Food Truck Reflection AND Infographics. Assigned 4/29, due 5/1 - Minor and Minor

 Food Truck Project Reflection

On a new Google Site subpage called Food Truck Project Reflection please answer the following questions:

1. What did you name your Food Truck?
2. Would you want to go eat at your Food Truck?
3. What is your favorite aspect of the Truck you created?
4. Explain the things you enjoyed about the digital portion of the assignment?
5. Explain the things you found difficult about the digital portion?
6. Explain the things you enjoyed about the physical portion where you used cardboard to make your truck?
7. Explain the things you found difficult about the physical creation?
8. What did you enjoy most about this project?
9. What did you find most challenging?
10. If you were the teacher what would you change about this project for future students?

Now score your truck using the following criteria:

1. The truck is completely covered and there is no brown cardboard showing (construction paper, marker, paint, etc)- Yes or No- 10 points

2. There is a logo and a name for your company on the truck - Yes or No - 10 points

3. There is a menu clearly visible and legible - Yes or No - 10 points 

4. Your truck is 3D and not a flat product - Yes or No - 10 points

5. Your truck have a service side (where there is an opening where food could be served) and a full flat side - Yes or No - 10 points 

6. Your truck has extras like wheels, a cab, lights, awnings, etc - Yes or No - UP TO 20 points

7. Your truck has any of the following: a free standing menu, strong color use, a creative element not listed above, like a topper, embellishments that you added that I didn't provide (cloth, small figures, special wheels, etc) - UP TO 30 points

This is the criteria I will use to grade your project. You will each bring your truck to me throughout the period so I can grade it in class today.

When you are done with this reflection, please work on the infographic assignment below. I will call you up eventually. 

What is an Infographic?

Infographics are just what the name implies: graphics that display information. There are lots of creative ways to do this. The better you are at designing infographics, the more likely people will engage with your story. You are creating a new "entry point" that enhances your overall design package.

There are lots of types of Infographics. Click the website linked below for more information:

Types of Infographics

On your Google Site, make a new subpage called Infographics Preview and answer the following questions:

1. List the 8 suggested types of Infographics from the website.

2. Which type of Infographic might you use for the following things. Please be specific and use the types from the website. Make sure you explain why you think that would be the best method:

a. You want to show someone how to change a tire

b. You want to show the results of a poll where you asked students where they access daily news and you gave them a set of 10 choices

c. You want to show the concentration of voters across the United States and who they chose for the most recent presidential election

d. When you want to guide a group of students into the best job for them in a specific industry

e. You want to show a series of statistics based on age and income growth across time

3. Look at each graphic presented on the website. Each graphic shares some similar elements, what are those things? These are SHARED things that every single graphic had, so do not compare the eight types. What are the things you see in every graphic you looked at?

4. What do you think Infographics add to a newspaper page or spread?

5. What do you think would cause a newspaper editor to decide to use an infographic instead of a photograph or more text?

Now let's make an infographic using a web-based  resource:

Directions: To help you get used to creating Infographics, we are going to use an online service that helps you generate cool looking Infographics.

Step 1: Go to http://infogr.am/ to sign-up for an account. You should be able to sign-in using your AISD issued gmail account.

Once you get logged into the site, click on the Infographics option at the top. This will open up a long list of options for you to use to create your Infographic. Don't pick one yet, you need the data first. Always let the data drive your choices. Content drives design, data drives infographic selections.

Step 2: Go to any of the following to find some interesting statistics that you could chart in an Infographic:

https://www.statista.com

http://infomory.com/category/numbers/

https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory

https://www.usa.gov/statistics

Step 3: Select the best type of infographic that will best illustrate the data you have selected. Start using the infogram options to fill in the appropriate data in the places it needs to go. If you would prefer to do an infographic without using specific data, like a "how-to" or a "timeline" or some sort of "flowchart" you can certainly do that, but you would need to source that information from a specific website, so you will have to do your own research.

Step 4: Make sure you have added a headline and all the appropriate labels for your infographic. You should try to find a way to add the SOURCE of your data to the infographic, but not all of the template options allow for this. Please understand that in the real world, you must include WHERE you got your data from. It is crucial that your readers know the source of all data so they can do their own, independent research if they wish.

Step 5: Once you finish your graphic, post your info graphic to your Google Site by taking a screen shot of your graphic and posting it. If you need support with this, please let me know. I haven't asked students to do this before, so I am not sure the best route to make sure I can see your creation. You may have to use an Embed Code.

Food Truck Physical. Assigned 4/17, due 4/24 - MAJOR

Here are the expectations for the Physical (cardboard) Food Truck:

Your truck must have:

1. Be completely covered with either construction paper, paint, or marker. Do not have any brown cardboard showing.

2. Designs on both sides of the truck. One sure with the food service side, and one that is the full side.

3. If you can find a way to include a topper, that would be great.

4. You must have a menu. That menu should be on the food truck. You can create a free standing menu/sign if you would like. You should have the names of your dishes on the menu, I know they will be small, but that is fine.

5. The name of your Food Truck must appear on the truck. Include your logo somewhere as well.

6. Your truck MUST be in 3D.

7. Extras like wheels, a cab, lights, awnings, etc are greatly encouraged.

Please make sure you have completed the digital version of your truck before you start on the physical version.

If you forgot cardboard, try to remember next time. I have a small supply so ask if you are ready to see if I can help you.

Around the room you will find all the materials I have available for you including; construction paper, tape, glue, scissors, hot glue guns, box cutters, markers, etc. Please be polite. The box cutters may ONLY be used where they are, DO NOT TAKE THEM TO YOUR DESK.

You have three full classes to make these. Please ask me for anything you might need, you never know what I have laying around to help you. You are may bring anything you want from home to use on your truck.

Your physical truck DOES NOT have to look like your digital truck.

I can print on a limited basis per person. Share whatever you need to print with me via email. 

Food Truck Digital Project. Assigned 4/11, due 4/15 - MAJOR

Last time we worked on the Food Truck project, you used Canva to come up with some plans and answered a bunch of question about what goes into a Food Truck, the history of them, and what you might expect to see if you worked in a food truck. You designed a logo, and you created some sort of design for the side of your truck.

Today, we are going to put all of that together in to a final package. You will again use Canva to complete this task. Remember this is the first time I am assigning this project to students, so I am going to be flexible for this in terms of grading but I am hoping you can get your project to look like the samples below.

Here is what I expect to see on your final project:

1. A well designed and thought out logo with a graphic and text (the truck's name). I would like 2 versions of this logo, one that has the full logo with the name of the truck, and another that is just text-based.

1. A menu with a minimum of the following:   

    5 main dishes

    5 side dishes

    3 desserts

3. Two sides of your Food Truck. Your truck could have some sort of roof mounted symbol 

    1 side with the serving area

    1 side with the non-serving side

Below are some samples for you to look at so you know what I am looking for. Ignore the numbers at the bottom, those are irrelevant. Do not include those on your piece.

You have all of today and most of next class to complete this task. You will turn this in on your Google Site on a new Subpage called Food Truck Project. Make sure to PUBLISH when you are done.

The next part of this assignment is to make a cardboard food truck in class. There are two sample trucks on the table in the middle of the classroom. Sometime today, go look at one closer. You will be able to work alone, or in a team of two to make these. 

YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN CARDBOARD BOX

I have a lot of cardboard BUT you will need to cut it and that can be tedious. You may want to find your own cardboard to do this assignment. In addition, you may want to add things to your truck that I do not have. You will need to provide those things. 

PLEASE BRING ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM HOME TO HELP CREATE YOUR TRUCK. 

I will have:

Glue

Scissors

Markers

Tape

Construction paper

SOME poster board (white only)

I will also be able to cut down a cardboard box for you using a box cutter. You will need cut carefully mark your box for the cuts you want.

This Food Truck MUST BE 3D.

Please ask if you have any questions about this second project

Food Truck preview. Assigned 4/10, due 4/11 - Minor

 Food Truck Preview

Let's start by looking at the history of Food Trucks. 

First, make a new subpage on your Google Site, title it Food Truck Preview.

Click here to learn about Food Trucks: https://prestigefoodtrucks.com/2020/03/history-of-food-trucks-and-how-theyve-shaped-america/

Answer the following questions:

1. How many trucks are there in the US, according to the website?

2. What is considered the first food trucks?

3. Pre-1950, what were two other types of food you might find in the early food trucks? 

Find an example of an early food truck, take a screen shot (Shift, Command, 5 and then size it and hit CAPTURE to take a screen shot)

4. What were the three biggest reasons for the "Food Truck Revolution" in 2008?

5. What did the website indicate would be some of the future developments in food truck use?

Now, let's look at what you might need inside of a food truck to make it really go?

Click here to learn what items should be in a food truck: https://blog.clover.com/food-truck-equipment-essentials-every-food-truck-needs/

6. List the top 10 items that every food truck needs to be successful?

Find a photo of your favorite food truck in Austin and share it with me

It's time to start thinking about what you might serve at your food truck:

Check out this site to learn about the top profitable food truck items: https://www.partstown.com/about-us/most-profitable-food-truck-items

7. What similarities do you see in the top-10 items?

8. What are your two favorites?

Find images for your two favorite food truck foods and share it with me.

You will have to come up with a menu of items for your truck, so take a look at this site to get your thinking: https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/on-the-line/how-to-make-a-food-truck-menu

9. What is the importance of categorizing your menu?

10. Besides names of your items, what else will you need to make sure you do so your patrons know what they are eating?

11. Which of the 10 example food truck menu's did you think sounded the best? WHY?

Find a food truck menu image, take a screen shot and share it with me.

Part of this assignment will include coming up with design for the outside of your truck. There are TONS of things you have to think about when it comes to designing your truck, and the following website has a ton of them. I don't expect you to memorize all of these, but steal some ideas that you might want to bring into your truck:

https://pos.toasttab.com/blog/on-the-line/food-truck-design-ideas

12. There are three distinct areas that the website suggests that you focus on, what are those three areas? (these are near the top of the article)

13. List the three design ideas (out of 20) that caught your attention and explain how you might carry out that idea in your food truck.

Finally, you will need to come up with a logo for your truck. There are so many options out there, but this site has a ton of them for you to think about:

https://99designs.com/inspiration/logos/food-truck

14. Pick out your favorite four logos, take screen shots and share them here.

15. Describe why you picked those four logos. Use graphic design terms to explain what caught your attention. Was it color, shape, texture, graphics, what? Explain fully what you liked about these logos (2 sentences minimum).

Now lets have some fun thinking about what your truck might look like digitally.

Download this file, open it in Canvas, and come up with a beginning look for your truck. You will each come up with your own concept and ideas and this first part is the digital part of the project. You will have one class period to complete the next assignment which you will see more of tomorrow.

You can use these files, or you can use the elements button in Canva and search for Food Truck. Please make sure you get a blank version. 

Add color, think about a logo, colors, name, menu, menu items, etc.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AGZ_SYXzE2jI7oYKVoEUSvuh6-OFpIs8/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12PMjumI19Cy8htwtBVVoJ6Df6r0Z1B9o/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xrXbL5OomGvAB3nXHu89re3lKiQdPfa/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xhGZBNY9YrDXCaSDYOwQkkuVkkGgRSa-/view?usp=sharing

ID Project reflection AND Rooms. Assigned 4/8, due 4/10 - Minor and Minor

Interior Design Reflection

On a new Google Site subpage called Interior Design Project Reflection please answer the following questions:

1. Provide the name and definition of the decor style you choose for the room? Do you believe you you kept within that design style? Explain your answer. (It's OK to use an eclectic mix of styles so you won't lose points for including more than one).
2. Would you decorate a room in your own house with these items? Explain your answer.
3. What is your favorite aspect of the mood board you created?
4. How easily were you able to find items from the color palette you chose for inclusion on the mood board?
5. What would you change about the options you chose if you were to do this again.
6. How would the light fixtures you chose impact the feel of the room?
7. Which items add texture to the room? Explain the impact this would have and how the texture contrasts from other items in the room
8. What did you enjoy most about this project?
9. What did you find most challenging?
10. If you were the teacher what would you change about this project for future students? 

Interior Design Rooms

As well planning how to decorate a room, it is also important to consider room layout, furniture placement and how you place wall decor. Answer the following questions to learn some of the principles of space and room layout in this context.  These will vary dependent on the type of room you working. 

On your Google Site create a new subpage called Interior Design: ROOMS - and answer the following questions:

Read this, covering rules of thumb for Living Room Layout:

 https://journal.thelanding.app/living-room-layout-rules-of-thumb

1. In your own words share the 6 rules provided for the following:
   • Seating,
   • Coffee Tables,
   • Rug,
   • Art,
   • TV 
   • Side Tables. 
2. What pieces are suggested for inclusion in a family friendly living space?
3. How could you create a living space allowing you to work from home also?
4. What would make a living room appropriate for use as an entertainment space?

Read this, covering rules of thumb for Bedroom Layout:

 https://journal.thelanding.app/bedroom-layout-rules-of-thumb

1. In your own words share the rules provided for the following
   • Bed
   • Headboard
   • Bedframe
   • Dresser
   • Mirror
   • Side Table,
   • Rug,
   • Art,
   • TV. 
2. What pieces are suggested for inclusion in a Versatile Bedroom?
3. What would you consider including if designing a Spacious Bedroom??
4. How could you make a Cozy Bedroom seem bigger?
5. Which one of these layouts is your current bedroom? List one change you would make to your current bedroom layout if you were redesign it, considering what you learned.

Read this to learn about hanging wall decor: 

https://www.ballarddesigns.com/howtodecorate/2012/02/how-to-hang-wall-decor-101-2/

1. What is the first step in hanging artwork?
2. What should be the focal point of a room (if it has one)?
3. How would you use a group of pictures in a small space?
4. How would you use a group of pictures in a large space?
5. What are the 6 steps in arranging pictures before hanging on a wall?
6. Explain what hang art at eye level means?
7. How would you hang art differently in a dining room?
8. Explain the concept of 'size matters' as described in rule 5.
9. When is hanging symmetrical pieces a good idea?
10. How do you hang art in even numbers?
11. How do you hang 3 pieces of artwork in a row?
12. When should you consider asymmetrical balance?

Interior Design Project. Assigned 4/1, due 4/8 - MAJOR

 You will use Canva to create a mood board for the room of your choice, considering color, light and texture.  You will choose a design style for the room, either your favorite or another you learned about in one of the previous Interior Design assignments or elsewhere. You will have two more assignment in the Interior Design module after this, one will be a reflection on this project and the other a daily assignment considering room layout. You have two class periods to complete this project. On Tuesday next week, you will do the reflection and the last interior design assignment.

1. Login to Canva, in What will you Design, search for Mood Board and select one you feel will work well with the style and/or color palette of the room you plan to decorate. 
2. Title your Mood Board 'Your name's Design Style Room Name' e.g. Diego's Mid Century Modern Living Room or Claire's Modern Farmhouse Bedroom.
3. Select a color palette for your room using what you learned in the preview assignment. Include up to FIVE colors that work well together, including a primary neutral color. You can find a swatch for the color palette online or use one that is pre-loaded in Canva. 
4. Make the background of you mood board the color that you would paint the majority of the walls in the room (a low key neutral color works best!). If your template is already that color, you may keep it as is.
5. If you wish you may include a painted accent wall or feature wallpaper, include a paint chip or wallpaper sample that reflects that.
6. Include something on your mood board to show the entire color palette you will draw from for your room. It could be the paint palette itself or an decorative object or piece of furniture, label this paint palette.
7. Search online for pieces in the design style you have chosen with colors as near as possible to the color palette you have chosen for your room, include images of at least the following pieces of furniture and large decor items dependent on which room you choose to create the mood board for.
   • Living room - Sofa, accent chair, rug, coffee table and/or accent table(s).
   • Bedroom - Bed, end table(s), chest of drawers, dresser, rug.
   • Dining room - Dining table, chairs or benches, accent chair(s), rug, storage item such as a buffet or a bar, 
8. Find and include images of at least FIVE decorative items that coordinate with the furniture and are within your color palette. Include items appropriate for your room choice such as art work, throw pillows, clock, blankets, bedding, curtains, baskets, foot stools, storage bench, ottoman, plant, laundry basket.
9. Within these items or in addition to, include at least TWO pieces of furniture or decor with varied and interesting texture. Label those items to indicate that they are the ones which bring texture in to the room.
10. Include at least two light fixtures that coordinate with your furniture and decor items that would work in your space.
11. For each of your items, use the background remover tool in Canva to get rid of the background so that only the item itself is visible. This way you can see if it works with your wall color or note. 
12. Resize items to scale relative to each other once you have selected everything so you can get a better idea of how everything would work together. 
13. Move the items around so that they are clearly displayed on the mood board and it is easy to view all items. 
14. When you are done save your file as a .PNG and post it on your Google Site, on a new subpage called Interior Design Project.

Examples: