ECS - Exploring Computer Science

Contest summary

That computer science is for everyone!

Target Audience

The target audience is both K-12 kids AND their teachers.

What our logo should communicate

That computer science is for everyone!

We want this in our logo

We want both the letters "ECS" and the words "Exploring Computer Science" to be in the logo.

Additional comments for the designers

We need it (or at least a version of it) to fit in the header for this website: http://exploringcs.org/wordpress/ (http://exploringcs.org/wordpress/) . We don't, however need it to match that color palette. We're open to other color options. Also, we're just looking for concepts, here; hence the minimum time frame and prize. I'll be taking the chosen concept and tweaking it to our liking from there. Ideally the concept would work both with and without the written out text "Exploring Computer Science," so that we could use just the "ECS" part in other applications (on a thumb drive, for example).



The project stems from research done for this book: http://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Shallow-End-Education-Computing/dp/0262135043#reader_0262135043 (http://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Shallow-End-Education-Computing/dp/0262135043#reader_0262135043)



And here are a couple of other descriptions of the project and/or it's curriculum:

http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/ExploringCS.html (http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/ExploringCS.html)

http://intotheloop.gseis.ucla.edu/exploring.html (http://intotheloop.gseis.ucla.edu/exploring.html)

Styles we are interested in:

Abstract Mark

Abstract marks use a single shape or symbol to represent a brand or product. Their genius is their simplicity as customers recognize abstract logos at a single glance.

Emblem

An emblem uses a shape or picture to literally or metaphorically represent a company or brand. Generally the organization's name will be included in the emblem.

Letterform Mark

A letterform mark typically uses 1 to 3 letters from the business name to represent the organization.

Word Mark

A word mark consists of the company's name in a stylized type.