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21st Century Skills
For Design and Education, we were asked to identify what we felt were important skills that should be encouraged and reinforced for students to succeed in the 21st Century. I put together a non-exclusive list of skills I feel need to be addressed by all areas of education (from children to adults) at the local, national, [...]
Also posted in 2010 Spring
Tagged 21st Century Skills, Collaboration, Participation, Reinvention, Synthesis
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Prototype Playtest – Participation Culture
For Design and Education, we were asked to prepare a testable/playable prototype of an activity based on one of topics/weeks listed in our class syllabus. I chose week 4 from my course, Participation Culture, which was focused on the Situationist International, forms of investigation/research, and Psychogeography. In brief, my prototype will have students interacting with [...]
Also posted in 2010 Spring
Tagged Experience-based, Playtest, Prototype, Research Methods, Situationist International
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Social Networks in the Classroom
For Design and Education, we were asked to write a paper which proposed a way for a social networking site to be used in the classroom setting. I am proposing to use Flickr as a way for students to investigate and propose alternative uses of space at the high school where the students attend. Flickr [...]
Mind Map – Design and Education
We were asked to create a mind map of two questions for the first Design and Education assignment. The questions were: What does education mean to you?, and What does design mean to you? Here is my mind map: