Multimedia Experience: Integrated Curriculum Project

Physical Boundaries

In one school, and at each students home

What’s and who’s involved

Middle/Junior high students

Teachers

Equipment Involved

home computers

internet

(perhaps) video sharing/camera function

(perhaps) scanner (for sharing notes and documents)

printed media and textbooks

digital-format textbooks?

*Ipad Vs. Printed Textbooks
*E-textbooks
*Classroom Discussion Boards
*Benefits of Discussion Boards Vs. Classroom environments

Demographics

11-14

able to afford OR check out computer/laptop (or tablet?)

all genders and races

Wants and Needs (Individual and Community)

individual:

•   want to be social

•   willing to discuss

•   self-motivation

•   open-minded

•   critical thoughts

community:

•   draw connections

•   desire for in-context subjects

•   need for relatability

•   need to make links

•   long-term retention

Symbols

message board icons/conventions:

speech bubbles

plus signs

avatars

online identity

profile

memes

media references

signatures

group/guilds

polls

instant feed?

links (IMG, URL, VIDEO)

clubs

badges?

Motivations for Participating

part of grade

better retention of knowledge

confidence/empowerment through sharing

ability to discuss, rather than introverted learning

casual setting, comfortable

practical, well-rounded education

keeps kids connected, even outside of school (NO isolation!)

Articles on integrated curriculums:
Why Integrate?: A Case for Collating the Curriculum
Integrating Curriculum: The Importance

Information Architecture: Starting the Info-graphics

So last class period, we began by organizing out collections on a series of index cards. The placement of these index cards in relation to each other revealed different cataloguing methods and helped us sort information of each item into categories for our website info-graphics.

Here are a few of the cameras in my collection. I will be receiving more shortly and will post those photos of the expanded collection at a later date.

Here are my initial sketches and brain storming lists.

For my main 3 cataloguing methods I am going to sort the cameras by their:

1. Camera Type
2. Monetary Value
3. Condition

My info-graphics so far include:

1. Number of steps to take a photograph
2. Camera Viewfinders
3. Monetary Value: Ebay Vs. Amazon
4. Film Formats
5. Bellows Camera Parts
6. Image Size
7. Location of Manufacture
8. Size and Weight
9. Time of Manufacture

Type 4: Type Symposium Project

So for Type 4, we are going to put on a Typographic Symposium for a crowd of high-school students and the KCAI freshman. The symposium will be educational and entertaining, showcasing a different type experiment from each student in our Junior class at the design department. To start the creative and planning juices flowing, we've started with a series of concept webs, which we have combined into a giant one. Pulling all the ideas together.