Notes:

• Goal:– My goal for this sign is that teachers begin to realize

that students today are submersed in technology, and if they want to engage their students, they need to implement the use of technology into their classrooms.

• Audience:– The intended audience for this sign is teachers.

• Message– Using technology in the classroom can increase

student engagement.

First Design:

Revised First Design:

Notes:

• One change that I made to the sign was that I added captions to the photographs.

• The other change that I made to the sign was that I rewrote the body text so that it painted a mental picture in the viewer’s mind.

Proximity:

Notes:

• One of the changes that I made to this sign was that I grouped all of the pictures in on area so that they were in the same proximity as each other so that it was easier to recognize that they were all related to the same topic.

• I also eliminated one of the pictures so that the pictures fit nicely across the page.

• Another change that I made was placing the title and subheading closer to the body text so that it would be easier to tell that they are related to each other.

Contrast:

Notes:

• One change that I made to this sign was that eliminated two of the pictures and made the one picture large.

• Another change that I made the title and the subheading white with black backgrounds so that they contrasted the text that followed.– I also made the title and subheading much lager than the text

that followed to create contrast. • Another change that I made was that I split the body text

into two columns which created contrast with the rest of the wide text.– I also bolded some of the important information in the body text

so that it stood out from the rest of the text.

Color:

Notes:

• One of the changes that I made to this sign is that I made the body text one paragraph rather than splitting it.

• Another change that I made was that I made the background purple.– I also made the title and subheadings orange and

the body text green so that they stood out from the purple background.

Type:

Notes:

• One change that I made to this sign is that I made the title and the subheading a slab serif font.

• Another change that I made was that I made the subtitle a cursive font and I made the body text an Oldstyle font.

• I also made the title and subheading much larger and heavier than the text that followed to create contrast. I also created contrast making the title purple and I changed its direction.

Final Design:

Notes:• In the final design I grouped all of the related materials in the same

proximity as each other to show that they are connected. I also left aligned everything on the page so that it displayed a clean, professional look.

• I created repetition in the design by having all of the text in Oldstyle fonts. I also created repetition by making the subtitle and subheading the same size.

• I created contrast by having the title and the subheading be a much heavier font than the subtitle and the body text.

• I created a color scheme by using the primary colors. I made the background blue so that it would fade away from the viewer’s eyes. I made the title, subtitle, and subheading yellow so that they would stand out and capture the viewer’s attention.

• I used two Oldstyle fonts in this design. One font is much heavier which helps capture the viewer’s attention. The other is softer and much easier to read for longer pieces of text.