3.1.4. Draw It as I Tell You Type Objectives
Ice breaker, game, team-building - Practice communication, leadership and critical thinking skills in order to cope with the requirements of the game; - Participants enjoying themselves. Duration 10min Group size 15-20 participants Materials Papers, chairs, pens & printed drawings Description The participants are called to find a pair. Each pair is asked to decide who wants to draw and who wants to describe the drawing. Then they sit without visual contact to each other and the one who describes receives the drawing. The participants have 10 minutes to recreate the drawing as close as possible. The rules for this activity are: 1) Only the person that has the drawing is allowed to speak; 2) The person that draws cannot speak or see the drawing or make any sign to the partner. The facilitators encourage participants to focus, not give up and check if someone is not following the instructions. Debriefing & What difficulties did you face? Reflection Do we find any of these difficulties during our research in the news? Are we able to understand the information we receive? Are we able to transfer information when limited correctly? Learning Communicating in a mother tongue: Giving shape to words and concepts helps reflect on the words true meaning. outcomes Learning to learn: Reflect on how difficult it is to learn and understand things without access to all possible communication tools (i.e. sight, gestures); The debriefing supports individual and collective learning process Social and civic competences: Improving communication and critical thinking skills Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship: Realising the needs of the other participant and guiding them towards a common goal. Additional comments
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The person that speaks needs to divide the paper in sectors in order to make it easier for the partner to understand in which place needs to paint. Participants need to pay attention to their partner. The person that speaks needs to be clear and specific in order for the other one to fully understand the instructions received. The one that is drawing needs to be
