10% Critical Design Thinking:
Application of content standard related learning to real world situations allows students to become creative problem solvers and flexible thinkers. Design thinkers creatively produce solutions in predictable and unpredictable situations by improving products with a focus on the end user’s needs.
Visual Aids
For this project in Chemgebra, Mr. Hebert assigned our class to create posters that have to deal with rules of exponents and logarithms. First we had to understand (most of) the rules before actually implementing them inside the posters then include the equation itself, an example, and a simple way of remembering what to do. When it came to the actual posters, we had to make it visually appealing and legible while making sure we get the message across in the way we want it.
During this project, we had to learn the rules first otherwise we wouldn't know what to do when it came to explanations. After that we had to make a rough idea of our posters that showed where the words, explanation, title, and example . Before making the final draft, we had to get a special text so it looks neat and lets you know that it's the equation/example. Next, we prototyped it constantly, seeing what worked and what didn't along with using empathy to make sure the readers/viewers understood our content, using Adobe Illustrator. Finally, we made our last draft and scaled it so it can be made into a large, legible poster.
After this project was finished, I felt I grew in critical thinking and content literacy because it used our understanding of the rules and our ability to implement them into the poster.
During this project, we had to learn the rules first otherwise we wouldn't know what to do when it came to explanations. After that we had to make a rough idea of our posters that showed where the words, explanation, title, and example . Before making the final draft, we had to get a special text so it looks neat and lets you know that it's the equation/example. Next, we prototyped it constantly, seeing what worked and what didn't along with using empathy to make sure the readers/viewers understood our content, using Adobe Illustrator. Finally, we made our last draft and scaled it so it can be made into a large, legible poster.
After this project was finished, I felt I grew in critical thinking and content literacy because it used our understanding of the rules and our ability to implement them into the poster.
Illustrator Portrait
This project was for Visual Communications. We had to choose someone we know, famous or not, and find a photo of them, preferably clear without any blurring. We had to create a potrait of them in Illustrator by using the pen tool. For my person, I chose Gabe Newell, a well known game developer and manager of Valve. I traced his face and body first then made the other blobs for shades and tints. This project helped me excel in design thinking because I made a portrait out of lines and random shapes to recreate the photo to the best of my ability.