Pre-week work
Before starting GEC week you are expected to complete the following pre-week activities:
Visit EWB website
Familiarise yourself with the EWB website below, and Explore the content to understand the design context and opportunities for improvement as identified by the people who live there.
When first visiting the website, you will be asked to enter a password. The password is (SouthafricaEFP)
The EWB design challenge document can be found below:
An AI generated podcast of the EWB design challenge has been created using Notebook LM. If this would be a useful resource for your to help understand Maker's Valley and the Design Challenge, the audio file can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H3p_j35EzSaGD-WeUxcJfBLFKi22ORtS/view?usp=drive_link
You will need to be logged into your UoS google account to access it.
Complete your mySkills audit
Throughout GEC you will be building and developing many skills: in teamwork, in communication, in remote collaboration, in time management.
As you progress through GEC, use this skills audit to keep a note of these skills and collect examples where you have had to use them.
By doing this you are building a valuable resource for future placement, YII and job applications
If you have already done this audit as part of your programme, complete this again as you will have learnt lots since the last time you audited!
Getting started with mySkills: Video here
Complete your pre-week mySkills audit: Click here to access Career Connect
Need help getting started? Read the 'how-to' guide: here
Watch this video on the UN sustainable development goals
Throughout GEC, you'll be looking at the UN sustainable development goals. These are a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty and hunger, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change, by 2030.
I'd really recommend watching this short film from the UN (34 mins): “Nations United – Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times” – It describes the action needed to build a better world, as COVID-19 threatens decades of global progress
Find out more here: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
