Week of 4/29/13 to 5/3/13

MONDAY
Career booklet pages will be completed. These pages are about the following:

• Student's strengths
• Student's education
• Student's interpersonal skills
• Student's academic skills
• Student's Adobe / design skills
• Student's ability to work on a team

Students will get a booklet making demo on finishing and binding. Iron-on transfer and screen printing projects continue.

TUESDAY

Students in IGD classes will complete activities on career vocabulary and explore graphic designer's role in the AD agency. Iron-on transfer and screen printing projects continue.

WEDNESDAY
Students in IGD classes will complete activities on career paths and explore graphic designer's role in the AD agency. Iron-on transfer and screen printing projects continue. 

THURSDAY

Students will be placed in collaborative groups. Each group will be given a famous graphic designer. Each group will research the selected designer and complete a multi-media presentation on the designer. Iron-on transfer and screen printing projects continue. Career activities for career booklet will continue.

 

FRIDAY

Each group will complete and present presentation on selected designer.  Iron-on transfer and screen printing projects continue. Career activities for career booklet will continue.

Week of 4/22/13 to 4/26/13

MONDAY
Screen printing continues for GDP students. Students finish presenting marketing products, advertisements and presentations to the instructor for credit. Iron-on transfer process will be introduced. Students begin work on ideas for Iron on transfer process. All graphic design students begin to work on careers in the design field project.

TUESDAY
Career article reading activity. Design students complete cover page ideas for career booklet. Students research careers in the design field. Students complete career inventory to see where their career interests lie. Screen printing continues, and students critique completed projects with written questions and answers.

WEDNESDAY
Career booklet pages will be completed. These pages are about the following:

• Student's strengths
• Student's education
• Student's interpersonal skills
• Student's academic skills
• Student's Adobe / design skills
• Student's ability to work on a team

Students will get a booklet making demo on finishing and binding. Iron-on transfer and screen printing projects continue. All marketing projects are due!

THURSDAY

Students in IGD classes will complete activities on career vocabulary and explore graphic designer's role in the AD agency. Iron-on transfer and screen printing projects continue.

FRIDAY

Students will be placed in collaborative groups. Each group will be given a famous graphic designer. Each group will research the selected designer and complete a multi-media presentation on the designer. Iron-on transfer and screen printing projects continue. Career activities for career booklet will continue.

Week of 4/15/13 to 4/19/13

MONDAY
Elements of design will be applied to various projects. Color and the color wheel theories will be applied in depth.  GDP students will create a "Spot" color for screen printed T-shirt. Marketing project is ongoing: IGD-Market a drink, GDP-Market a product or service, AGD-Create a personal "Brand".

TUESDAY
Graphic design standards activity will be completed. Screen coating will continue as needed, as the students coat screens for their project. Marketing and product / package design continues on the computer. Students may select an Adobe application program like Illustrator to complete the marketing for their original drink/product. Common Assessment is returned and reviewed.

WEDNESDAY

Marketing analysis and marketing plans are due on today. Screen coating will continue as needed, as the students coat screens for their project. GDP students begin to sketch for the cereal box project.  Marketing and product / package design continues on the computer. IGD Students may select an Adobe application program like Illustrator to complete the marketing for their original drink. Accelerated students can create more than one product. Struggling students will be given a template to aid with the creation of their product.

THURSDAY

  Screen exposure and printing will happen as needed, as the students expose and print screens for their project. GDP students complete an extensive market analysis for their product/package design.  Marketing and product / package design continues on the computer. IGD Students may select an Adobe application program like Illustrator to complete the marketing for their original drink. Accelerated students can create more than one product. Struggling students will be given a template to aid with the creation of their product.

FRIDAY

Screen exposure and printing will happen as needed, as the students expose and print screens for their project. GDP students complete an extensive market analysis for their product/package design.  Marketing and product / package design continues on the computer. IGD Students may select an Adobe application program like Illustrator to complete the marketing for their original drink. Students will define terms for graphic imaging and complete graphic imaging  activities.