Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing and education. Infographics app that allows the Teachers and student to turn any information, data set into a easily interpretable visual representation.(1) The idea is to develop “ PIC1000 “a customized Visual Style Software for teachers and students. Need: Teachers,students are always looking for visuals/graphics to meet the needs of the growing number of visual learners in my classroom. Visiting sites and finding FREE clip art, graphics, etc. is a challenge and takes too much time (let alone the copyright issues). Need a better option PIC1000 will have user friendly tools and templates to create Infographics on educational content. Teachers would be able to develop visual educational content for their students. By presenting information in a compact and creative approach Teachers can engage students more effectively and impart knowledge in a more productive fashion. PIC1000 will have explanatory modules that can assist the Teachers and students in developing their own content .Students can be given assignments and group projects so as to develop their own infographics on the educational content. This will stir their creative skills and ultimately help them absorb the educational content in a more fruitful manner. More importantly PIC1000 will have collaborative tools that connect teachers, students in a class room and share their Infographics across other schools as well. A first ever Infographic library will be created where Teachers and students can deposit their content and access other infographics online. PIC1000 will operate in a subscription based model just as any online library. Since we will just be serving as a platform for content creation , deposition and sharing there will be an initial establishment cost and substantially less running cost thereafter. Taking advantage of the low cost of operation ,we can afford to offer this service for a very affordable subscription fee making it accessible to every school and student. Info graphic competitions for the content creators will be a regular feature on this website and will keep the excitement going. Every school can have its own independent PIC1000 ecosystem with full licensing rights of the content. The long term vision of PIC1000 project is to compile infographics designed by the educators and students from the schools and integrate them with the existing teaching material. Its my belief that with this project the educational content in any given text book will have resourceful and relavent infographics available online for every one. Together we can!

This is a 3-week unit. Students will develop 4 logo designs for fictitious company and then use their best logo design when they create 2 small ads for Sunset Magazine. The .zip file contains all of the files that you will need: Lesson Sequence, Thumbnails sheets, Tips for Logo Design, Logo Design Project Sheets, Logo PowerPoint, Rubrics, InDesign stationery template for their finished and best logo, Sunset Rate Card, Project Guidelines, copyright free images. I have included InDesign files and Acrobat files so that you can revise the sheets to fit your program.

Make an iconic graphic representation of yourself with visuals and text • Use your own photographs and manipulate it to make a portrait of yourself. • Create a portrait collage of yourself with scanned or stock images and text that represent you. • The final image should represent you. • Tell a story about yourself, what you are through this creative process. • Use creative solutions and design elements to create the portrait. • Keep the document resolution to 72 pixels per inch and document size to 3inch by 5inch Save the Final finished image to 1. Save the file to JPG format, GIF format, pdf, TIFF format and .png format. Keep the resolution to 72 pixels per inch. Note the file size for each format. Four files will be saved. Grading: 20 points 10 points for doing what is required 10 points for evidence of investigation in the topic, exploration in the software, creativity and aesthetics