Research Journal
Joi Upton
Week 1:
- Arrived
at research location, Auburn University
- Had
lunch with my mentor
- Met
other research students, mentor and graduate students
- Drove
around Auburn with fellow research students to see what the town had to
offer.
- Orientation
to research program
- Listened
to presentations and seminars from professors, previous research students,
and current grad students.
- Given
research choices
Week 2:
- Attended
weekly progress meeting
- Chose
research idea, SMART Table
- Met
with grad students about research topic
- Introduced
to a new programming language, so I checked out library books on c#
- Did
literature review on topic
- Attended
seminar by Dr. Winard Britt
- Attended
weekly seminar for other research students
- Went
to local restaurant with research students
Week 3:
- Attended
weekly progress meeting
- Attended
a game design class by Dr. Seals
- Read
three papers: System Design of a SMART Table, Human Computer Interaction
and Smart Kindergarten
- Studied
the language c# to get a better understanding of how to program in it.
- Played
basketball and exercised with my group.
- Met
with grad students about research topic
- Ran
into troubles getting the SMART Table simulator on our laptops, since we
don't have an actual SMART Table
- Decided
on 1 design for SMART Table application
- Began
my website
- Developed
my abstract
- Presented
my Friday seminar
- Visited
Panama City, Florida
Week 4:
- Attended
weekly progress meeting
- Got
the simulator working on 1 laptop but still had issues with it working on
the other machines.
- Attended
IMPACT Seminar on Face Recognition
- Attended
a game design class by Dr. Seals
- Attended
a dissertation proposal
- Had
trouble understanding the c# language with the SMART Table SDK library
- Read
two papers: Applying Smartboard technology in
Elementary Classrooms and Classroom Technology and Student-Teacher
Interaction
- Went
to the recreation center with my group.
- Began
implementing our first design
- Studied
demos c# programming and SMART Table applications
- Attended
weekly seminar for other research students
- Went
shopping with other research students in the tourist area.
Week 5:
- Attended
weekly progress meeting
- Read a
paper on virtual environments
- Prepared
for midterm presentation
- The
simulator was now working on two machines, still needed it working on one
more machine
- Attended
a game design class by Dr. Seals
- Went
to recreation center with my group and played basketball.
- Attended
seminar by Karl Ricanek
- Decided
on second design and began implementing both designs
- Met
with grad students about research topic
- Presented
midterm presentations
- Traveled
to New Orleans with another research student
Week 6:
- Attended
weekly progress meeting
- Continued
to implement both designs
- Assisted
with AU High School Journalism Workshop
- Simulator
was now working on all three machines
- Read
a paper on game design
- Tried
to work through troubles with c# programming
- Met
with grad students about research topic
- Attended
a game design class by Dr. Seals
- Random
number generator algorithm
- Got
objects to display on canvas
- Worked
on touch events
- Attended
Friday seminar for other research students
- Had a
game night with my group.
- Went
bowling with research students and grad students
Week 7:
- Attended
weekly progress meeting
- Attended
a game design class by Dr. Seals
- Met
with grad students about research topic
- Added
color to canvas
- Insert
graphics
- Process
answer algorithm
- Fixed
draggable borders
- Attended
Friday seminar for other research students
- Went
to dinner with my group
Week 8:
- Attended
weekly progress meeting
- Wrote
final paper
- Created
a poster on our research
- Prepared
for final presentations
- Went
to the recreation center with my group
- Exercised
with other research students
- Met
with grad students about research topic
- Finished
first design
- Presented
final presentation
- Said
goodbye to the other research students
Week 9 and 10:
- Continued
to work on second design
- Finished
website
- Left
Auburn University