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Making and Tinkering [June 24, 2012, 5 p.m.]



 

Your task:

  • Come up with some sweet projects that demonstrate your skills.
  • Post the URL of your course with the tasks chock full of awesome project prompts.
  • Step back and see how the trajectory of tasks hang together.
     

Step 1: What will peers make?

Looking at the skills you want peers to master, what kind of projects should they make? 

For a sample or for inspiration, here is a list of things you could ask your peers to make:

  • video tutorial  to explain Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant. Credits: Vi Hart
  • song (and recipe!)  to explain food. Credits One Ground Zero
  • mockumentary using Xtranormal. Credits Laura Zigman
  • photo to show how html elements translate into the real world. Credits Vita
  • game  to explain how cells work using Little Big Planet. Credits Gevurah22
  • El Wire sunglasses! to build a circuit. Credits Kanye West

 

For example: "Draw a Picture of How the Web Works"

Credits John Britton's Class

how to challenges storyboard3-01 how to challenges storyboard5-01 how to challenges storyboard6-01

 

Step 2: How do the activies hang together?

Now that you've identified SKILLS and made PROJECTS for each skill, how do those activities hang together as a course?

Take a step back and see the trajectory of your steps in your course. It might help to make a map or a post-it trajectory of your course. For example, to make cookies, you could see the following trajectory: