Post #3

For this critique, I found an infographic regarding pollution. The infographic works well because all of the words are relatively the same color, font, and size. The statistics used in the infographic are a larger font to emphasize their importance, which works as it catches the reader’s attention. The title of the page U.S. Environmental Impacts is colored green and blue and the font is slightly larger than the rest of the text, but since the title is one of the most important parts in an infographic, this style works. However, I would prefer that the title was in the top center of the page rather than in the top left corner. There are no color clashes, and the images work well with the design. However, all of the images and statistics seem to be slightly crammed together. The author probably could have aligned his images and texts better, but overall, the infographic is looks well done.

With my students, I would like to incorporate the use of blogs as another way for students to do homework. I would also like students to use wikis in order for them to find information quickly and easily, but they should be familiar with databases when writing research papers. Since I plan to teach high school students, mainly 11^th and 12^th graders, when I talk to them about digital citizenship, I will need to emphasize avoiding plagiarism and to refrain from making bullying others over the Internet. I also want to teach them how to use the Internet and other types of software, such as Word or Excel, professionally so that they will be prepared to use technology in college. They will also need to know how to use these tools for their careers as well.

Thanks to this assignment, one of the skills I learned from this assignment was how to use the Format Painter tool. I was already familiar with most of the tools in Word, but I wasn’t aware of the Format Painter tool. In my newsletter, I like the blue color scheme that I used. I also like the owl that I put in as a graphic. Overall, everything in my newsletter is organized. I probably could have kept out the Hamlet cover image, since it seems to make the right and the left sides of the newsletter seem unbalanced in terms of content. In the future, I can improve my newsletter by adding more information and by adding more variety, such as using different shapes and adding more color. Through this assignment, I know how to design flyers and posters that I can hang in my classroom. Since I am becoming a teacher, making a newsletter was important for me to learn, and now I know what to add to my newsletter before sending it to my students’ parents.