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Creativity

Critical Thinking

Communication Expressing thoughts and feelings effectively

Collaboration

Arts-Infused Education Advocacy

PLUS

The 4 Cs: 21st Century Skills

Creativity Connects Us

Creativity Connects Schools with Families

Creativity Connects the World

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Objectives for Communication Workshop

What we will be

doing together…

Participant

expectations…

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Arts-Infused Education Builds

The Four Cs

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Think About

Communication

Introductions & Warm-Up Exercise:

What comes to mind

when you hear the word

“communication”?

Introduce yourself with a

“top of mind”

communication word within

your name (for example,

Joyce Conversation

Brown, Sam Graffiti Smith,

Miriam Media McCarthy)

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4 Cs of

Communication

Convey–Express

Customize

Compose–Construct

Check

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Convey–Express

What are the many ways

the ideas could be conveyed?

How many ways involve an art

form (music, drama, dance,

visuals)?

What thoughts do you

want to convey?

What emotions or feelings will

be expressed?

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How could you adjust your

communication so your

audience understands it?

Customize

What do you know about

your audience?

What does your audience

know about you or this

subject?

What does your audience

need to know?

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Compose–

Construct

Deliver the message.

Design the message.

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Check

How can you modify

your message to

improve communication?

How will you make sure

others understand?

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Dispelling Myths

Myth

Communication skills are

important only for people in fields

like publishing, marketing and

media.

Communication skills are essential

for everyone.

Reality Written or spoken language is the

only way to communicate.

Visual communication can be

equally effective—or even more

so: “A picture is worth

a thousand words.”

The message communicated

is the message received.

Effective communication demands

customized messages and checks

for understanding.

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Hands-on Exercise

Simple Symbols,

Universally Understood

Use colored pencils

to modify some of the

symbols on the Universal

Symbols worksheet.

Consider 4Cs:

Idea you want to convey.

Customize for audience.

Compose new symbol.

Check with others.

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A Picture is Worth a

Thousand Words

Hands-On Exercise

Demonstrates how difficult it is to communicate without visual clues

Four per team: 1 = Draw. 1 = Speak. 2 = Observe (can replace speaker)

Speaker and person who draws must sit back-to-back so cannot see what

each other is doing and cannot have eye contact.

Start = Speaker draws simple sketch with a circle, triangle, square and

rectangle. Any size. Any arrangement. Only speaker can speak.

Person who draws will try to replicate the shape drawing using only

verbal instructions.

If observer feels can communicate better, replace speaker.

After 8 minutes, stop process. Compare shape drawings. Discuss

difficulty communicating without visual clues.

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Emotional Puppets

Write a brief description of a character to

create.

Address the character’s appearance,

emotions & personality.

Swap your description with a teammate,

and create a finger-sized puppet that

expresses the personality, emotions and

appearance in the character description.

Hands-On Exercise

Display puppets and descriptions

separately. Ask participants to match the

written descriptions with puppets (not

revealing their own work). How difficult

was it to make the matches?

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Key Points

The 4 Cs of Communication—Convey–Express,

Customize, Compose–Construct and Check—help

us understand the key elements of communication for

students and adults.

Communication is basic to all human interactions,

even if not a single word is spoken or read.

All art is communication. Art empowers people to

convey and understand one another in meaningful

and memorable ways.

The visual arts are a powerful—and often underused

—way for students to learn and express themselves

in all of their classes.

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