Lessons / Activities

If you have developed an instructional lesson, activity, handout, etc. that you would like to share with fellow graphic communication educators, please send it as an email attachment to gcc@teched.vt.edu and we will post it in this “Lessons / Activities” section of GRAPHIC COMM CENTRAL. Please be sure to include your name and any other identification information (e.g., the name of the school/university where you work, current year/date, appropriate grade level, etc.) near the top of the materials you send. Thank you.

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Virtual Tours
Virtual Tutorials

General / Miscellany
10 Graphic Communication Lab Activities (Frank Steck)
Beliefs and Identity (PDF) (Debi Melzer Johnson)
Color Modes (PDF) (Al Tucker)
Five-Stitch Bookbinding
Graphic Design (BBC - Design & Technology)
House of Cards (PDF) (Marj Crum)
Icons In Art: Tools to Identify, Describe, and Communicate Cultural
In-Design Basic Course Outline (PDF) (Harry Mueller)
Job Flow of a Printing Company (PDF) (Jim Buchholz)
Illustrator Pizzeria Sign (PDF) (Margo Booth)
Box.eps
Mushroom.ai
PizzaNotes.qxd
Slice.ai

Illustrator Trapping Basics (PDF) (Al Tucker)
MAKE YOUR MARK Educator Resources
MAKE YOUR MARK Projects
Create a CD Cover Booklet (PDF)
Create an Announcement Postcard (PDF)
Create a Photo Greeting Card (PDF)
News From Kittyhawk: Create a Layout (PDF)
Proofreading with Mark Twain (PDF)
From Clay Tablets to Computers: Create a Graphic Communication Timeline (PDF)
NAIT's GrafCom Crossword - Advanced (PDF 63K) (Larry Bureau)
Soap Box Assignment (PDF) (Mike Stinnett)
Typography Handout (PDF) (Jerry Waite)
Typographic Measuring Gauge (PDF) (Margo Booth)
Your Day In History (PDF) (Mike Stinnett)

IGAEA / GCC Activity Exchange
2-Color CD Imprint (Craig Knippel)

K-8
A Digital Quilt (Education World - Lisa Nash)
CyberSmart!: Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets
Digital Kids Club (Adobe)
Digital Scavenger Hunt (Education World - VaReane Heese)
GCC 4 Kids!
Graphic Arts (Technology Education) Activities for Grades 2-9
Paper University
Teachers Activities, Virtual Tours, and Tutorials for Grades K-8
The Printing Press (Education World - Laurie Donnelly)
What Is Printing? (PDF) (MAN Roland)
Download this updated introduction to printing for young learners developed by MAN Roland. For free hard copies, contact the Graphic Communications Council, 1899 Preston White Drive, Reston, VA 20191, 703-648-1768, or email churlbur@npes.org.
(French Version PDF)
What's Black and White and Read Later? (Education World - Denise Dejonghe)

Photography / Digital Imaging
Color Theory Lab Project (Masthead) (PDF) (P. Michael Ditchen)
Digital Kids Club (Adobe)
Introduction to Lighting (Quicktime) (Dr. Penny Dolin)
Lighting - 1 to 5 (Quicktime) (Dr. Penny Dolin)
Lighting - 1 to 3 (Quicktime) (Dr. Penny Dolin)
Lighting - 1 to 1 (Quicktime) (Dr. Penny Dolin)

Print Production Analysis and Control: Multimedia Lesson Presentations
Note: The links below provide access to PowerPoint Lesson Presentations developed for a course titled "Print Production Analysis and Control" at Appalachian State University. These materials were produced under a project funded by the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation. Each was developed by Milos Krsmanovic (2006), adapted from: Ruggles, P. (1996). Printing Estimating. The files are large, as they contain audio and video clips.
Lesson 1 - Introduction to Printing Estimating (PDF, 59MB)
Lesson 2 - Estimating Paper Expenses (PDF, 158MB)
Lesson 3 - Estimating Ink Expenses (PDF, 37MB)
Lesson 4 - Estimating Press Production Expenses (PDF, 77MB)
Lesson 5 - Determining Budget Hourly Cost Rate (PDF, 58MB)
Lesson 6 - Estimating Prepress Expenses (PDF, 55MB)
Lesson 7 - Estimating Postpress Expenses (PDF, 114MB)

Web-based Activities
Color (Monika Zarzycka)
CyberSmart!: Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets
Design Principles (Monika Zarzycka)
Graphic Communication Career Webquest (Al Tucker)
Macromedia - Curriculum for K-12
Make a Great Web Page! (Education World - Thomas R. Brown)
PDF WebQuest
Typography (Monika Zarzycka)
Web-based Activity or Instructional Aid for GRAPHIC COMM CENTRAL (Mark Sanders)
Web-based Portfolios (PDF) (Mark Sanders)
Web Site Assignment (PDF) (Mike Stinnett)
Web Tech Curriculum (Adobe)