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Week 1 Interaction Design & Physical Interfaces – 1/15
Week 2 Present Project 1 – 1/22
- Due: Touch Interface
- Read: The Maker’s Manual (pp. 3-36)
Week 3 Basic Prototypes and Maquettes – 1/29
- Due Project 2: 10 Ideas and Sketches
- Demo: Materials and Tools for making cardboard prototypes and maquettes
- Demo: laser cutting
- Read: The Design of Everyday Things (pp. 1-36)
- Scan: The Maker’s Manual (pp. 23-62)
Week 4 Micro-controllers & Micro-Processors – 2/5
- Due: 3 refined ideas with sketches or a testable prototype
- Lecture: What are Micro-controllers & Micro-Processors
- Demo: Getting started with Circuit Playground, Arduino and Raspberry Pi
- Demo: Soldering
- Read: The Maker’s Manual (pp. 123-140) and (pp. 141-166 or 167-184) and (pp. 185-206)
Week 5 Field Trip – 2/12
- Meet at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
- Read: The Maker’s Manual (pp. 62-122)
Week 6 Working Critique Studio Time – 2/19
- Demo: Simple Circuits, breadboards and wiring switches
- Due: Presentation Proposal
- Due: Maquette 1
Week 7 Working Crit & User Testing – 2/26
- Due: Maquette 2 for working group critique
Week 8 Studio Time – 3/11
- Demo: cutting and shaping foam
Week 9 Working Crit & User Testing – 3/18
- Due: Maquette 3 for working group critique
- In Class: Student presentations by Hannah, Alexa, Brady, TJ
Week 10 Studio Time (additional demos will be done as needed) – 3/25
Week 11 Studio Time – 4/1
- In Class: Student presentations by Trent, Ciaron, Sydney
Week 12 Studio Time – 4/8
Week 13 Studio Time 4/15
Week 14 4/22
- Due for final critique – Senior showcase exhibitors will present documentation of their projects
Week 15 4/29 8:30am to 10:30am