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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

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.