Sunday, May 30, 2010

Day 7: Foyer Display Design Work and Muritai TV

Today we worked really hard in our groups to finish our research posters and foyer display design. We worked so hard and were so busy that the day flew by, all the bells for morning tea, lunch, and the end of day rang before we knew it! Ms Gain even forgot to take any photos!

We finished adding information to our posters, chose the images we wanted including maps and diagrams, created titles and headings for our posters, and published our information on keynote and comic life. We also chose some information to present by pretending to be information buttons and film footage. Next time we meet we are going to be visited by a drama specialist in role as our company manager. We are going to have to present all our work to her and walk her through our foyer design ideas.

So far for our foyer display design we have:

• 6 different research posters (1 for each group) with either an ‘information button’ or piece of ‘film footage’ to go with it.

• Clay models of, and information about, the different types of equipment used on board The Aumoana.

• A company timeline and history.

• NZ COSSA’s Mission Statement, Values, and Company Logo.

• A display about diving work including a poster and a small video clip.

• A display about Life on Board the Boat including boat plans, an example of an upcoming planned expedition, photos from on the boat (our freeze frames), details about the equipment that needs to be worn while working on deck, ‘information buttons’ reading some excerpts from diary entries written on the boat, and a small videoed interview with scientists about their experiences working on The Aumoana.


Muritai TV visited us today and spent a long time talking to us about the work we have been doing. We all took turns to tell the interviewers about our fictional company and the work we have been doing to design a new informative foyer display for the company building. There was a lot to talk about as we described our company, (its values, mission statement, history, workspaces), the research we have been doing, and what learning in Mantle of the Expert is all about. Keep an eye out for the link to the documentary here soon!