http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/video/index.html
Questions:
What made this lesson more interesting?
What was the purpose of the lesson?
What did the class learn from him?
How did he use body language to teach his lesson?
How do you communicate with body language?
Showing posts with label Body Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Body Language. Show all posts
April 18, 2013
January 4, 2013
We are walking advertisements...
Our body language is a display of our motives. We are like walking advertisements for what we are thinking or feeling.2 Each of our behaviours is a way of alerting others to our inner workings. It is also a way of eliciting a response in someone else. We act; they react; and so on. For example, if someone smiles at us, we typically respond with an action of our own. Therefore, communication has started, just as in a ‘normal’ conversation
So, if you’re your own advertisement, how can you guarantee to be a best seller? By being aware of what language your body is talking. For example, how do you sell yourself during an interview? Start with the packaging. Clothes can make an important statement. Do you want your potential boss thinking ‘are they here to work, or did they get lost on the way to the beach?’ or ‘neat, smart and personal, just what we’re trying to say!’? Once you’re packaged appropriately, it’s time to concentrate on what’s underneath the wrapping. Nerves have a way of making the body act in certain ways, and they can be pretty sneaky about it. Watch the nervous foot bouncing, it’s letting everyone know your heart is going a mile a minute. Don’t barricade yourself in with crossed arms, be open to new experiences. Make eye contact! Sure, you may be feeling nervous, but you want to think confidently, and this is the message you need to send. Use the language of the body to impress your interviewer. Make it work for you.
http://www.abc.net.au/talkitup/talkitout/bodylanguage.htm
So, if you’re your own advertisement, how can you guarantee to be a best seller? By being aware of what language your body is talking. For example, how do you sell yourself during an interview? Start with the packaging. Clothes can make an important statement. Do you want your potential boss thinking ‘are they here to work, or did they get lost on the way to the beach?’ or ‘neat, smart and personal, just what we’re trying to say!’? Once you’re packaged appropriately, it’s time to concentrate on what’s underneath the wrapping. Nerves have a way of making the body act in certain ways, and they can be pretty sneaky about it. Watch the nervous foot bouncing, it’s letting everyone know your heart is going a mile a minute. Don’t barricade yourself in with crossed arms, be open to new experiences. Make eye contact! Sure, you may be feeling nervous, but you want to think confidently, and this is the message you need to send. Use the language of the body to impress your interviewer. Make it work for you.
http://www.abc.net.au/talkitup/talkitout/bodylanguage.htm
Arms in the air
Scientists have proven that the act of putting your arms in the air with your chin raised is an instinct. It is an act of pride/ excitement. People who are blind, who have never been able to see the gesture, will raise their arms in excitement when they win or do something they are proud of.
Palin's Winks-Example of Body Language
(Newser) – In Latin America, it's an unmistakable come-on. In much of Asia, it's offensive. In a vice-presidential debate, the meaning of a wink is sparking plenty of controversy, writes Faye Fiore in the Los Angeles Times. Sarah Palin winks more often than any politician experts can remember, and it has "left some voters smitten, some confused and others nauseated," Fiore writes.
For a wink to be persuasive, it needs a receptive source, Fiore cautions. Experts say that ambiguous gestures, especially on TV, make an audience assess the source more closely—often with negative results. A wink can change the meaning of a sentence, but the effect is ultimately in the eye of the beholder. "It's a Rorschach test," said an expert on political psychology said. "People see in it what they want."
What messages are you sending to people?
Closed Body Language
This video gives examples of what a "closed body posture" may look like. There are ads prior to this video.
http://www.ehow.com/video_4438801_examples-closed-body-language.html
Discussion:
1. What does your posture and gestures say about you?
2. What non-verbal ques are you sending your teachers?
3. What body language does a student who is listening and interested exhibit?
http://www.ehow.com/video_4438801_examples-closed-body-language.html
Discussion:
1. What does your posture and gestures say about you?
2. What non-verbal ques are you sending your teachers?
3. What body language does a student who is listening and interested exhibit?
Body Language in Job Interviews
The following video is great to show how you should act in a job interview.
http://video.about.com/jobsearch/Job-Interview-Body-Language.htm
Discussion:
1. What did the video say about posture?
2. What was suggested concerning clothing?
3. Why is eye contact important?
4. Why is it important to display appropriate body language at a job interview?
5. How can you use these tips at school? With your parents?
http://video.about.com/jobsearch/Job-Interview-Body-Language.htm
Discussion:
1. What did the video say about posture?
2. What was suggested concerning clothing?
3. Why is eye contact important?
4. Why is it important to display appropriate body language at a job interview?
5. How can you use these tips at school? With your parents?
George Bush-body language
The following video depicts one of the debates between Al Gore and President Bush. There is an ad prior to showing the video. -Be sure that it is school appropriate.
http://www.history.com/videos/secrets-of-body-language-part-1#secrets-of-body-language-part-1
Processing:
1. What gestures depict power? What kind of movements do people make to display that they are powerful?
2. What did George Bush do when Al Gore tried to impose on his time?
3. Why was the nod significant? What did it mean?
4. How can you use this in your life?
5. What body language can you use to display that you are confident?
http://www.history.com/videos/secrets-of-body-language-part-1#secrets-of-body-language-part-1
Processing:
1. What gestures depict power? What kind of movements do people make to display that they are powerful?
2. What did George Bush do when Al Gore tried to impose on his time?
3. Why was the nod significant? What did it mean?
4. How can you use this in your life?
5. What body language can you use to display that you are confident?
January 3, 2013
What do they mean?
What do the different gestures and movements of the body mean?
There is a chart with several different parts of the body describing what a movement may mean on this website: it is about half way down the page.
http://www.businessballs.com/body-language.htm#six-universal-facial-expressions
There is a chart with several different parts of the body describing what a movement may mean on this website: it is about half way down the page.
http://www.businessballs.com/body-language.htm#six-universal-facial-expressions
Body Language Includes...
Body language is not just about how we hold and move our bodies.
Body language potentially (although not always, depending on the definition you choose to apply) encompasses:
Body language potentially (although not always, depending on the definition you choose to apply) encompasses:
- how we position our bodies
- our closeness to and the space between us and other people (proxemics), and how this changes
- our facial expressions
- our eyes especially and how our eyes move and focus, etc
- how and when we use touch
- how our bodies connect with other non-bodily things, for instance, pens, cigarettes, spectacles and clothing
- our breathing, and other less noticeable physical effects, for example our heartbeat and perspiration
- the pace, pitch, and intonation, volume, variation, pauses, etc., of our voice.
Definition of Body Language
The Oxford English Dictionary (revised 2005) definition is:
"body language - noun - the conscious and unconscious movements and postures by which attitudes and feelings are communicated [for example]: his intent was clearly expressed in his body language."
The Oxford Business English Dictionary offers a slightly different definition. Appropriately and interestingly the Oxford Business English Dictionary emphasizes the sense that body language can be used as a tool, rather than it being an involuntary effect with no particular purpose:
"body language - noun - the process of communicating what you are feeling or thinking by the way you place and move your body rather than by words [for example]: The course trains sales people in reading the customer's body language."
The OED dictionary definition of kinesics - the technical term for body language - depends on the interpretation of 'non-verbal communication':
"kinesics - the study of the way in which certain body movements and gestures serve as a form of non-verbal communication."
"body language - noun - the conscious and unconscious movements and postures by which attitudes and feelings are communicated [for example]: his intent was clearly expressed in his body language."
The Oxford Business English Dictionary offers a slightly different definition. Appropriately and interestingly the Oxford Business English Dictionary emphasizes the sense that body language can be used as a tool, rather than it being an involuntary effect with no particular purpose:
"body language - noun - the process of communicating what you are feeling or thinking by the way you place and move your body rather than by words [for example]: The course trains sales people in reading the customer's body language."
The OED dictionary definition of kinesics - the technical term for body language - depends on the interpretation of 'non-verbal communication':
"kinesics - the study of the way in which certain body movements and gestures serve as a form of non-verbal communication."
July 12, 2012
Body Language Activity
Objective: Build skills of observing non-verbal communication
WARNING- the class must be pretty comfortable with each other for this to work!
Materials: None
Activity:
Have the group form a loose circle. The facilitator calls out a feeling (angry, joyful, proud, etc.) and participants strike a pose for ten seconds without talking, expressing these different emotions through their body language and facial expressions.
Processing:
Which emotion was the easiest to identify on others? Why?
Which emotion was the easiest to show/ identify? Why?
How much of what we say is actually communicated through just our words? (about 10-20%) The rest is voice fluxuations, projection, posture, facial expressions, hand gestures, etc.
WARNING- the class must be pretty comfortable with each other for this to work!
Materials: None
Activity:
Have the group form a loose circle. The facilitator calls out a feeling (angry, joyful, proud, etc.) and participants strike a pose for ten seconds without talking, expressing these different emotions through their body language and facial expressions.
Processing:
Which emotion was the easiest to identify on others? Why?
Which emotion was the easiest to show/ identify? Why?
How much of what we say is actually communicated through just our words? (about 10-20%) The rest is voice fluxuations, projection, posture, facial expressions, hand gestures, etc.
June 27, 2012
Body Language for Students
Objective: Most students don't realize that raising their hands means more than "I want my turn to speak." Students will understand that raising your hand and looking at the teacher, sitting up straight in their desk means "I care about this class, and I care about my education."
1. Review with the students what body language is (our actions or behaviors that communicate a message).
2. Have the students write down all the body language signals that a "good student" portrays in class. Have them rate these behaviors on a scale of 1 to 10 in importance.
3. Ask them to reflect on their own behaviors in class.
4. QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT: How do they behave when they walk in a class? How do they sit when the teacher is speaking? What are the unspoken messages they are sending? Do they look people in the eyes? Do they hold their head high?
How can good body language help a student get better grades?
Human beings are always reading each other, whether we know it or not.
1. Review with the students what body language is (our actions or behaviors that communicate a message).
2. Have the students write down all the body language signals that a "good student" portrays in class. Have them rate these behaviors on a scale of 1 to 10 in importance.
3. Ask them to reflect on their own behaviors in class.
4. QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT: How do they behave when they walk in a class? How do they sit when the teacher is speaking? What are the unspoken messages they are sending? Do they look people in the eyes? Do they hold their head high?
How can good body language help a student get better grades?
Human beings are always reading each other, whether we know it or not.
June 24, 2012
Body Language Class Activty
Materials: Pipe cleaners
Object of Lesson: Students can identify the different emotions that our body expresses.
Activity: Preface this lesson by discussing the MANY different types of emotions (stressed, frustrated, angry, happy, sad, confident, shy, bored, interested, etc.) Make a list on the board of all the emotions so that students can refer back to them as needed. You may want to hace the students act out some of these emotions and discuss the placement of the hands, shoulders, head, etc. Pass out the pipe cleaners and have the students create a stick figure person that is expressing one of the emotions. Have the students share their "person" with the class.
Object of Lesson: Students can identify the different emotions that our body expresses.
Activity: Preface this lesson by discussing the MANY different types of emotions (stressed, frustrated, angry, happy, sad, confident, shy, bored, interested, etc.) Make a list on the board of all the emotions so that students can refer back to them as needed. You may want to hace the students act out some of these emotions and discuss the placement of the hands, shoulders, head, etc. Pass out the pipe cleaners and have the students create a stick figure person that is expressing one of the emotions. Have the students share their "person" with the class.
June 8, 2012
June 7, 2012
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