Competency Icons/Poster

For this activity, we had to design icons that described the 11 competencies for the College of Education.  The icons then had to be displayed on a poster in a creative way.  We wanted to keep a constant theme throughout so we decided to make each icon the same shade of blue, this would create homogeneity.  The icons also had to be simple but portray the message of each competency.  We came up with the idea of using a brain as our main visual and then relating each icon to the part of the brain that corresponds with.  We did this by color-coating the brain with the boarder of each icon.  The colors that we incorporated are bright and playful which target the younger age.  The pictures/visuals that are used for each icon are also child-like.  By making each icon the same size, shape, and color an element of consistency was displayed throughout and it is easily distinguishable that each icon belongs with one another.  Connotation is a big component of this assignment.  I believe that we did a pretty good job at representing each competency through a simple, square image.  One attribute that I maybe would have changed was the blue color used for each icon.  We decided to go with blue because the College of Education flag is blue and white.  I would have liked to use a color that would have popped more.  The border of bright color around each icon definitely made them unique but overall, if changes were made, I would alter the color.  The placement of each icon on the poster seems to fit well.  I believe that the poster may have looked better with less writing.  It was almost too crowded, but I do really like the end result.