Week One May 25 - May 29
This week started out with orientation and just getting settled in. We reviewed the history of computing and design. I was assigned a Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) project. I am to build an educational game for 6-8 graders, using Scratch. I also started on some literature reviews.
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This week started out with orientation and just getting settled in. We reviewed the history of computing and design. I was assigned a Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) project. I am to build an educational game for 6-8 graders, using Scratch. I also started on some literature reviews.
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Week Two June 1 - June 5
I built my initial draft of my DREU website. Monday we learned the fundamentals of Java Script. Tuesday I was assigned to the ERGO project. I need to see if I can design something more pleasing to the sight. It's time for my user interface skills, lol. We had more group meetings. I finished building my educational game. Friday I presented my game, website, literature reviews, and a few design ideas that I had for my ERGO project to all teams and my mentor.
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I built my initial draft of my DREU website. Monday we learned the fundamentals of Java Script. Tuesday I was assigned to the ERGO project. I need to see if I can design something more pleasing to the sight. It's time for my user interface skills, lol. We had more group meetings. I finished building my educational game. Friday I presented my game, website, literature reviews, and a few design ideas that I had for my ERGO project to all teams and my mentor.
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Week Three June 8 - 12
I attended daily lectures on interaction designs, developing conceptual models, flow- at work and at leisure, and getting a PhD. I made a required flow chart of the existing system to redesign and work on a plan of implementation of an approved ERGO app; to assist ergonomic professionals with risk analysis. I designed scenarios for our conceptual model, and began building a conceptual model for our design. I went through a human subject training (CITI) to assist with creating evaluations for our ERGO application. I also began to work on my abstract.
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I attended daily lectures on interaction designs, developing conceptual models, flow- at work and at leisure, and getting a PhD. I made a required flow chart of the existing system to redesign and work on a plan of implementation of an approved ERGO app; to assist ergonomic professionals with risk analysis. I designed scenarios for our conceptual model, and began building a conceptual model for our design. I went through a human subject training (CITI) to assist with creating evaluations for our ERGO application. I also began to work on my abstract.
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Week Four June 15 - 19
I worked some more on my conceptual model and finished my abstract this week. I attended lectures on responsive web design, app interface design, and writing a research paper. I attended meetings for the ERGO project, Spectrum project, and the iW2K project. I also searched for visual images for the ERGO project and did a few literature reviews.
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I worked some more on my conceptual model and finished my abstract this week. I attended lectures on responsive web design, app interface design, and writing a research paper. I attended meetings for the ERGO project, Spectrum project, and the iW2K project. I also searched for visual images for the ERGO project and did a few literature reviews.
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Week Five June 22 - 26
I finished my conceptual model this week, and started working on my research report. I attended lectures on searching for articles, making the next killer app, and Human-Computer Interaction. I also attended the online DREU meeting via. Skype with Dr. Anderson.
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I finished my conceptual model this week, and started working on my research report. I attended lectures on searching for articles, making the next killer app, and Human-Computer Interaction. I also attended the online DREU meeting via. Skype with Dr. Anderson.
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Week Six June 29 - July 3
This was a short week due to the holiday. Monday I gave a presentation of the conceptual model for our ERGO project. Throughout the week I built a HTML prototype of the conceptual model. I also worked more on my research paper. I attended lectures on the Psychopathology of everyday things and Interaction Design. This week we also had a crash course lesson on Swift (The application for building iPhone apps). I am really learning a lot.
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This was a short week due to the holiday. Monday I gave a presentation of the conceptual model for our ERGO project. Throughout the week I built a HTML prototype of the conceptual model. I also worked more on my research paper. I attended lectures on the Psychopathology of everyday things and Interaction Design. This week we also had a crash course lesson on Swift (The application for building iPhone apps). I am really learning a lot.
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Week Seven July 6 - July 10
I started this week off by working on my research paper. We attended a mini conference in Charleston SC Saturday the 11th, so I made a PowerPoint of my project for the 2 minute lightening talk. We gave our presentation for the lightening talk to each other in preparation for the conference. Thursday we had a second crash course lecture on Swift. Overall this week, I mostly work on my research paper and prepared for the conference.
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I started this week off by working on my research paper. We attended a mini conference in Charleston SC Saturday the 11th, so I made a PowerPoint of my project for the 2 minute lightening talk. We gave our presentation for the lightening talk to each other in preparation for the conference. Thursday we had a second crash course lecture on Swift. Overall this week, I mostly work on my research paper and prepared for the conference.
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Week Eight July 13 - July 17
This week I worked and finished a conceptual design III. I built a website for ERGOeasy, ergoeasy.weebly.com. I also gave a final 20 minute presentation on my project; including the prototype, a poster, and a PowerPoint.
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This week I worked and finished a conceptual design III. I built a website for ERGOeasy, ergoeasy.weebly.com. I also gave a final 20 minute presentation on my project; including the prototype, a poster, and a PowerPoint.
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Week Nine July 20 - July 24
I have mostly worked on my research paper this week. I have also been working on my personal website. I came across a publishing problem which actually took a few days to resolve.
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I have mostly worked on my research paper this week. I have also been working on my personal website. I came across a publishing problem which actually took a few days to resolve.
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Week Ten July 27 - July 31
With the finished line in sight, the only thing left for me to do was to finish my report and input it into the ACM format. Which is what I did! This has been a great learning experience!
With the finished line in sight, the only thing left for me to do was to finish my report and input it into the ACM format. Which is what I did! This has been a great learning experience!