This project is one that brings different results with each batch of students. And I like to create projects that develop skills beyond the course syllabus. That includes personal skills such as research, team player qualities and self-initiation. Students tend to view the web beyond a consumer's point of view after they have worked on this extensive project.
The Website:The class worked as individuals towards personal enlightenment about global warming. One observation I make of a lot of students is that they have a lot of information at hand but less knowledge and hence the hesitance to discuss a subject intelligently. The students researched the subject matter as it appealed to each of them individually. They then thought about who the audience for the their website was and researched sites targeting that audience. It was upto them to decide what the website would do.
Objective: Create a resource website for high school students researching various artists/movements/time periods. During the process, learning extra tidbits yourself. Appreciate the work put into creating deep knowledge based websites. Consider workflow within a team environment.
Class: The class was Digital Studio I (graduate web design class focused on information architecture, usability and accessibility principles).
The Website: The class worked as a team of three designers that worked individually upto a certain point and then came together to fuse the more successful concepts to create the single working prototype. The client was extremely overjoyed with the results and the students gained excellent experience as a result of the project and the class. The brief presentation can be viewed in this .pdf.
The Website:The class worked as individuals towards personal enlightenment about global warming. One observation I make of a lot of students is that they have a lot of information at hand but less knowledge and hence the hesitance to discuss a subject intelligently. The students researched the subject matter as it appealed to each of them individually. They then thought about who the audience for the their website was and researched sites targeting that audience. It was upto them to decide what the website would do.
" Aah Haans" Moments of learning
- Review of media across the world.
- How does global warming affect each person
- How can I make a change to affect the world
- understand the demographic and cater to their needs
- Sitemaps, wireframes, sequence charts...
- Cascading Style Sheets—slow miracles.
