Technology has been a big part of my occupation over the last few years. Not only do I love to use technology within my classroom, but for the last couple of years I’ve also served as my school’s Webmaster. Through this process, I have become very familiar with all sorts of programs such as DTP and Word Processors. As webmaster, one of my responsibilities is to help design our school newsletter. This is an informational newsletter that goes home with students every Friday. The newsletter at the top of this post is used to communicate important dates, reminders, and information to parents/guardians. Parents have said they really enjoy these newsletters because a lot of times their child will forget to remind them about an important event that is coming up at school.
When looking at the school newsletter you can tell that it is definitely visually appealing. It has been designed in columned boxes so that the information doesn’t run together. There are lots of bright colors and images that help each block of information stand apart from the other. Each block also has a big headline so that you can instantly see who or what the information pertains to. I always make sure that the date of the current newsletter is at the top right of the page so that it doesn’t get confused with previous newsletters.
There were a few things that really distracted from my newsletter. On my original newsletter for this week I tried to cram about 9 different blocks of information on the page. While I was successful in doing so, I noticed that it really took away the clarity of the page itself. The font became too small to read because I tried to squeeze too much on. Another thing that I noticed from my original document was that I made a header about Literacy Night at a minor league baseball game here by my school, but I failed to give the date and time for the game. I gave information about what the event was being held for and how much tickets were but forgot the most important information! Our school’s Spring Carnival is a really big event in our community, so we’re always to quickly advertise it. As with any school event, volunteers are a must. On our newsletter I put a blurb in it talking about the carnival and letting our school community know that we were looking for volunteers. In the newsletter I told everyone to contact a big parent volunteer in our school, Luanne Kinman. When editing this newsletter I failed to take into account that not everyone knows Luanne! In order to make this an organized final product, I had to go back to add her phone number onto the page. Now as you can tell from the final product located above, our newsletter is much clearer and easier for parents to use.
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