After I had created scenarios and collected the essential information for my content, my guide suggested me to look upon the three aspects for this project which are following:
1. What is it that I want to communicate?
My message is very simple. I need to make children aware of the hazards lying in their house and educate them for responsibly tackling them.
2. To whom I have to communicate?
Primary target - Children
Secondary target - Parents
Tertiary target - Schools
3. What is the medium of communication?
I have listed few possible mediums:
A Board Game
Advantages:
- An interesting way to teach children.
- It educates children without them knowing that they are learning important issues so easily.
- Can be played in a group with friends and family, thus creates platform for everyone to be together.
Disadvantage:
- A parent has to buy it.
- A board game cannot be easily accessible to everyone.
- There is a possibility that the cost of the game cannot be affordable for many middle income families.
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An Activity Book
- It can be an interactive book.
- The book can be issued by school so it is affordable and compulsory.
Disadvantage:
- It is a possibility that children might feel burden to complete the book and give it back.
- Children might just complete and finish the book for the sake of submission.
- There is no after use of the activity book. The book once solved or completed may not be referred again.
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- It is an interesting medium. Here the child will remember the hazards if visually represented.
- The child does not have to read, he can practically learn.
- Can be initiated by schools to demonstrate students about the hazards through installation.
- Children will be able to relate with it and gain confidence to face any situation when it occurs.
- As this activity is performed in class, children might take interest in it as they like to learn together rather than in isolation.
- Lack of interaction with the object.
- As this is a one time demonstration, there is no recall value. It cannot be further referred.
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Activity pages in front and back of long notebooks
(Navneet, Classmate, Bilt etc)
- A child can carry the book wherever he/she wants.
- The first and the last page can be perforated so that after using the book, he/she can tear it off and keep it with them for further reference.
- The child does not have to buy specially a different book to get aware of the hazards.
- The information can be given in interesting way of puzzles and small activities that children can solve.
- Each book will have a different hazard information which the child can read as well as solve and tear the page and keep with him.
- Also there can be supplementary stationary attached with the book like bookmarks, stickers, pocket calender etc.
I feel that incorporating activity pages in a long book will be appropriate medium for my project as it will deliver the message what I want to. It has a recall value. There is an engagement factor involved and also the reach of this product is high because every child buys a long book for there academic use.
