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Quality color printing is a key asset in a wide range of classroom scenarios — at all educational levels. It can be leveraged to create interactive visual aids for use in the classroom, which helps teachers communicate complex concepts to students. Educators can also take advantage of color in classroom handouts, games, activity posters and calendars. The sky's the limit when it comes to the visual materials educators can use in a color setting. Students often report they engage better with color materials, which instinctively draw their attention and pique their interest. And it's no wonder: The Association for Talent Development reported that information is sent from the color center of the brain to the areas responsible for detecting motion, shapes, edges and transitions — even if you're color blind. Color can especially help students interpret and understand charts and graphs, and it aids in retention of material covered in class. Some educational institutions are taking advantage of the creative possibilities inherent in color to foster learning and inspire civic engagement, as well. For example, Chicago public high schools will soon use a gorgeously illustrated, three-part, graphic novel to empower students by helping them learn about the history of their neighborhoods. This innovative instructional material dovetails with Illinois' recently instituted civic education graduation requirement for public high schools, enabling Chicago teens to gain the knowledge necessary to graduate via a medium that's accessible and inspiring to them.
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