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Written and designed for the GVSU Career Center's monthly newsletter.
World of Work Feature: High School Culinary Arts
An incredibly common complaint from high school students is the fact that they “aren’t learning real world skills.” Math classes are swamped with questions of When are we actually going to use this? and English classes are swarmed with concerns of Why do we need to know this?
Well, East Kentwood High School beat these allegations by installing a $5 million culinary arts space within their curriculum. The kitchen is set up to be a “Food Network-style” learning environment that will teach students cooking skills they can take onward in life. The innovative 8000 square foot space emphasizes taking student mindsets to a professional culinary level as well as encouraging students to develop life skills.
The two culinary courses offered are Food I, an introductory level where students learn basics about making food from scratch, and Food II which advances skills more into professional level territory. For more information about the school’s new kitchen and program, please visit MLive: New $5M ‘Food Network-style’ culinary kitchen opens at Michigan high school.
World of Work Feature: Auto Strikers Reach Agreements
After six weeks, General Motors and the United Auto Workers have agreed to a deal. Originally, the deadline was set for September 14th but after many failed agreements, the strike was extended. Now, negotiations have occurred and tentative agreements have been reached.
Though the deal still needs to be ratified by members at each of the automakers, it is set for four-and-a-half years with a 25% wage increase. Highest wages are boosted to more than $40 an hour and starting wages are set for $28 an hour. Benefits and cost-of-living adjustments were also negotiated.
These strikes have collectively cost auto companies billions of dollars and the deal is set to increase labor costs by $850 to $900 per vehicle. The union states that the proposed agreements are record-setting and more confrontational and strategic than any other talks in recent years. For more information about the deals negotiated due to autoworkers’ strikes, click here: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/30/gm-uaw-tentative-agreement-labor-strike.html
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Infographic
infographic.pdfDesign Memo
This memo aims to define the rhetorical situation of the infographic and provide an analysis of the design decisions.
Rhetorical Situation:
The infographic was designed with the intention of communicating complex data in a visually appealing and accessible manner to a general audience. The topic was how algorithms and social media affect online artists. This topic is incredibly important, not only to me as a small artist, but to all the artists on social media trying to get their artwork seen. In the current age of social media, content that is quick, snappy, and efficient is what is favored by the algorithms so I decided to lay out why art isn’t appreciated by the algorithm. The target audience for this infographic is anyone on Instagram, while specifically catering to artists and their followers. It’s meant to inform everyone about the algorithm, explain to artists why their art might not be doing well, and encourage users to fight against the algorithm to see the posts that often get swept away.
Design Decisions:
1. Visual Hierarchy & Flow:
To ensure clarity and readability, the infographic was structured with a clear visual hierarchy. The top section, also known as the attention grabber, plays on a popular meme format of “Expectation vs. Reality”. This is meant to engage the readers with the problem, without having to explain it with a lengthy, in depth description. The two visuals get across the point that artists work hard on their pieces and hope to reach a wide audience with them, only to receive scraps of attention that the algorithm gives them. From there, the rest of the infographic flows the viewers attention throughout the subsections, allowing for sporadic jumping around if desired. The infographic ends with the call to action and culminating message of the post to support these small creators because of everything that is working against them
2. Data Representation & Data Humanism:
In representing the data, I employed a combination of graphs and a timeline to convey key messages about the topic. For my first graph, I did a bar chart to compare algorithmic trends over time, using quantitative data to show what type of content is pushed more by the algorithm. I followed that with a timeline that shows when these shifts to the algorithm were put in place. The next graph I used is a pie chart that displays the opinions of people’s perception of the algorithm. I think this qualitative data shows the audience exactly what it needed to: that the majority of people distrust algorithms.
Animation
Animation
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Created by: Tina Milosavljevic & Dallas Sieczka
A story about mental health struggles told through the lens of a star-boy navigating a monster-filled labyrinth.
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Frame by Frame Animation
Adobe Animate CC
Meaningful Narrative Crafting
Multimodal Storytelling
PhotoShop
PhotoShop
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Edited by: Tina Milosavljevic
A series of photo stories that explore what it means to relax on the beach.
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Digital Creativity
Adobe PhotoShop
Visual Storytelling
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