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Creative Explorations in Screen-Based and Physical Computing

DGMD E-15, Spring 2016

Today


  1. An overview of the Arduino and what it can do
  2. Workshopping Katie K's project
  3. Break
  4. Riffing on your project mockup with a partner
  5. Open studio time for:
    • Exploring the Arduino & physical computing
    • Working on the pomes extensions
    • Expanding on your project's spec
https://github.com/dgmd/johnny-five-express-sample

Katie K!

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Specifying Your Project

Here are a few, firsthand thoughts from expert designers on their process of sketching and specifying which we find especially useful. Read through them and imagine what the process might look or feel like for some of the projects you're considering.

Some good, starting questions

  1. What is the project's mission?
  2. Who is its audience, and what do they value?
  3. How will you know if it is successful?
  4. What is your plan for going about it?

Workshopping your projects

  1. Find a partner…
  2. Spend 20 minutes describing your project and attempting to answer:
    1. What is the project's mission?
    2. Who is its audience, and what do they value?
    3. How will you know if it is successful?
    4. In the next four hours of working on your project, what do you need to mock up or create?
  3. Post your notes and sketches to your journal and any snippet requests which might be of use.

Open Studio Time

For next session

  1. In your journal, answer these questions:
    1. What did you accomplish today?
    2. What do you aim to have done by next session?
    3. What can we (the teaching team) do to help
  2. Work to actually accomplish the goal you set for yourself.
  3. If you get stuck, submit a Code Snippet Request or get in touch on Slack if you have any trouble!
  4. Please read these pair programming articles before next session. Often people think pair programming will go more slowly than "just" doing it yourself. Often this is not true. We encourage you to reach out to friends and acquaintences in the class, through Slack if you'd like, to pair program over the break and weekend.

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