NAAIDT: NAAIDT Project Exchange: CD Cover

CD Cover
St.Benedicts Junior School, Ealing, London
Submitted by: Miss Jan Mckenzie - DT Co-Ordinator

Reception	Whole Class Project	Resistant Materials	Engineering
KS1	Individual Project	Graphics	CADCAM
KS2	Short Task	Food	Catering
KS3	Research and Investigation	Textiles	Fashion
KS4	Enterprise activity	ICT	Electronics
Post 16	Product Analysis	Systems and Control	Structures
Embedding ICT in DT

Lesson Context
Transfere ICT skills to designing and Making CD Cover producing text on computer. Explore printing an image using press printing methods.

Resources Needed
Computers
CD Covers
Pressprint, tools for mark making, printing ink/rollers
Asst. papers
Bridget Riley images
Digital microscope/magnifying glass to examine thumbprint
CD's to investigate
Examples of graphic design from magazines
Sketchbooks

Teacher Preparation
Worksheets -write/photocopy
Display of eg's of successful/unsuccessful text & image combinations
Reproductions of Bridget Riley's Work
Complete eg's and demos for each stage esp. computer work
Collections of CD's to investigate

Project Brief
Design and Make a CD Cover using ICT and combining print making methods and literacy - poem

Design and Manufacture
1.Examine thumbprints using digital microscope/magnifying glasses, draw, add colour with various materials & monotone
2.Design 3D version building up using layers of card, looking at contour maps
3. Examine bridget Riley's optical illusions, discuss write a poem in response to her designs, this will form song titles for back cover
4.Investigate other CD cover layouts, eg's of text/image
5.Use ICT to create templates, text boxes, use text direction to design text and format for cover. print onto acetate
6. Pressprint thumbprint for cover to place under acetate, explore mark making before printing onto collaged prepared papers

Expected Outcomes
All will produce a CD Cover as a format for exploring text/image composition.

Front CD Covers

Differentiation
Some will need more help if limited ICT skills. Others will develop further exploring colour/size/location and using. ICT to design Bridget Riley optical illusions.
Printing can be developed exploring colour and preparation of papers.
Literacy could prove difficult for some other will rhyme poem/song titles.

Classroom Organisation
Quite a lot of whole class teaching. some using ICT room while others design on paper prior to using ICT.
Printing in 1 sessions, with papers prepared already. Prepare tables with ink, trays, rollers, drying rack.

Additional Information
Label all papers to print with name on reverse before printing. Have extra paper to experiment on such as graph paper, newspaper.
Stack ink trays up if wanting to use at later stage.
Draw CD template to plan.
Use photocopier to experiment with size/position of text

Font Covers showing printing/text. Reverse shows poems as song titles in reponse to Bridget Riley's Work (JPEG file)