Pre-course Survey

I have had quite a few big design projects in the past. For example, last year I had to create a movie with some of my classmates in German class . This was a very successful project and I believe that I spent the most time and had the most fun working on the design section instead of concentrating on the German vocabulary or grammar. Planning was definitely the toughest step of our project because it took a lot of time and a lot of thinking. Our movie did not need any researching or evaluating, but our second toughest step was editing. However, it took less time and you dont have to do a lot of thinking to edit. I simply had to adjust the movie to make it perfect.
Another example of a big design project was my Grade 9 English Culminating Project. This projects was informative. Therefore the teacher cared a lot about the content and also the presentation. However, we also had to focus on the organisation. This was quite a tough project, but I had three other classmates working with me. We all had different roles, for example I had to research, the other classmate had to find pictures and charts and the other one was responsible for the organisation of the poster. After we were finished with our rough draft of the project, we each had a turn to edit the poster. I decided not to have a lot of bright and contrasting colours. Therefore I changed the colours and I also decided to make the title bigger and change the position of it. Another classmate decided to check the spelling and grammar of the information and also check if the information is all correct. Another classmate added the Works Cited and added the source underneath all the visuals. In this case, editing was probably the hardest job and I think that this project was more important and valuable than the German movie.


Digital Design was very eye-catching when I saw it as an option for a school elective. I was also very surprised when my teacher told me that we were going to have a new Mac Lab in the new school. So, I thought for a while and then decided to select this subject for this year. I thought as much that this subject was going to involve a lot of technology and computer. This course also seems vey useful for me because I can learn how to design websites, blogs, and other digital features. In general, Digital Design sounds like a whole lot of fun.