Stage 2: Talking Heads
Giving voice to your ideas and issues!

01
Talking heads: Using Treasure and Trash

What?

Using animation apps to communicate their ideas and issues and as a means to share their views on the 'Treasure and Trash' in the community.

It's really easy to do, anonymous, fun, interactive, engaging to watch and communicative.

How?

This is how quick it is to do!

Why?

This is why the tool is useful and our evaluation of it.

Tool guide

  • Tool: Smartdevice
    Smartdevice
  • Difficulty: Easy
    Easy
  • Duration: Short
    Short
  • Group size: Large
    Large
  • Group size: Small
    Small

You will need the following apps

02
Talking heads: Deeper Thinking

What?

Using thematic prompts with the animation apps to engage with a range of different topics.

Examples of thematic 'talking heads'

See how thematic prompts and characters can help communicate ideas but also lead and 'deepen' young people's ideas and opinions about topics and subjects that extend beyond 'the skatepark'.

Examples of using ageing apps

By using ageing apps in combination with animation you can develop younger people's imagination and perception of being older, what their community may need to be like in the future and empathise with older people's views and opinions.

Example of what we call 'Skatepark syndrome'

These guys definitely know what they want, but this video demonstrates how young people can default to 'one dimensional' ideas when faced with the questions - what do you think your community needs in the future? This is what we affectionately call 'skatepark syndrome' Our 'Talking Heads- deeper thinking' process is intended to avoid this.

Thanks to all at Balcombe Youth Club. We hope you get your...

Tool guide

  • Tool: Smartdevice
    Smartdevice
  • Difficulty: Easy
    Easy
  • Duration: Short
    Short
  • Group size: Large
    Large
  • Group size: Small
    Small

You will need the following apps