LIFE SKILLS SOME REAL-LIFE TASKS The graphic designer was asked to produce a series of billboards and signs to be placed in a railway station regularly used by travellers from various ethnic backgrounds. Prepare an interview and then act it out to find out: 5. GROUP WORK Prepare a short radio interview with a graphic designer following the indications. what communication barriers he/she found; what communication strategies he/she put in place to make communication more effective and remove language barriers; if he/she made clear references to universals in non-verbal communication; how he/she planned his/her work to meet the requirements; if he/she worked in a team and, in case, who with; if he/she thinks he/she was successful. Timelines are powerful visual tools widely used for educational purposes for presenting events in a chronological order or demonstrating the stages of a particular process. Creatively design a timeline on the birth of graphic design: 6. GROUP WORK Prepare a timeline on the milestones of graphic design following the indications. check the main stages of its development online; plan your timeline thinking about: who it is aimed at, how detailed it must be, how clear and engaging/informative you want it to be, who is going to be in charge of doing what; make a draft of your timeline; have someone else look at it to see if it is clear enough; edit your timeline and colour, enrich and finalise it; compare it with the other timelines prepared by your classmates. A word cloud is a visualisation of the most commonly used words about a topic used to highlight popular or trending terms based on frequency of use and prominence. Create a word cloud on communication aimed at children to launch the topic of discussion with them: 7. GROUP WORK Create a word cloud following the indications. list the words you want to include; prioritise the words according to their level of importance or frequency; decide on the font, layout, colour, dimensions, etc. of your word cloud; make a draft of your word cloud; edit your word cloud and colour, enrich and finalise it; compare it with the other word clouds prepared by your classmates.