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January 10, 2006
542 Class Notes - January 10, Week One
Hello all. I am sending my notes from class today in order to help with clairity. Note that while I asked for the description by midnight, in reality I need them first thing in the morning in order to share them with Perry and Peggy before your Thursday classes.
Please write up a short project proposal which highlights the following:
1st - tell me what you want to do for your first project
2nd - tell me how you think your going to do it (development environment)
3rd - tell me what you want out of this class (with a slight focus on the first two, but looking forward for the entire semester as well)
YES, THIS IS VERY MUCH A STUDIO CLASS
For the first project I would encourage ideas that are off the beaten trail with an expectation of a 3 to 5 week duration; interactive media focused; will have a component that makes sense for 544; is meaningful to you; produces a tangible artifact that resulted from cycling around the triangle discussed in class today.
Remember, after reading your proposals, Peggy, Perry and I will meet and the project definition will change, but let's start here and see where it goes, thanks. Of course this goes both ways - you are welcome to keep thinking about what you would like to do for the first project.
"CURIOSITY and PASSION"
Another take:
Project One: 3 to 5 weeks long. They learn a new development environment, or increase their knowledge and proficiency of one they already know. The environment is applied to a project of their own choosing, but probably not their pre-conceived thesis topic (if they have one). Ideally the topic is a bit strange or experimental or off the beaten path. I have asked them to write a quick (10 to 15 minutes of effort) description of what project topic they would like to consider for this project, so that I can discuss it with Perry/Peggy on Wednesday (tomorrow) before the Thursday classes.
Posted by mbolas at January 10, 2006 07:06 PM
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