Crafting a Class Brand
Tony Vincent didn’t want his class to be known as Mr. Vincent’s Fifth Grade. Rather than making himself the mascot, he co-developed a class identity with his students. His 2018-2019 class calls themselves Pixel Paws. Tony notes that when students rally around an authentic brand, they feel a strong sense of community, work harder, and achieve more. See the brand in action, understand how it was developed, and consider how you might give your class a unique identity. Read Crafting a class brand: How a class of fifth-graders defined and expressed their collective identity.
To create a brand, consider…
Name
Imagery
Font
Logo
Colors
Slogan
Links from Tony’s Presentation…
Padlet is a web-based tool that you can use to collect and display photos
Trace a photo using the Polyline or Cure line tools in Google Drawings or Slides (video demo)
Design Your Own Virtual Locker template in Google Slides
Record your screen and your microphone with the Chrome extension Screencastify
50 Back to School Activities for the Remote Learning Classroom
Branding Google Slides HyperDoc Template (click Use Template and modify to meet your needs)
Sticker paper for cutting machines (for inkjet printers)
Google search logo generators
Prompt Ideogram.ai to create a logo
Curated set of slides from Tony’s presentation…
