A presentation/activity to introduce the MYP Design Cycle to students.

1. Grade 7
Welcome to
Technology Class!

2. Classroom
Expectations:
1Respect (Yourself, your peers, your teacher, your
school, the work you have to do)

3. Classroom
Expectations:
1Respect (Yourself, your peers, your teacher, your
school, the work you have to do)
2Responsibility (Do what you have to do before
you do what you want to do. Be prepared for class.)

4. Classroom
Expectations:
1Respect (Yourself, your peers, your teacher, your
school, the work you have to do)
2Responsibility (Do what you have to do before
you do what you want to do. Be prepared for class.)
3Consider (You don’t have to like it, you don’t have to
agree with it, but you are required to consider it, whatever
“it” is being taught)

5. What is the
difference
between
Art&
Design?

6. The Great 30-Minute
Wanted Poster Design
Challenge

7. Create a “wanted” poster
in which YOU are the one
who is wanted.
You may use any resources
available. You have 30
minutes to complete it.
(Remember, design for
a purpose)

8. Gallery Walk:
Take a look at all the
wanted posters.
Which poster has a
great design?

9. Was the task easy to
understand?
Why or why not?

10. What were your
expectations from the
teacher or for the task?

11. What were your
expectations from the
teacher or for the task?
What were the teacher
expectations?

12. The Design Cycle

13. Investigate
• What information needs to be on the poster?
• What am I wanted for?
• Who wants me?
• Is there a reward – if so, what?
• What should someone who finds me do?
• Who is the poster meant to be seen by?
• How big does the poster need to be?
• What do I have available to make the poster?

14. Design
• What should this poster look like?
• What should this poster be made of – is it a hard
copy or is it digital?
• How do I make the most important information
the most noticeable?
• How do I arrange all the elements on the page so
they convey the necessary information and still
look good?
• What do the component elements of this poster
need to be?

15. Plan
• How will I go about fulfilling the design?
• What tools can I use?
• What materials are available to me?
• Who can teach me to use the tools I don’t
know how to use in the time given?
• What will I do first, second, third etc?

16. Create
• How effectively am I able to follow my plan?
• How effectively can I solve problems that I
didn’t think of when I was planning and
designing?

17. Evaluate
• Does my poster do what it is supposed to do?
Does it work?
• Have I included all of the important information
on my poster?
• Is all of the information clear?
• Is the most important information the most
noticeable?
• Does the poster draw attention?
• Was my process for designing this poster
effective?

18. Presentation adapted from
Damien Pitter & Kim Cofino