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(15%) Fieldtrip.

Sign up for a day to discuss your fieldtrip. You'll spend 10-15 minutes discussing what you did, what you learned from the experience, and how the fieldtrip relates to the general course theme. I strongly encourage you to take photos during your fieldtrip and post them to flickr so you have some visual aids for your presentation. Basically, this assignment is an opportunity for you to explore something new and learn from that exploration – and then to communicate what you've learned. This assignment will be evaluated based on (a) your ability to describe what you did with sufficient detail so that your audience has an accurate understanding, (b) your ability to articulate some social issues related to technology use that emerged during your fieldtrip, and (c) your ability to share generally with the class what you learned from the fieldtrip.

You can do this assignment in groups of two if desired.

[Possible sites for a fieldtrip: Museum of Communications (http://www.museumofcommunications.org/) ; Dorkbot (1^st Wed of the month); Ignite Seattle (if one is scheduled during the quarter); LAN party, pub trivia; Puget Sound SigChi meeting: www.acm.org/chapters/pssigchi/html/index.html; a non-computer gaming site: golf course, bowling alley, etc.]

If you're not sure of whether a site is appropriate, please ask me.

(10%) Article of own choosing.

Sign up for a day to discuss the reading you've chosen. The reading should be related to course themes and ideas. Spend 5-10 minutes giving the class a summary of what you read, what made you choose this reading, how it relates to the ideas in the course, what you learned from it, how it changes your thinking, etc. This assignment will be evaluated based on (a) your ability to clearly and concisely explain the reading, and (b) your ability to demonstrate that you learned something related to class from the reading. "Readings" can be academic articles, online articles, news stories, art installations, etc.

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Social Impact Analysis

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	Concepts in HCI, winter 2009 Instructor: Prof. Kolko Email: bkolko Office: EGA 213 Office Hours: W 1.30-3 and by appt Telephone: 685.3809 Assignments (15%) Fieldtrip. Sign up for a day to discuss your fieldtrip. You'll spend 10-15 minutes discussing what you did, what you learned from the experience, and how the fieldtrip relates to the general course theme. I strongly encourage you to take photos during your fieldtrip and post them to flickr so you have some visual aids for your presentation. Basically, this assignment is an opportunity for you to explore something new and learn from that exploration – and then to communicate what you've learned. This assignment will be evaluated based on (a) your ability to describe what you did with sufficient detail so that your audience has an accurate understanding, (b) your ability to articulate some social issues related to technology use that emerged during your fieldtrip, and (c) your ability to share generally with the class what you learned from the fieldtrip. You can do this assignment in groups of two if desired. [Possible sites for a fieldtrip: Museum of Communications (http://www.museumofcommunications.org/) ; Dorkbot (1^st Wed of the month); Ignite Seattle (if one is scheduled during the quarter); LAN party, pub trivia; Puget Sound SigChi meeting: www.acm.org/chapters/pssigchi/html/index.html; a non-computer gaming site: golf course, bowling alley, etc.] If you're not sure of whether a site is appropriate, please ask me. (10%) Article of own choosing. Sign up for a day to discuss the reading you've chosen. The reading should be related to course themes and ideas. Spend 5-10 minutes giving the class a summary of what you read, what made you choose this reading, how it relates to the ideas in the course, what you learned from it, how it changes your thinking, etc. This assignment will be evaluated based on (a) your ability to clearly and concisely explain the reading, and (b) your ability to demonstrate that you learned something related to class from the reading. "Readings" can be academic articles, online articles, news stories, art installations, etc. Fieldwork Personas Social Impact Analysis Group Project
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