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Transcript of Agenda Welcome Back Learning Environment project guidelines Teacher & Learners Design Basics.
Learning Environment
Due Monday
Investigate schools and standards
Review your teaching philosophy
Grading Rubric review
Digital lives: What do we know?
Information Age
Image-based society
Digital Natives (Prensky, 2001)
Role of technology in education
Produce Products
Motivate students
Improve learning
Students in K-12 Schools Today…Students in K-12 Schools Today…from David Sousa & Bernice McCarthy, 1999from David Sousa & Bernice McCarthy, 1999
49% are visual learners49% are visual learners33% are kinesthetic, tactile learners33% are kinesthetic, tactile learners19% are auditory learners19% are auditory learners
Teachers in Schools...
50%50% of high school TEACHERS are of high school TEACHERS are auditory preferred learnersauditory preferred learners Teachers tend to teach in the way they Teachers tend to teach in the way they prefer to learn. prefer to learn.
Questions for you to consider
What do these differences in teachers and learners tell us about ourselves and our students?
How do products produced digitally aid or detract from your perceptions about them?
What do you already know about digital publishing?
Digital Publishing
BenefitsBenefitsProfessional looking Professional looking
productsproducts AccessibleAccessibleAffordableAffordableExperimentationExperimentation
DrawbacksDrawbacksGarbage in Garbage outGarbage in Garbage out
Nice looking garbage . . .Nice looking garbage . . .Narrow focusNarrow focus
Focus on text...
Tips for using typefaces, fonts, and styles
Serif - Readability (Paragraphs)
San Serif - Legibility (Headings)
COLOR - contrast & emphasis
Colors should contrast with background
Red & Yellow are read first and remembered
ALL CAPS vs. lowercase
Focus on Graphics: Create, Capture, Manipulate
Scanners Scanners **Digital Cameras Digital Cameras **World Wide Web (WWW) World Wide Web (WWW) **Clip Art Collections (CD, WWW) Clip Art Collections (CD, WWW) **Video Capture SoftwareVideo Capture SoftwareScreen CaptureScreen CaptureCreate you own (paint/draw program)Create you own (paint/draw program)Pod casts Pod casts **
What else can we do?
Integration and positioning of text and graphics.
AwarenessAwarenessApplicationApplicationControl Design Elements for Effective Control Design Elements for Effective Communication.Communication.Look at Examples for ideasLook at Examples for ideas
4 Basic design principles: (The Non-designers Design Book, 1994)
Proximity
Alignment
Repetition
Contrast
Note: All are interconnected. One is rarely used in isolation.
Group Group relatedrelated items together items together
Physically closer to one another Physically closer to one another Viewed as a cohesive group Viewed as a cohesive group Instant visual clue Instant visual clue organization organization contentcontent
Riverbend Associates
Fran Pickett
319-432-8987
321 Riverbend Rd.
River, IA
Riverbend Associates
Fran Pickett 319-432-8987
321 Riverbend Rd. River, IA
creates organization...
Placement should not be arbitrary Placement should not be arbitrary Items should have visual connectionsItems should have visual connections
““Invisible lines” of alignmentInvisible lines” of alignmentAdd strengthAdd strengthAdd cohesionAdd cohesion
Rule of ThirdsRule of Thirds
Riverbend Associates
Fran Pickett
319-432-8987
321 Riverbend Rd.
River, IA
Riverbend Associates
Fran Pickett
319-432-8987
321 Riverbend Rd.
River, IA
Repeat some aspects of the design Repeat some aspects of the design throughout the entire piece.throughout the entire piece.
FontFontrule (line)rule (line)BulletsBulletsColorColordesign elementdesign elementformat format
Use contrast wiselyUse contrast wiselyTo differentiate itemsTo differentiate itemsContrastContrast colorscolors
Contrast Contrast SizeSizeMake elements Make elements Really DifferentReally Different to to stand outstand out..
PARC Principles
ProximityProximity - group related items - group related items together; cohesive group rather than together; cohesive group rather than isolated bitsisolated bitsAlignmentAlignment - “invisible lines” of - “invisible lines” of alignment create a stronger cohesive alignment create a stronger cohesive unit; visual connection between items unit; visual connection between items on the pageon the pageRepetitionRepetition - repeat some aspects of the - repeat some aspects of the design throughout the entire piecedesign throughout the entire pieceContrastContrast - if two items are not the - if two items are not the same, then make them different same, then make them different
Next Time Meaningful Learning (Ch.2)Meaningful Learning (Ch.2)
Bring in an Desktop Publishing exampleBring in an Desktop Publishing example
Work on your Desktop Publishing Work on your Desktop Publishing AssignmentAssignment
Reminders✴ Review Learning environment and Desktop publishing criteria in course pack and grading rubric.✴ Focus of DTP should convey the themes of your learning environment.