Monday, December 7, 2015

Tuesday, 8 December

Week 15: The Really Big Picture

Project 4.3 due date extension: Wednesday, 9 December at 11:59 pm

Final reflection paper extension: Thursday, 10 December at 11:59 pm

Grading Options

You may choose to have your Project 4.3 grade count for Project 4.2 and/or Project 4.1. If you wish to do so please email your mentor, copying Tom, by Wednesday, 9 April at 11:59 pm. 

Clarification re: Personas, Composite Character Profiles

From textbook:


From dSchool Bootcamp Bootleg



New York Times: "Can't Put Down Your Device? That's by design"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/technology/personaltech/cant-put-down-your-device-thats-by-design.html?mwrsm=Email&_r=0

Key Concepts in Sustainability

View Objectified on Sustainability and Design Thinking

Cradle to Cradle

William McDonough and Michael Braungart

Life Cycle Design


 
http://www.businessinsider.com/k-cup-inventor-john-sylvans-regret-2015-3


Design for the Environment (DfE)

Green Drinks Bloomington

Informatics Professor Eli Blevis: A leading researcher in sustainable interaction design

Blevis-SustainabilityBestPaper-CHI2007.pdf
More at: http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100365314

Things to consider:
  • The amount of energy and resources that go into making digital devices
  • The amount of energy used by servers
  • What happens to our digital devices once they become obsolete (in a few years time)
Irony: 22% of plug in electric and hybrid owners are trading in and getting SUVs
 
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/04/21/earth-day-electric-ev-hybrid-dissatisfied-suv/26121125/



Exam Question: Are plug in electric hybrid cars like the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, BMW i3 (and, for that matter Teslas) "green" or sustainable designs?


Group time and Mentor check off

Homework for Wednesday, 9 December at 11:59 pm through Canvas Assignments:

Complete Project 4.3, team member evaluations, and individual reflection paper


Homework for Thursday, 10 December at 11:59 pm through Canvas Assignments:
 
Complete Final Reflection Paper answering the following four questions:

1. How has your understanding of HCI/d changed through the semester?

2. How has what you've learned relate to your own interests and career goals?

3. What's the most useful thing you've learned this semester?

4. Explicitly relate your own experiences to the ideas conveyed in your textbook's Conclusion (pp. 170 - 171)?

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