- Why might incorporating graphic design into your classroom be valuable?
- Thinking about how our students absorb information, how might we better support the learners in our classrooms?
- Envision an activity, unit or event that is approaching how might you incorporate some of the design principles?
Incorporating graphic design into your classroom is valuable because of the variety of learners we have. Students that are visual learners can be overwhelmed by text heavy information. If we can create lessons that include infographics we are also creating something that doesn’t look boring! If we as teachers create something that looks interesting, our students might be more intrigued by it and absorb the information better. We are making the learning process memorable and something then can recall.
I have several activities that incorporate design principles. One of my go to activities when learning new vocabulary is to have students include an image or cartoon to describe the word. Once students create them I choose some great examples and those become our word wall. Many students are able to recall the words better because of the image they have associated with them.
My introduction to my class activity is to have students create their own logo and brand for themselves. This allows them to create graphics that represent themselves and understand how graphics play an important role in our world. I have had some very creative logos doing this activity and students learn more about each other and recall their names better because of this activity. They put their logos on all their work instead of just their names!
Within my classroom, I decided this year I would brand my classroom. All my signs, activities, posters, etc. have my class logo I created and a special font to differentiate my class from others. My students love referring to my class as Studio 208, not just communications class.
