Newsletter Reflection

For this project, my goal was to provide interesting and useful information for the learning community around my future classroom. I decided that in order to do this, I must create a newsletter that people could use not only to keep up with my classroom, but to also learn something about art just from reading the newsletter.

Creative Process:

• I wanted to make my newsletter visually both adult and kid friendly. To do this, I made sure to use bright colors and images that people could connect with immediately, even before reading the text. For example, I included images of globes to represent the "take action" section.
• I chose a color scheme that would compliment my newsletter without being overpowering. Using this color scheme throughout the entire newsletter helped to create a visual flow.
  

Technical Process:

• I decided to create my own template using a table. In retrospect, this took up some time since I had to get used to the tables in inDesign. Next time I may try using a ready-to-go template for convenience.
• Something that sped up the process considerably was creating cell and table styles--I really underestimated how much time this can save! Along the way, I learned how to use more specific features that I had not yet figured out back when I created my resume.