2019 term 1: week 3: Digital Design & Branding

Graphic design students spent a majority of the time this week learning to use the digital tools we will need to complete our work for this term.  Starting next week, we will begin creating our logo digitally, posting it to our portfolios with a reflection, and then work on creating a branding with that logo.  Students have shown a lot of improvement already this week, and it will be exciting to see how these logos turn out!

2019 term 1: week 2: identity design

NPHS graphic design students have researched career opportunities in digital design, and are now learning the design process.  In our class we follow the following steps: Purpose, Research, Plan, Production.  We are following this process with our first design, which is an identity design.  Students will be creating a logo with their initials.  I am excited to see how these logos will turn out next week!

2019: term 1: week 1: Graphic Design Careers

I hope everybody had an awesome summer!  Welcome back to NPHS, and I hope your as excited as I am for Graphic Design!  When we get back, we will talk about our learning for this term, our Digital Design, Web Design, and Business Technology Career Pathways, and career opportunities in Graphic Design.  We are going to do a lot of great projects and start giving you the tools you need to be successful in secondary education and jobs related to digital design!

2018 term 3: week 7: Projects winding down

NPHS Advanced Graphic Design students have been making progress on their term-long projects.  Many students are now starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  As we get these final components of our projects put together, it is important to go through the individual projects timelines and the course schedule to be sure everything that is required is accounted for.  The next thing on the radar would be students creating their final products, and also putting together their portfolios.

2018 term 3: week 5: Project Work

Students are each working on their individual plans and term-long projects.  Students should be meeting with me one on one at least once a week and showing me their progress.  We have some cool projects being made!

2018 term 3: week 4: work time

Students should have turned in their project proposals, project timeline, and mood boards.  Now is the time to get down to work on our projects.  Students should be staying on task, working on their term-long projects, and meeting the deadlines they have put in their time-lines.  We will be having weekly conferences where students show progress of their work.  The expectation is a project that takes one term to complete.  Not putting in one term worth of work will be reflected in the overall grade for the course.  Some good starts to projects are being done, and I'm excited to see how they continue.

2018 term 3: week 3: Project Boards and Work Time

Students have just been introduced to the use of mood boards or project boards in Advanced Graphic Design.  We looked at examples and talked about the different ways to assemble the boards.  The most important part of the project is the sources of information list that students assemble.  This board addresses our copyright state standard, and will be used as a summative assessment to demonstrate an understanding of how to comply with copyright laws.  Once students are finished with their boards, they will be ready to work on their projects.