Posted in Design Assets, Laser, Vector

Easily Accessible Vector Images for Students

As techie educators, we often find ourselves encouraging students to express their creativity through projects that showcase their passions, hobbies and interests. For me in Design and Technology, it often means ‘can I use the laser to put Manchester United on my job?’. My answer is usually go find it online and we’ll give it a go. I’d rather the students draw up their own design, but baby steps.

Unfortunately, the process can be frustrating when students struggle to find suitable images for their projects. Despite discussions and demonstrations, the concept of vector images can remain elusive, especially when useful resources are blocked or hidden behind paywalls. This is often involves an impatient student and much wasted time, I must have redrawn that Man United logo from wikipedia a dozen times, painstakingly removing lines and recolouring it.

To address this challenge, I have been working on compiling and updating a collection of single-colour, clean vector images with no overlapping lines. These vectors are designed to be easy to use and accessible for educational purposes. The goal is to provide students with a reliable resource that they can use to enhance their projects without the hassle of searching through paywalled sites.

If you notice any mistakes or have suggestions on how these vectors could be improved, please feel free to reach out via Bluesky at @mrsully.bsky.social. Your feedback is invaluable in ensuring that these resources meet the needs of both educators and students.

To keep the momentum going, I will be posting new collections every few days, starting today with the AFL teams. I encourage you to check back regularly for fresh additions to the library. I have been organising the NRL, Premier and Champion Leagues, NBA, NFL and NHL. This ongoing effort aims to provide a consistent flow of useful vector images that can inspire creativity and facilitate learning.

Download here

Posted in Design Assets, Infographic, Posters

Couldn’t find it, so I made it and you can have it!

This year I got another new (old!) classroom to teach my year 8’s a course called Systems and Design and with some colleagues we also started a Code Club once a week. Well the walls in this room are a bit bare and could do with some colour. I wanted to put posters up that promoted our new Makey Makey’s and encouraged kids to come to Code Club. Well to get to the point I could not find any Makey Makey graphics that suited my needs so I knocked one up in good old Illustrator. Here are the files if you want them, have fun, make nerdy geeky cool posters for your walls, or worksheets for your class. Feel free to link any cool work below in the comments.

Download the file here .PNG .EPS .SVG .AI

Example: Here’s a poster using the image I made.