{"id":65,"date":"2019-05-24T17:15:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T21:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=65"},"modified":"2019-08-22T18:51:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T22:51:01","slug":"gestalt-theory-scavenger-hunt","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/chapter\/gestalt-theory-scavenger-hunt\/","title":{"raw":"Gestalt Theory scavenger hunt","rendered":"Gestalt Theory scavenger hunt"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Suggested course level<\/h1>\r\nTo be determined\r\n<h1>Activity purpose<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Students will explore Gestalt Theory by finding real-world examples of Gestalt Theory principles in action.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Materials required<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Scavenger hunt handout<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Pens<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Small prizes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cell phones<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Activity instructions<\/h1>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Either deliver a lecture on Gestalt Theory or have students do a reading on it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Then, explain the rules of the Great Gestalt Scavenger Hunt.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Break students into groups of 4 or 5 and give them one handout per group.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Students will be given 15 minutes to go around campus and find good and bad examples of Gestalt Theory principles. Most students will use posters\/signs, but architecture also counts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>When they find an example, they must take a photo with a cellphone.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Tell students that they should use the scavenger hunt sheet to note what example represents what principle, since it\u2019s easy to forget. For example, if they wanted to use a poster advertising an English class on Shakespeare to represent a good example of Figure-Ground Segregation, they would write \u201cShakespeare English poster\u201d under that category on the sheet.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>They must find a unique example for each principle. (For example, you couldn\u2019t use the same poster to represent both Figure-Ground Segregation and Closure.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Students will get a bonus for finding something that showcases all of the principles we discussed.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Make sure to remind students to be respectful of other classrooms going on when they are moving through the hallways.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>When a group is done, they will return to the class and you will look at their examples and score them.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The first team to find all good and bad examples of Gestalt Theory principles gets a small prize.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>You may also choose to have an additional prize for the team that finds something that represents all principles.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h1>Debrief questions \/ activities<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What was the hardest principle to find?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How can you apply what you just learned to your resume\/report\/other upcoming assignment?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How did your group work together?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Additional resources \/ supplementary resources<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/737\/2019\/05\/CruthersArley-GestaltTheoryScavengerHunt-Handout2.pdf\">Cruthers,Arley GestaltTheoryScavengerHunt Handout PDF<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/737\/2019\/05\/CruthersArley-GestaltTheoryScavengerHunt-Handout1.docx\">Cruthers,Arley GestaltTheoryScavengerHunt Handout WORD<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Tags:\u00a0<\/strong>document formatting, visual communication, communication models, small group, game, Gestalt Theory, scavenger hunt, communication theory","rendered":"<h1>Suggested course level<\/h1>\n<p>To be determined<\/p>\n<h1>Activity purpose<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Students will explore Gestalt Theory by finding real-world examples of Gestalt Theory principles in action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Materials required<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Scavenger hunt handout<\/li>\n<li>Pens<\/li>\n<li>Small prizes<\/li>\n<li>Cell phones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Activity instructions<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Either deliver a lecture on Gestalt Theory or have students do a reading on it.<\/li>\n<li>Then, explain the rules of the Great Gestalt Scavenger Hunt.<\/li>\n<li>Break students into groups of 4 or 5 and give them one handout per group.<\/li>\n<li>Students will be given 15 minutes to go around campus and find good and bad examples of Gestalt Theory principles. Most students will use posters\/signs, but architecture also counts.<\/li>\n<li>When they find an example, they must take a photo with a cellphone.<\/li>\n<li>Tell students that they should use the scavenger hunt sheet to note what example represents what principle, since it\u2019s easy to forget. For example, if they wanted to use a poster advertising an English class on Shakespeare to represent a good example of Figure-Ground Segregation, they would write \u201cShakespeare English poster\u201d under that category on the sheet.<\/li>\n<li>They must find a unique example for each principle. (For example, you couldn\u2019t use the same poster to represent both Figure-Ground Segregation and Closure.)<\/li>\n<li>Students will get a bonus for finding something that showcases all of the principles we discussed.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to remind students to be respectful of other classrooms going on when they are moving through the hallways.<\/li>\n<li>When a group is done, they will return to the class and you will look at their examples and score them.<\/li>\n<li>The first team to find all good and bad examples of Gestalt Theory principles gets a small prize.<\/li>\n<li>You may also choose to have an additional prize for the team that finds something that represents all principles.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1>Debrief questions \/ activities<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>What was the hardest principle to find?<\/li>\n<li>How can you apply what you just learned to your resume\/report\/other upcoming assignment?<\/li>\n<li>How did your group work together?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Additional resources \/ supplementary resources<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/737\/2019\/05\/CruthersArley-GestaltTheoryScavengerHunt-Handout2.pdf\">Cruthers,Arley GestaltTheoryScavengerHunt Handout PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/737\/2019\/05\/CruthersArley-GestaltTheoryScavengerHunt-Handout1.docx\">Cruthers,Arley GestaltTheoryScavengerHunt Handout WORD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tags:\u00a0<\/strong>document formatting, visual communication, communication models, small group, game, Gestalt Theory, scavenger hunt, communication theory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["arley-cruthers"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[60],"license":[],"class_list":["post-65","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-arley-cruthers"],"part":122,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/320"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/65\/revisions\/300"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/122"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/65\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}