Looks Aren't Everything: Media Literacy

For the assignment of designing a magazine cover portraying ourselves as the Teacher of the Year, I chose a picture of myself at a moment of pure joy in my life.  I felt that choosing a photo of happiness would portray an image of a teacher taking pride in their job and making an effort to pass that pride on to his students.

I feel that the use of graphics that "pop" to catch the attention of a prospective audience.  

As far as persuasive techniques i used the Experts technique with an interview with the "Teacher of the Year", the Frae technique in the Old Tech article saying that not using more modern gear is "dangerous", and i chose to use simple solution in convincing readers that they would be able to help children with higher math.

In addition to the three dimensional graphics for the text, I chose the color blue as a main theme for the cover.  Research into sales techniques have shown that shades of blue increase a persons willingness to purchase or buy into a product.  To maintain consistency, all the headlines are the same size (slightly smaller that the title) and the descriptors are also the same size.  the use of photos as well as math graphics stress the focus of the issue.

Not a real magazine cover.  All article titles are
meant to demonstrate advertising techniques.