Exhibit Project Paper

This describes the format of the paper you are assigned following the completion of your exhibit projects. The paper is due Thursday, December 11, in class.

Even though the project was a group effort, the paper must be prepared individually. You must write it yourself. You may, however, share the following elements with your partner(s):

• List of paper citations. From the proposal assignment, you were asked to find at least three academic papers that presented work related to your idea. Now that your project is complete, you may wish to find additional or different citations that more closely relate to what you accomplished. You and your partners may cite the same papers; however, you must separately write any narrative that explains the connection between your work and the papers you have cited.
• Photographs. You may share any photographs in your paper and your partner(s).
• Diagrams. You may share any hand- or computer-drawn diagrams that document your project.

Sections of the Paper

The final paper should have the following elements/sections. All page counts assume single-spaced text, using default margins and fonts.

• A project title, creators' names, and author's name. The creators' names are the names of the whole team, and the author's name is your name (author of the paper).
• A background research section that presents the projects you are inspired by (at least 3 different projects). Include bibliographic references. Note: A great place to look for publications is the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Digital Library. Through UMass Lowell libraries, you can log in off-campus and search for articles. Use this URL, and log in with your @student.uml.edu address and password: http://libproxy.uml.edu/login?url=http://www.acm.org/dl Background research section should be about 1 page.
• A description of the project. This should present what you actually built. Describe what it did in a straightforward fashion. Include sketches or drawings, photographs, and a narrative. This section should also describe the key technical elements and how they worked together. Note: Participants' reactions will be in another section of the paper. 1 to 2 pages with diagrams.
• An audience response section that discusses your observations from the gallery/museum opening. Who interacted with it? How did they respond? Did they figure it out the way you intended? What aspects worked, and what could be improved? 1 page.
• Process and reflections. This section should describe how the project evolved from concept to actualization. It would be appropriate to look back at your project proposal document to remind yourself of how similar or different the final project is from your earlier concepts. This is the section where you should explicitly describe your particular contributions to the project (i.e., what you did). Also, you should discuss how you would change or extend the project, were you to devote more time to it. 1 to 2 pages.
• Concluding remarks. You may wish to describe how assignments in the class contributed to the project, and what you personally gained from carrying out the project. 1 or more paragraphs.