OBSERVE, ANALYZE, REFLECT

ACTIVITY 2.2
Observing Bulletin Board Displays

Name of School Observed:

Location of the School:
Date of Visit:
Resource Teacher: Teacher’s Signature:
Grade/Year Level: Subject area:

The bulletin board is one of the most readily available and versatile learning
resources.

To achieve the intended learning outcomes, work your way through these steps:

1. Examine bulletin board displays. Include samples of those found at the

entrance, lobby, hallways and classrooms.
2. Pick one and evaluate the display.
3. Propose enhancement to male the display more effective.

As you look around and examine the bulletin board, use the observation
guide for you to document your observation.

An Observation Guide for BOARD DISPLAY/BULLETIN BOARD

Read the following statement carefully before you observe.

1. Go around the school and examine the bulletin board. How many bulletin
board do you see?
2. Where are the bulletin board found? Are they in places where target viewers
can see them?
3. What is the display about? What key messages do they convey? What
images and colors do you see? How are the pieces of information and images
arranged?
4. What materials were used in making the displays? Are borders used?
5. Do you notice some errors? (Misspelled words, grammar inconsistencies and
the like)
 6. Are the messages clear and easily understand?
7. Think about what got your attention. Why did it get your attention?
8. Take a photo of the bulletin boards (if allowed)

Based on the questions on the observation guide, write your observation report:

From among the Bulletin Board that you saw, pick the one that you got most interested in.
Evaluate it using the evaluation form below.
 Observation Report

Throughout the school campus,there are different bulletin boards. They

were on display nearest the school gate,inside of the rooms,even in the
outside of rooms which is all about the reminders to the teacher's,
students even parents,as well as the months celebration. They were use
bond papers and other color papers. It has also every label that talks
about the content of the bulletin board. This bulletin board is all about the
the budget which includes the money that they contribute from students
and etc. I observe it will explain and organized too.

BULLETIN BOARD EVALUATION FORM

Topic of the Bulletin Board: TRANSPARENCY BOARD

Location of the Bulletin Board in the school: LEFT SIDE OF REGISTRAR AREA

Instruction: Check the column that indicates your rating. Write comments to back up your
ratings

4- Outstanding 3- Very satisfactory 2-Satisfactory 1-Needs

improvement
 Criteria
O VS
Effective Communication
It conveys the message ✓
quickly and clearly
Attractiveness
Colors and arrangement
catch and hold interest.
Balance
Objects are arranged, ✓
stability is perceived
Unity
Repeated shapes or colors ✓
or use of borders hold
display together
Interactivity
The style and approach
entice learners to be ✓
involved and engaged.
4 3 2 1 Comment
S NI
The information was conveyed
properly and clearly for those
readers since it is display in
outside and it was encoded.
I guess,they need to improve the
✓ board of different terms to more
attract the students and person
who read .
The papers is well organized and
properly arrange and also it has
label which easily determine the
content.
Some of their bulletin has so much
design it doesn't nice to look. It
needs a little improvement.
The style used is very good and it
contents are relatable to the title of
it. Just make it more improve in
styling.

Legibility The information of the bulletin is

Letters and illustrations can
be seen from a good
distance
Correctness
It is free from grammar ✓
errors, misspelled words,
ambiguity
Durability
It is well-constructed; items
are securely attached.
not readable far distance because
✓ it consist of small letters but just
make it a little big letters.
The words used was correct and
well use in the information.
They really put the information in a
secure way that it's really strong
✓ so there is no need to improve.

Bulletin Board Evaluated by: DONNNA C. PEREZ

Location: OUTSIDE OF THE SSC ROOM

Brief Description of the Bulletin Board:

This board is seem to be displayed board for over all information about mathematics
topics that pertains to learn by the students.

EVALUATION
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Description of the The display board contain of I think the weakness is lack of
Bulletin Board display that are pertains to som mathematics contents,the
 Layout information in mathematics such information has only few
as numbers,words, fraction, mathematics topics only.
operation in math, solving
problem. The bulletin board has
also label in each type of math
content.
Evaluation of The content was well conveyed In terms of conveying the
educational and understand it's process and appropriate content I think the
content and other legibly written for the readers to problems is lack of information
understand.
aspects. only or they should give more
examples to further understand

Recommendations or suggestions for improvement:

I can only recommend is just make more additional example for each content that student
can more learn about mathematics topics. And also make it secure because it can easily
destroy if the rain was so heavy,the board has no cover and it can easily destroy also by
the students.
Signature of Evaluator over Printed Name:

Based on your suggestions, make your bulletin board/board display lay-out. You may
present your output through any of these:

 A hand-made drawing or layout

 An electronic(computer) drawing/ illustration or layoutsA collage

My Bulletin Board Lay-Out

 1. What do you think was the purpose of the bulletin board/board display?
The board display serve as the source of information,be it in additional
knowledge about certain topics or issue or an announcement about events
and other.
2. Did the bulletin board design reflect the likes/interests of its target audience?
Why? Why not?
Yes, because the board display design must reflect to the like/interest of it's
target audience inorder to catch the attention to check the content of the
board.
3. Was the language used clear and simple for the target audience to
understand? Why? Why not?
Yes,the language used is clear and well understand for the target audience
because the grammar is correct.
4. Was the bulletin board effective? Why? Why not?
Yes,it makes tha stakeholders inform about the flow of information in school
day for example the funds.
5. What suggestions can you make?
Just make some design more catchy and improve the lay out of the bulletin or
add more elements that can make the board more attractive in student's eyes.

REFLECT
1. Name at least five skills that a teacher should have to be
able to come up with effective board displays/Bulletin board. Elaborate on why
each skill is needed.
Creative and visualization skills - creativity should be instill in teacher's ability in
order to have a good lay out design, and give out more appealing board to all
kind kinds of audience. Furthermore,s/he should have the ability that can
visualize things putting all her perspective into balance and apply to board in an
enticing way.
Organization skill- even though the teacher's has creative and visualization
skills,they need also to organize material that could lead in a more balance way,
Communication skill - a teacher should know to be good in communication,
however they also need to apply this skill in creating a board, because displaying
materials in this board is conveying a message or information and this kind of
process is can be called as communication skill.
 Grammar skill - a teacher should be skill in relation to grammar. The bulletin
board will be shown to different audience and as much as possible they need to
SHOW Your Learning Artifacts
do well on spelling and how the words being connected
Minimalistic skill - we should no be spend much money for something in an
extravagant way. A teacher should know how they can found resources in not so
expensive way. This is to teach student that you don't need to spend so much
money, but instead find way for an alternative idea in order to achieve one's goal
morally.
2. Which of the skills you named in #1 do you already have? Recall your past
experience in making bulletin board. How do you practice these skills?
In my past experiences in making bulletin board the skill I already have was
creative and visualization skills because as far as I remember I am good in
creating things and making lay out. I practice these skill through doing it
continuously until now and I want to improve it more.

3. Which skills do you still need to develop? What concrete steps will you take on
how you can improve on or acquire these skills.
The skills I need to develop is in grammar and communication skills, I guess I
need to work on this through reading,and getting back some of my lessons I
already forgot. I am not a person who is typically good in communicating
because it is one of my weakness so I think I need to talk more and socialize
with other people to develop or improve it.

MY PERSONAL ILLUSTRATION OF AN EFFECTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

 My personal illustration of an effective school environment is LET YOUR
an environment that is structurally built in strong,clean inside CREATIVITY
SHINE
and outside,free from noise outside so that the students will
feel peaceful and concentrated. On the classroom part,one that
Present an illustration
is conducive learning is a classroom that has many chart's, on the box provided
posters,saying and inspirational quotes as motivation and showing your idea of
additional information that makes student more seek to learn an effective school
environment through
things. Also when student feel connected to school they are any of these:
more likely to achieve. Student who see their instructors and
 A descriptive
school administration as providing a caring,well structured paragraph
learning environment with high,clear,and fair expectations are  A photo
essay
more likely to feel connected to the school and prosper.  A sketch or
drawing
 A poem,
song or a rap