We
did Skill Builders 1,2,5,6; Technology #6; Service Projects #4; and Career
Exploration #1. One girl did Service #1 instead of Skill #6. For this IPA, we
met mostly at the leader's home so the girls could use her computer.
Skill
Builder:
SB
#1: They studied a variety of newspapers and magazines--English and American
and noted some differences in design. Then, decided to create a magazine ad for
their High School (which was a private school overseas). They had to decide
what to feature and the group they were trying to reach--parents? students?
supporters? and created an ad to attract that group.
SB #2: We looked at a variety of fliers that had come to us in the post. The
girls also critiqued posters around school. Then they created a flier, using
the computer, to announce the new Web page they created for the neighborhood in
Service #3
SB #5: We looked at logos on a couple of household products, then surfed the
web to find other logos. They each then created their own logos for products or
services they would like to see. We critiqued each others to see if we thought
the logo represented what the creator thought.
SB #6: We created greeting cards on a home computer. This was a bit tricky as
we didn't have special software, but we used Clarisworks Draw and worked it
out.
Technology:
T #6: We went surfing the web again, looking at various webpages, including the GSUSA site to look at differences between sites aimed at kids and sites
aimed at adults. Sometimes the kids sites are MORE user friendly--which we
thought was interesting because sometimes the kids are better than the adults
at surfing! We looked at artwork, use of words, fonts, color, and overall
layout in deciding whether a site was good or not. We also looked at colleges
and universities, geocities homepages, and business pages.
Service
Projects:
SP #3: We designed a webpage for our Lone Troop Committee
Overseas that you can visit. We also created a troop subpage. SP #1:
The girl who did this was editor of the high school yearbook.
Career Exploration:
CE #1: the leader's husband is an intellectual property attorney. He came to
one of the meetings and gave an overview of copyright law and about current
issues copyright protection.
Submitted by:
Troop 198, USA Girl Scouts Overseas (NORAGS)
If
your troop has completed this IPA, and would like to share what you did.
e-mail Capt. Froggy