The Lens.
This is where my perspective comes into focus. A place where I share my ideas, opinions, and creativity. Read all of my latest posts down below & feel free to leave a comment.
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Before we begin, I’d like us to take a moment and acknowledge the image above. The future isn’t on the left. This image tells you my intention this week. My focus is moving away from traditional classroom teaching that no one remembers in a month from now and to shift to learning that allows students
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SORRY! I didn’t mean to startle you, I was just referencing Drake’s album cover that I used as my do now this week. If You’re Reading This Its Too Late was the perfect opener for my lesson. This bold and unique handwritten cover automatically caught the attention of all my students as they walked into
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*** This entire blog is AI-Generated (Google Gemini). *** As a graphic design teacher, I often see students—and even seasoned designers—fixate on the content itself: the perfect font pairing, the trending color palette, the flawlessly executed illustration. They strive to make their work beautiful, unique, and technically superb. While this dedication to craft is crucial,
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*** This blog was written, created, and designed without the use of any AI. *** You know that TikTok trend, “when your car is the outfit” where everyone has on a simple outfit like sweatpants and a tee, but their car ends up being a Porsche? That’s what I thought of after reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s
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Writing, to me, feels like picking a font. One of the most tedious tasks ever. I scroll through a million options until I finally find one that feels right. We’re told to consider our audience and find ways to hold their attention, just like choosing a font that aligns to our design. Yet, how are
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Angelie Ragnauth, also known as Ang, is a creative. She’s a Career & Technical Education (CTE) teacher specializing in graphic design where she guides her students to explore the field of design, media, and technology. As a graduate from New York City College of Technology, she holds a bachelor’s degree in Career & Technical Teacher
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Every time I start a design, I create a story I want to tell. The hardest part is when the story to tell is my own. I’ve always been a closed off person. Why? I’m not sure, that definitely on my to do list for unpacking. It’s not that I’m antisocial, or lack trust in
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I stand corrected. My students can lock in or in other terms focus. As an educator in the time of the new cell phone mandate, I said my students couldn’t focus. They proved me wrong. With their screens out of reach, they picked up cameras and choose to snap their senior year instead of snapping
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Mid, annoying, and frustrating were the words my students chose to describe the new cell phone mandate. “Mid” meaning average. This week they were tasked with “solving” every student’s current problem. The new cell phone mandate. Coincidentally, I was tasked to read up on design thinking and was concurrently teaching my students about it. This
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Everything has it’s own rhythm. The cars on the street, walking into your home, typing this sentence, all have a rhythm. Five days of silence impacted my habits, moo d, and efficiency. I failed within the first five minutes. Every morning, over the past six years I’d listen to music on my daily commute. I’d
A. Ragnauth: Expanding the Frame 