the google suite
Google Docs
Google Calendar
Google Sites
the social networks
Facebook
Twitter
collaboration-focused tools
Basecamp
Drop.io
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September 25, 2009 • 6:50 pm 0
group collaboration tools
September 25, 2009 • 5:26 pm 0
Your Work for Next Week
For next week you need to do further testing on paper prototypes until they work “right.” Then build a hi-rez prototype that ads more detail and interactive functionality. This can be done using the tool of your choice.
You will be giving a walkthrough of this prototype as part of a larger presentation next week. That presentation also entails:
at least two slides introducing your idea and explaining the concept. Slides work better without too much text!
a five minute presentation that:
1) explains the idea clearly and succinctly.
2) talks a bit about the interactions that went into testing, and the results from it.
3) introduces the final prototype, in a walkthrough.
In addition to this presentation, you will also turn in, both to the StuComm folks and to me, a written report, of around 800 words that:
1) explains in detail the concept of the site:
–what does it set out to accomplish?
–how does it engage students?
–what is the end goal?
2) steps through the process for arriving at this idea: what were the insights that you gained from observations? How did they drive the development?
3) Mentions things learned from the prototyping & testing process
4) Gives a narrative walkthrough of the application: be specific and include detail: who is the student? what are they trying to accomplish? what is the experience like?
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September 24, 2009 • 3:40 pm 0
board captures
By now you’re probably well on your way through prototype testing, but in case you wanted to reference your boards for additional inspiration, here they are.
(click on images to get full-size)
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September 19, 2009 • 2:53 pm 17
Your Paper Prototype Documentation
You need to test your paper prototypes at least twice. Make refinements between the testing process (and during!). Document these testing sessions:
200 words on test one & 200 words on test two:
What did you set out to test (i.e. what is your thing?)
What did each test reveal?
What did you change after each test?
Photo documentation (upload to <a href="http://www.flickr.com"Flickr) or EVEN BETTER: video, uploaded to YouTube.
Include links to your documentation and the report itself in the comments of this post.
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September 18, 2009 • 5:11 pm 6
Readings, Links + Reactions for 9-25-09
COLLEGE COMMUNICATION
study shows texting the preferred communication medium of college students
PAPER PROTOTYPING
A great overview of paper prototyping
Some good tips for prototyping
Why low-fi prototyping kicks ass
A shorthand for designing UI flows
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September 18, 2009 • 5:02 pm 0
Paper Prototyping examples
A basic paper prototype:
Complexity in paper:
OK, really, this is JUST PLAIN AWESOME:
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September 12, 2009 • 1:51 pm 0
Your Proposals: Capitol Letters
A half-hour of ideation to help the Capitol Letters Writing Center in Washington DC find a creative and effective way of engaging the community of Columbia Heights.
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September 11, 2009 • 5:08 pm 15
journalism websites: your links
Please link to, and introduce, two websites: One that you think encapsulates “new” journalism, the other that you think integrates social tools well. Explain why you think these are both good examples of these things.
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September 11, 2009 • 5:03 pm 23
Your Blogs: link ’em up
Set up a single-subject blog (subject of your choosing) one of of these two blogging platforms:
Please post a link to your blog, along with a description of what the theme is and your approach to that theme.
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September 11, 2009 • 4:52 pm 13
Readings and links for 9-18-09
Be sure to post your reactions in the comments!!
ONLINE JOURNALISM
How Real News Organizations fit into the online news model
The End of the Drudge Era?
Q&A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran.
DESIGN THINKING
Diego Rodriguez’s “innovation principles” are indispensable. For this week, read the first two:
Experience the world instead of talking about experiencing the world
See and hear with the mind of a child
Plus–and this branches between Design Thinking & Online Journalism–a note from the creator of the Pulitzer-Winning Politifact about the design process: Demos, Not Memos
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Online Journalism: Fall 2009 
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