The information in this chapter will be particularly useful when we are finalizing our Drip Irrigation Guide. If put together ineffectively, the guide won't be used, and the garden will have to go on passing drip irrigation lessons from one volunteer to another by word of mouth. Because the garden is in the middle of the neighborhood, it should be easy to find people to test the guide. (We might also be able to raise awareness for the garden while testing!)
"Testing" the brochure will be a little more complicated. Having the classmates review the brochure, evaluating it based on what we have learned in class, might be more useful. We could also have the garden members and volunteers and Green Florida members review the brochure and provide us with feedback.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Chapter 7: Designing Your Project
This chapter was interesting. It gives me a lot more to consider about design: white space, rhetorically relevant images, and a style sheet.
I think the most important part of this chapter is the section on discourse analysis. We have not met as a group and discussed the whos, whats, whens, and whys of Green Florida and the Bartlett Park Community Garden. Our audience was somewhat understood by all of us, and it worked out pretty well. The website provides us with an example of the how the brochure should be directed.
I think that the discourse analysis will become more important with the further development of the Drip Irrigation Guide. We have yet to answer these important questions about the guide's future:
Who will read this?
Where will they read this?
Why will they read this?
What will they already know if they read this?
The development of our design scheme and research process is going well. We have kept in contact with Shari and received valuable feedback throughout the project so far and will do so until the final products.
Three things to work on:
Determine the audience of the guide.
Design thumbnails for the guide, page by page
Intensely review the brochure's design, room for improvement?
I think the most important part of this chapter is the section on discourse analysis. We have not met as a group and discussed the whos, whats, whens, and whys of Green Florida and the Bartlett Park Community Garden. Our audience was somewhat understood by all of us, and it worked out pretty well. The website provides us with an example of the how the brochure should be directed.
I think that the discourse analysis will become more important with the further development of the Drip Irrigation Guide. We have yet to answer these important questions about the guide's future:
Who will read this?
Where will they read this?
Why will they read this?
What will they already know if they read this?
The development of our design scheme and research process is going well. We have kept in contact with Shari and received valuable feedback throughout the project so far and will do so until the final products.
Three things to work on:
Determine the audience of the guide.
Design thumbnails for the guide, page by page
Intensely review the brochure's design, room for improvement?
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