engineering your classroom brand in 8 steps
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Engineering a ‘Classroom Brand’ in Eight Steps
Develop the Student Culture & Climate You WantAndrew Steinman
@steinman
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Full Disclosure:I have no background/training in marketing, business, nor advertising. I also seek nothing to gain proprietarily from any ideas regarding branding
The claims I make are based on observations of culture, media, and human behavior; my ideas are informed by a background in psychology, philosophy, and learning theory
I may not be the first person to describe the ideas presented here, but I do not have any sources to cite for my claims on ‘classroom brand’
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Aim of PresentationThis presentation is about branding, both as a concept and as it relates to classroom culture; it has three main objectives:
1. To illustrate the power and pervasiveness of brands/branding
2. To define a ‘classroom brand’
3. To enumerate the steps required to create and implement a classroom brand
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Order of Operations1) Background, Motivation, &
Inspiration For ‘Classroom Brand’
2) Define ‘Classroom Brand’
3) The Eight Steps to Engineer Your Own ‘Classroom Brand’
4) The Story of #TeamPhysics
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BackgroundBrands are an ubiquitous element of culture
Brands pervade nearly every aspect of lifeCommerceEntertainmentIdeologyLocationExperienceBehavior
Brands are relevant to every demographic, by design
Branding relies on cognitive science - brain’s ability to form associations
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What is a brand?
Dictionary.com defines a ‘brand’ as a noun, meaning:
A word, name, symbol, etc., used by a manufacturer or merchant to identify its products distinctively from others of the same type and usually prominently displayed on its goods, in advertising, etc.
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Background:Brands & Branding Power
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Branding is UbiquitousEveryone, especially youth, are exposed to branding
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Branding and LearningCognitive science tells us that learning happens through associations our brains form
Associations can have temporal, spatial, physical, or even emotional components
Brand recognition begins early in life and can be easily connected to learning
Are we hard-wired to learn brands?
Do they capitalize on how our brains make associations?
Kids learn brands readily
Test yourself on these ----->
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Branding with Young Kids
Children’s toysCandyThe grocery store checkout impulse rack
Do they deliberately take advantage of colors and other sensory/experiential attractions?
Does brand success rely on the brain’s ability to form associations?
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Branding to AdolescentsFashionStyleMusicMoviesMagazinesEconomic ClassBehaviorsSocial Stereotypes
Pretty GirlJockNerd
The Challenge Day organization calls this: “fit in the box”
Miss Representation
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The Logos Quiz
An app-based game where you try to guess as many logos from popular brands as possible
Very popular game among adolescents
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Brand Recognition Survey
Survey of 13-17 y/o asked to rate how well they know brands and brand quality:
1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups2. iPod3. Google4. M&Ms5. Oreo’s6. Subway7. Hershey’s Milk Chocolate8. Target9. Sprite10. Microsoft
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College BrandingUniversities, colleges, and their sports teamsAcademic majors, fraternities/sororitiesThe type of college: “good” school, ivy league, or “party” schools
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Political Branding
In the U.S., we use these labels:
Republican
Democrat
Liberal
Conservative
Green Party
Tea Party
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Other Types of Brands
Personal brand
Event brand
Location brand
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Sports Branding
Possibly most well-known
Very popular
Appeals to wide audience
Brings people together
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Experiential Brand:Olympics
“World togetherness, in sport.”
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Social Media & Branding
Product is the experience of connecting & sharing
Anyone can start a brand
Different nature of audience with different perception avenues
Hashtags as brands#EdChat
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Motivation:Branding seems to be everywhere BUT the classroom
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Inspiration:How #TeamPhysics Was Born
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Classroom Brand Defined
Classroom Brand is that which represents all that your classroom stands for:
Ideas, experiences, norms, values, interactions, structure, and connectedness
A classroom brand simply embodies what I want my classroom culture to be
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1. Write your classroom experience sentence
2. Design a logo for your classroom brand3. Come up with a hashtag for your
classroom brand4. You need a mantra for your classroom
brand5. Your classroom brand should embody
student-developed norms and values6. Classroom brand paraphernalia7. Make your classroom brand ubiquitous
to students8. Obtain survey-based feedback on your
classroom brand from students from time to time
8 Steps to Create Your Brand
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'What's Your Sentence?' ~ Dan Pink
•What you want brand (class) to be remembered for
•Single sentence
•Focuses the branding
•Brand built around sentence
Nike | Just Do It
Classroom Experience Sentence
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Design a Brand Logo
✴Every good brand needs a logo
✴Visual recognition is imperative to branding
✴Two choices:
✴Icon✴Word
✴TeamPhysics logo is word made of physics symbols
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Create a Hashtag! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @steinman
First answer this question several times:
What acronym, phrase or word/number(s) could represent your brand in as few characters as possible?
Should be unique (on Twitter)
Research best ideas, then make it official
Hashtags can:
Have subversive/double meanings
Stand for something in another language
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Establish a Mantra✤Like the sentences/phrases companies have beneath their logo
✤Short✤Memorable✤Can be easily recited to others
✤Builds the abstract element of what the brand stands for✤TeamPhysics mantra is "Challenge accepted."
✤Tumblr is a good example
Follow the World’s Creators.
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Student-Developed Norms & Values
✦Not same as classroom rules★Like tipping a server at a restaurant
✦Norms and values are ideals ✦Students desire to have these
✦Develop together with students ✦Create and promulgate early in year
--Example norm from TeamPhysics:
After a group finishes a whiteboard presentation, everyone claps, and it's a golf clap. Rules sound like this...
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ParaphernaliaStart planning early in the yearDetermine best place to get shirts made
Athletic department is a good resourceHave students participate in designChoose colors and styleGet them made early as possibleEncourage everyone to get one
if possible, make it so that everyone gets oneparent club, booster club, grant $$
Have special days where everyone wears the shirtsTest day = game day (support the team!)Field trips
Promotes classroom brandUnifies the group
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Make the Brand UbiquitousBrand logo goes on every document students receive in the class
Hard copy or electronically
Assignments, handouts, assessments
Make posters, put the logo on your classroom door, website, etc.
Pronoun test for how you or students talk about the class
Language should be in statements of “we” or “us”
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Obtain Feedback About the Brand
Corporate brands obtain feedback from their consumers/clients
See how your brand is doing
Feedback is student-centered and risk free
Anonymous surveys
Safe class discussions
Small group discussions and whiteboard sharing
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Final Thought
You already have a classroom brand
Who do you want to define that brand?
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Engineering a ‘Classroom Brand’ in Eight Steps
Develop the Student Culture & Climate You WantAndrew Steinman
@steinman