Wow, what a day! It's hard to believe that the first Studio experience is over. When looking back at the month (was it really only a month) I can't even fathom the amount of information I've learned. Before we began, hand I known we'd be exposed to this much information, I'd say, "NO! It's completely inconceivable that a human is capable of taking in that much information in that short of time. You can't do it!" But....now I know better. I remember walking back to my car the 2nd day of class, talking with one of my classmates, trying to figure out if I understood all the requirements and now looking back at that day, I wish I could have said to myself, "Jenn, you can do this!"
I'm very proud of the accomplishments I've made, and I hope to continue working on these skills, as I really enjoy doing this sort of work. As basic as my website might be compared to some, especially the 2nd timers, I am so happy with the end results. I put a lot of work into finding out information and writing it to make it unique and different than what was already out there about sleep. I want to continue my explorations with Flash as well. I feel that I can re-d0 my intro movie with Flash and it'll be a much more smooth jump for that sheep!!
The Studio Presentations were really fun. I loved looking around at everyone's finished projects. I also really enjoyed meeting some of the people from the department. I got the nicest compliment today as well. I was honored with the Allen Bullock Service to the Studio Award. When Dr. Orey read my name, a wave of emotion came over me. Then he read the letter that served as the nomination from a classmate, Gretchen, and I was just wowed by what she said. She was so eloquent in her words, I was stunned it was about me!! I'm very honored to have been chosen. Thank you.
This class exceeded my expectations. I really can say that out of all the courses I've taken, from undergrad--to my masters--to now, this will rank up there in my top 3. I became the self organized learner that Fiedler describes in his write up about the Studio Experience. I also appreciate, much better, the design theory discussed by Nelson. I will continue to take this design theory and apply it to my work as I move forward in the program. I especially will remember that it's a journey with many ups and downs, and in the end, once on top of the mountain, the view of the next mountain is splendid. Oh....and look I can even see my first foothold!
References:
1. Gal, S. (1996). Footholds for design. In Winograd, T. (Ed.), Bringing Design to Software (pp. 215-227). New York: Addison-Wesley. [PDF]
2. Fiedler, Sebastian (1999). The Studio Experience: Challenges and Opportunities for Self-Organized Learning. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia, Department of Instructional Technology [On-line]. Available online: http://it.coe.uga.edu/studio/fiedler.html
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
journal entry 7; july 2, 2008
This post was supposed to be here yesterday. I have to admit I was experiencing design failure for my other class. Everything that should have worked, failed. I was not doing very much different than that of putting in information onto a blank page, adding some sound files, and editing the CSS. I just cannot figure out why it continued to fail. There was not much design applied to this site I was trying to create. I kept going back to my book, as well as my Counting Sheep pages to see what the difference. I could see NONE. I ran a scan and as it turns out I had a minor virus and i think it was affecting many things I was trying to complete yesterday. But I just was so frustrated, it put me back a few places, because I felt very comfortable where I was with my skills, and it tested each and every one of the to the limit!
What pushed me the most was the fact that composing is "based on a thorough understanding of what can be done, what should be done, but most of all what is desired to be done. A composition should emerge from a response to what has been found to be the client's most authentic desiderata. At the same time, composing is also pragmatic, in the sense that is the act of finding an adequate solution." This was my main issue. I knew what could be done, should be done, and what I wanted to get done...my vision was in reach, and the skills were there. The end product is nothing like what i wanted it to be, but it IS an adequate solution.
That being said, even though this was for another class, it was DESIGN at it's purest. I had to come up with a solution, and fast, as the deadline was approaching and our target audience has to interact with the end product this week.
On the 6190 front. I am thrilled to be this close to being finished with my project. I added a few changes to my site, based on some really great feed back from David. I'm ready to present. I look forward to continue to tweak my site as I find more content to add, and as I continue to learn more skills.
References:
1. Nelson, H. & Stolterman, E. (2003). The design way. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications. [PDF]
TO DO:
1. Get to class to present!
What pushed me the most was the fact that composing is "based on a thorough understanding of what can be done, what should be done, but most of all what is desired to be done. A composition should emerge from a response to what has been found to be the client's most authentic desiderata. At the same time, composing is also pragmatic, in the sense that is the act of finding an adequate solution." This was my main issue. I knew what could be done, should be done, and what I wanted to get done...my vision was in reach, and the skills were there. The end product is nothing like what i wanted it to be, but it IS an adequate solution.
That being said, even though this was for another class, it was DESIGN at it's purest. I had to come up with a solution, and fast, as the deadline was approaching and our target audience has to interact with the end product this week.
On the 6190 front. I am thrilled to be this close to being finished with my project. I added a few changes to my site, based on some really great feed back from David. I'm ready to present. I look forward to continue to tweak my site as I find more content to add, and as I continue to learn more skills.
References:
1. Nelson, H. & Stolterman, E. (2003). The design way. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications. [PDF]
TO DO:
1. Get to class to present!
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