Workshops

We began working in groups on Tuesday in the so called Energizers Workshops, we were put in groups of 7-8 people and started working on a mind map focusing about the media. There were questions written on a board and we were supposed to brainstorm and talk about these questions and then write down our answers that we came up with on the mind map. The questions were for example „How important is the media?” and „What is the main form of media?” Everyone participated and gave their opinions regarding the questions. After the mind map was complete we had to present it to the others and vice versa, the answers were similar among the groups so it was clear that most of us agreed.

Right after the presentations we were assigned to another task and this time we were supposed to reflect and discuss the answers from the survey which we answered before we came to Hungary. The questions that were given were for example which sources do you consider reliable and how do decide whether the sources you picked were reliable. The answers were unsimilar among the five countries. Each group made a poster showing the answers and their reflection on them.

The third Energizers Workshop took place on Thursday and this time we got to take a look at school magazines from each country that is involved in the Swim Project, it was enjoyable to take a look at them and see if there were any similarities between them. After that we were split in groups and we discussed what a magazine has to include to be considered a great magazine.

-Alexander Sigurdarson