Meeting 27, Thu Dec 11

final papers are due, wrap-up party, discussion

Meeting 26, Tue Dec 9

plan: SK leads debrief conversation

Meeting 25, Thu Dec 4

plan: fantasy project based on GD-III work, write it out as a structured essay that will be graded.

Meeting 24, Tue Dec 2

plan: project brief, intro to paper assignment, project rating sheet

Meeting 23, Tue Nov 25

plan: demonstrate prototypes, final instructions about what needs to be done

Meeting 22, Thu Nov 20

plan: trouble-shoot in lab, collect titles, give deadline for getting design intent paragraph, reinforce that students are expected to attend both events, discuss project rate sheet

Meeting 21, Tue Nov 18

• lab day
• we introduced Sarah Kuhn as project evaluator
• handed out project boxes and parts; assigned computers and PicoBoards to students

Meeting 20, Thu Nov 13

• lab day
• each team went around to describe their projects
• quiz 1 returned
• questions on parts
• Scratch work

Tue Nov 11

school closed

Meeting 19, Thu Nov 6

• lab day

Meeting 18, Tue Nov 4

• discussion of Scratch coordinate system, transforming sensor readings to control sprites
• discussed sensors that can be connected to PicoBoard

Meeting 17, Thu Oct 30

• met in lab
• students showed Scratch projects
• discussed project plans in small groups

Meeting 16, Tue Oct 28

• discussed project partner process
• discussed exhibit-project and process

Meeting 15, Thu Oct 23

• discussion of Main Project assignment
• how to work with a partner
• Exhibit Project assignment
• assignment to visit museums
• quiz 1

Meeting 14, Tue Oct 21

• Jerry Beck & Elaina Bates presentation! It was great!
• quiz prep: Norman Ch 1 & 2, game/arena assignment, character assignment, Scratch software
• demonstrated a couple picoboard-interface-turnin projects
• propose museum preference

Meeting 13, Thu Oct 16

• last of crit of IC assignment
• Tangible Interaction Design links: http://web.media.mit.edu/~ishii/, http://code.arc.cmu.edu/mTID/master_of_tangible_interaction_design.html
• OS302 lab & PicoBoard intro

Meeting 12, Tue Oct 14

• crit of IC assignment
• scratch interface board assignment
• tangibles community lecture/slideshow
• reading assignment: “The Tangible User Interface and its Evolution,” Hiroshi Ishii, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 51, No. 6 (June 2008).

Meeting 11, Thu Oct 9

• Denise LeBlanc of the Discovery Museums of Acton, MA gave a talk!
• Here is a PDF of her presentation.
• We handed out 2 admission passes to each student to visit the Museums. See Fred if you did not get one.
• Here are some videos of the table-top demonstrations from Denise.

Meeting 10, Tue Oct 7

• TIDdle-8: pop-up paper engineering
• discussion of software process for laser fab
• http://ponoko.com & licensing of designs
• next mtg will have Denise LeBlanc visiting

Meeting 9, Thu Oct 1

• students presented cardboard character prototypes
• intro to laser

Meeting 8, Tue Sept 30

• TIDdle-7: character design
• 4 more games presented in class
• discussion of how to make a 2d moving character
• discussion of what is a prototype: you should have worked out key ideas, but change after is welcome
• hand-outs of Creative Kinetics and Traditional Wooden toys

Meeting 7, Thu Sept 25

• TIDdle-6: tallest tower
• crit of game-and-arena assignment
• introduced interactive-character assignment

Meeting 6, Tue Sept 23

• TIDdle-5: LEGO bridge-building; discussion of design process & constraints
• discussion of game-and-arena assignment
• how to make paper templates

Meeting 5, Thu Sept 18

• Scratch project crit! (most of class)
• Karen's exercise with 5 examples each for arena, game, pieces, verbs/actions
• Karen's introduction to assignment 3: design a game and arena (using folded templates) and rules and pieces

Meeting 4, Tue Sept 16

• more wiki instruction (please join the TID space)
• which section of the class do you really want? (CS or Art)
• TIDdle #4—rubber band
• well-designed vs. poorly-designed web sites & reasons why you think so
• Jakob Nielson usability group
• visual flow and hierarchy in graphic design
• Scratch programming Q&A

Meeting 3, Thu Sept 11

• critique (crit) of first assignment
• introduction to assignment 2
• TIDdle #3—play-doh

Meeting 2, Tue Sept 9

• TIDdle #2—paper clip
• Norman's Everyday Things principles discussion
• wiki instruction

Meeting 1, Thu Sept 4

• TIDdle #1—paper airplane
• Overview of class
• Assignment 1 handed out & discussion of Olsen doors as example