Creative ICT – Year 8
What is a logo?
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ICT – Year 8 – Creative ICT – Design
Journal
Or X:\ICT\Key Stage 3\Year 8\Creative
ICT\Lesson 1
Design Journal
Save into own W:\ area ‘Creative ICT’ folder
Add your name to the 1st slide.
Learning objectives
Learning outcomes
•Understand a logos
importance
•Identify good and bad
features of a logo, as well
possible improvements
•Identify images that would be
useful when creating their
band/artist logo
• Identify why a logo is important
to their band/artist (All Students)
• Identify and explain the
strengths / weaknesses of logo
designs (Most Students)
• Suggest possible improvements
to existing logos based on
weaknesses identified
(Some Students)
Big picture: Design and promote your own
band/artist through use of creative ICT
Keywords: Features, Strengths, Weaknesses, Improvements
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Band / Artist Mindmap –
• Complete the mindmap for your
chosen Band/artist
• Screen print the mindmap and past it
to your Design Journal
Design Journal
Screen print of Mindmap? (Page 2)
Level x - Description
Have a look at this Nirvana logo…
What do you think are…
•Good points
(Strengths)
• Bad points
(Weaknesses)
• Possible
Improvements
Colours are
consistent
Clear images
on black
background
Circle design
Tongue makes it
interesting
Not enough
detail
No website
No band name
Band logo –
• Copy and paste your band/artist logo and
using arrows and text boxes, state what
is good and possible improvements
• Use ‘Text boxes’ and ‘Arrows’ to identify
different parts (e.g. text)
X:\ ICT \ Key Stage 3 \ Year 8 \ Creative ICT \ Logos
Design Journal
Band/Artist Logo: Good and Bad features
(Page 3)
Level 4 – Evaluate designs and identify strengths, weaknesses and possible improvements
Lots of different shapes available!
What shapes best represent your
chosen artist?
Your Band/Artist new logo –
• Use ‘Google Images’ to find images that
could be used in your logo e.g. image of
band
Design Journal
Images for my logo (Page 4)
Guess the Band/Artist