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Self - Branding

After reading and learning about self-branding I believe that people are branding themselves and don’t even realize they are doing it.  Children today are on the computer before they ever enter a classroom.  Branding has already begun.  Each game that a student signs into requires a username which many times are used over and over to eliminate the possibility of forgetting the name.  Because of this reason, I believe that we should begin teaching self-branding at a young age. 

The internet is a part of life for every student entering our school system.  Since the internet has such a large impact in their lives, we have had to introduce internet etiquette as well as internet safety in our classrooms.  This is a perfect place to insert information about self-branding.   Teaching students that we are beginning to define ourselves through our usernames, the games that we play, and sites that we frequent would be the next step to protecting their name.  Negative self-branding is going to be difficult to convince the students of.  They often can’t see the future and repercussions from choices made today.  Starting at a young age might help stop it before it starts.

Using popular brands that we commonly see and with the help of the internet, we should have many avenues to teaching self-branding.  We could begin the internet safety unit by writing down words that define us and asking students to write descriptive words about each other.  Brainstorming is a great first step in building the positive internet reputation that we are striving for.   

Counselors, in my school, are asked to introduce this unit on internet safety.  Self-branding should be added when internet etiquette is taught.  Students can begin to create their brand with the help of their classmates as I described above.  Allowing classmates to list positive words that describe each student will also add to positive self-esteem which as educators we are always striving for.   

Four Design Principals

The Bible from Ethiopia was very interesting to look through.  The front cover has a basic border repeated in a smaller similar version four times.  The borders draw your eyes into the center decoration of a cross.  The pictures that were used throughout the book were very simple but the colors and lines used make a bold statement.   Even though the author used all four principals I feel as though the author relied heavily on the contrast and repetition of his color choices and the repetition of shapes and pictures throughout the manuscript. 

The following are examples used throughout the manuscript that illustrate the four design principals.

Contrast

The author created interest in this book by making sure that the different items on the page were completely different.  There is writing on some of the pages but the decoration that surrounds the wording is bold and in color.

Repetition

The colors, shapes, and pictures were used throughout the manuscript.

Alignment

The alignment is the same on all pictures.   All of the pages had text followed the same rules with margins and size.

 

Proximity

The author kept the visual elements on each page between 3-5.  The information is placed in a way that is organized and easy to follow.