This website provides information about the various Digital Technologies courses available at New Plymouth Girls' High School.  View the Pathways Diagram

Year 9 Digital Technology

Topic:  Logo Design, Marketing and Branding

 Aim:
Students will learn to use the tools within the Adobe Firework CS4 software to design, create, modify, and optimize a variety of digital images to meet the specifications of a brief.  Students will also use the programmes within the Microsoft Office Suite 2007 to manage and record data.

 Content:
This course is based on levels 3, 4 and 5 of the new Technology Curriculum.  Students will follow the Technology process to design and create a logo and web banner to meet the specifications of a given brief.  

 Objectives:  Students will demonstrate the ability to apply:

·         Project management skills to plan work and meet deadlines

·         Storyboarding skills to plan and develop design concepts

·         Critical analysis skills to evaluate  theirs and others work

·         The copyright laws to their work

·         File format techniques to ensure all work is fit for the purpose

·         The design principles to create effective digital media

·         Marketing strategies to influence an audience

·         Their current knowledge and skills to the learning of new techniques and technologies

 

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