity of Messages
The messages/information are clear. Not so overcrowded. The messages’ font is enough and is readable by the students. Messages are outlined.

       8. Photo Documentation, if any

Analysis:

      Describe the board display design in terms of raising the target audience’s interests.

                The information and messages posted in the Bulletin Board Display are all for and about the students that is why it directly hits the students’ attention. Aside from the information and messages, the images also catch the students’ eyes. Added with color combinations but however it lacks some to be entirely called color-attractive Bulletin Board can somehow help catching attention.

  

      Use of language in making the target audiences’ understanding of the information

The language used in the information and messages posted in the bulletin board is only American English. Even if it is not what we used to use, the students in RSHS seem to easily understand because they practice that type of language in their institution since then.  It is right to use that language in RSHS bulletin boards because the students will surely understand the information and messages posted in their bulletin boards.

      The intention of the Board Display

                The intention of the bulletin board display we observed is to let the students know about their upcoming event entitled “P.E. Sports Festival”. Also the schedules of games of the said event are posted in that bulletin board. As what we noticed that day, only about that said event is posted on the bulletin board and nothing about educational stuffs. We are thinking that the educational posts are removed and are replaced by that new information and messages.

      Your suggestion

                For me, I think it better if we have many partitions in a bulletin board. Maybe part of it is about the upcoming events, campus calendar, daily news, and other school – related posts. What I noticed in many schools, they have many bulletin boards/information boards. That may cause the students to be tired of looking at them one by one. So I suggest building only one but large and long bulletin board so that the students will only look at them ones. The information and messages of different themes and titles are divided in many part of the bulletin board.

From my suggestions, here is my Proposed Board Display

MY BOARD DISPLAY LAYOUT

Reflections:

      From what you have observed about the bulletin board display, what are the skills that must be developed by a teacher?

                Creativity is one of the skills that must be developed by a teacher in making bulletin board displays. We admit that we ourselves also can be easily attracted to creatively-made things plus the factor that it is colorful and amazing. If a teacher develops this kind of skill, surely his/her bulletin board displays will be catching many students’ eyes because of the wonderful work of art brought by that skill. Another skill that a teacher must develop is Flexibility. If a teacher is flexible, he/she can always find things to post in his/her bulletin board display not just those insignificant ones but those that will raise the students’ interests. According to Readers’ Digest, Flexibility is one of the mankind’s most wanted skills.

      Did you have any experience designing or making a bulletin board? Which skill do you already have?

                Way back since I was in high school, I was one of the students that were assigned in designing our own bulletin board.   Each section has a bulletin board in each of their assigned classroom. Every classroom has a big bulletin board. That time, it is really hard for us in deciding what to put in the bulletin board. We were just putting there our section seal (logo), birthdays of each student in the section, mission and vision of the school, and picture. We did not know what is really to be pasted in the bulletin board. But in college, we have this subject “principles of teaching” where one of our lessons is making Bulletin Boards. We tackled what are the things that should be posted in Bulletin boards. We made a bulletin board layout where I think I used my flexibility skill. What I’m working out right now is my creativity skill because I’m still finding a hard time developing that kind of skill.

      Are there skills you think you still need? Reflect on how you can acquire and improve on these skills.

                What I really want to fully develop right now is my creativity skill. Since now and then, I was struggling making projects involving work of arts because I lack creativity. I’m glad right now that I have this subject “Art Appreciation” where we are exposed to different forms of art and are taught of different techniques that could really help me develop my creativity skill. And I am thinking right now that what if I do those things we do in Art Appreciation at home and do it every day in order for me to really master creativity? Maybe there are many ways that could help me develop that kind of skill, but for now, I could use that opportunity to improve creativity in myself.