Secondary Tech Notes, 01/05/10

Here are some links to stuff that Frank mentioned in class:

7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Alan Kay
Don Norman
River Nardoo
Bar Code Art

Some tutorials:

Information design project:
How to organize and present information pro is...
Richard Saul Wurman (TED talks guy)

Project 1:

Present information from/about your content area:
In three ways:
1) Illustration
2) Animation
3) Interaction- Could be menu based, but doesn't need to. How can we make it more meaningful? For example, imagine peeling back the body to see underneath. Another way would be to think about a simulation, like SimCity.

Remember the butterfly project! It added a way to seek more information, it also illustrates how to separate "parts" of a project as if a viewer hasn't noticed everything the first time.

Project 2:

Tell three stories about an educator, supporting it with multimedia

Project 3:

Create an educational solution for your students, for example, create a tutorial.

For next week, create a story board...

Starting with a concept, use paper to mock up what you will do. Write it down, ask yourself what you want to teach....

You can describe a structure this way. Or it could be sequential!

It should be presented on a poster board.

For Friday, write a paragraph and email it to Jon, Leslie or Frank. If you don't know their email addys, check the staff/faculty email directory here.