Multimedia: Revised iphone and ipad app

With the revisions of the iphone and ipad, I refined the look a feel even more than before by adding more relationship of how the hub interacts or how the information is given. By giving the the user the ability to separate info of another fisherman in the field by giving the name with the experience points and then giving information about that fisherman. I also decided to integrate the the keyboard more into our system by keeping it the brown. Also gave another level of read/separation for view the fishermen in the area by applying a stroke of color around their image and then giving the number of fisherman circle a drop shadow to give more separation. I also decided to keep the mail icon, but giving a different color gave it a more friendly feel and the fact it is there when you view the fisherman, it gives you the opportunity to message them. Convenience is key, I feel, the ability to receive information and look through it easy to understand is best.


With the Ipad, the revisions included putting the illustrations of the fish in the water, and changing the feel of how the application opens automatically in camera mode and not having another camera icon to make it as confusing. I also made the depth chart more apparent to where you looking in the water by making them elongate more.
Overall I did apply a new image for the background to give it more as this is your fishing pole that your looking at. Micah and I always liked the idea of having the iphone and ipad as a personal use and having imagery to compliment it was nice.

More refinements to come.

Multimedia: More of Iphone/Ipad

Design Systems: Awesome Video From Swisscom

Design Systems: Final Direction

The colors are more rich in person.

The Journey to Frank Rushton Ele.

Information gotten from the 3rd grade teacher Mr. Wetzel

kinetic/tactile is the best way to learn- any hands on activity towards a subject is key, like getting responds to creating a game (using different objects like in Math use of blocks, clocks are a good use).

Reading is more difficult (unless it incorporated a mini play) this could be an avenue to helping to get kids outfits they could wear to act out since they don't have that opportunity.

Lessons with more auditory is better with several visual breaks (encourage movement). The kids enjoy anything that can be made in a posters, flashcards, and to use whiteboards while learning.

3rd grade is when they are learning to write in cursive. Also the classroom has a chance to use computers and his class had a world map carpet.

We asked him how can graphic design help... his answer was in anyway to create a new counting method, poster do go along way (esp. if it has instructions on steps and when they can do the step, they would have to read the step aloud, which can showcase it giving them something they can see visually). Symbol plus a word or motion within acting out the different types of learning styles could help them learn it better.

Learned that the school is learning a new set of teaching styles that includes a pacing guide which gives what the children need to learn when. Also learned that in 3rd grade students need help/more knowledge in understanding social studies and science just started this year thanks to the national geographic. Got information that school is going to start the program 'no child left behind,' which will give more testing to see where the students are in level with others and work within that area to get better is a simple way to put it, but it had start when Bush started in office.

After talking to Mr. Wetzel, we went and talked to the special education classes for learning disabilities to understand how they use learning styles in the group. Ms. Lujan answered our questions as best as she could.

She told us that when dealing with a learning disability, reading visuals (picture clues) are the best for her students. She likes teaching the students the use of repetition verbally (like say the word, then spell it out, and if spelled wrong try again spelling it out loud three times and then say the word again). She also said that to help her students learning, teaching one strategy at a time will be more successful than having multiple strategies going on at once. She tries to integrate words into games dealing with reading and writing. The other special education teacher we talked to, Ms. Cates, had said her students ranging 4th and 5th grade are into hands on things for learning, as well as visual learning too. She mainly works with reading and math, but she said that she would email us back if she could come up with more information or ideas to help us.

We also got to talk to a 5th grade teacher, Ms. Murphy, which was are main person that helped us get so much information about what her class already done to find out what type of learner they are. She said that about 6 weeks ago her students took a quiz from the computer lab teacher that gave direct information back right away. She also gave us information on what subjects she wishes that needs help, which are math, social studies, and science (even though that just started). She said with math, the toughest part for the students to learn is fractions and they start that next week, but she felt that fractions tend to be the toughest probably because it isn't practiced as much as well as maturity level isn't there yet in math. With social studies, we were told that there isn't a teaching style but wishes there was a way to make it more interesting than it already is. When we asked how do you think graphic design could help, she answered that it would be cool to basically update the way the posters look as well as give information a designers view (like breaking it down more or give multiple ways of how to understand the information). Ms. Murphy was a great help in our mission to know more that she is going to meet with us next week to try out our ideas.

Visual Advocacy: Celery Design Presentation

Celery

Multimedia: 3D Model

MultiMedia: Iphone/Ipad

Visual Advocacy: Prototypes

So as a whole, the prototypes I made work with the three types of learning (hands on, visual, and auditory). The way I approach these ideas was thinking how to get the students involved, as well as adding a new tool for the teachers to use if they like.


The first idea is approached by a subject, in this case math, and have the number large, spelled out, and visually shown on the back. Then to have the student read aloud their number and the problem to be solved, from here then the student with the right number will then read their number and a problem. During the process, the students have the ability to scribble out on paper to figure out the possible answer.
The other idea can be approached with the student making their very own books about themselves. They would have a visual image of what they are talking about and on the other page, a written out description, so in the end they can read it to their parents or to others. This idea would give them the idea of how a book can be made too.

more to be added......

MultiMedia: Iphone Appilcations

For my design I wanted to stick with the natural feel of how iphone looks and feel, I would like to work with imagery to bring in some contrast instead of a straight forward feel. I included an icon system that represents the 3 main categories (the fish finder, camera feature, and buddies).







And here is an idea where I would like to take it.

MultiMedia: Site Map

Visual Advocacy: brief discussion in class

products don't last forever

sean- throw it in the ocean

the engine can only go so far

re-accounting for recycling, and go back in the process
the design can be in a such way a process could be reversed for a waste free place

What about now? what do we do with it?
-throw in the ocean..NOT!
-figure out a more useful way to work with waste
e-waste

people are taking things apart from computers and reclaiming for themselves, and a lot of the people are getting ill from getting this job done. They sell the metal for raw material and assuming that they get it for free and find a way to make money. You do what you can to survive.

regulations- regulating the system is the signal of design failure
need to go back to the drawing board

ideas are out there because people will buy it, want it, and then go for it.
the idea of showing people having trouble in life and showing people, people will help send money their way.

where do we stop pollution? make a company not pollute, but to figure out where things are coming and understand consequences.

overall cap on emissions, by how big a country is how much emissions could happen. If US is under the amount of emission then other countries can by what they have left. The idea of amount of emission will go down each year to the point if you go over you would have to pay to make up for the additional emissions in the air. Global issue going on.

incentives are out there to get the idea out there. get the idea out there.


modular carpeting-
floorcarpet tiles flora
project zero
ray anderson interface

article

we don't live in isolation

you can send used tiles back so that they can be reused

books on screens vs. hand held books
need base vs. liking base in environmentally going towards

People are going to what want to do make them happy.

"the book your holding is not a book"

someone has to ask questions, on what it could look like.....a book on XYZ

with the resources we will get there.

Ants based on population and the fact there should be a lot less of us and to see how they work.
Size of population in ants vs. our population
more ants in biomass in weight to equal one of us.

where does graphic design fit in this?
in awareness by getting the word out there to having the iphone have a alert out there to let you know. Gray is going into the business looking to change the outcome to be better.

sound to come......

3 systems of directions towards the outcome
for friday to do 3 approaches- valid 3 different approaches not themes come up with approaches like playing cards, board game, and physical game.
low feud. prototypes doesn't complete the solution
don't lock into the details- general approach
by Oct 8th (show tyler and chris the prototypes) for homework have some testing going on between the 8th-15th for testing...multiple people to test at least 2 responses
take all three out to user test
what piece will get us further in the run
Oct 15th- have some verbal/ picking a direction/ present that direction and give their response
then to refine
Oct 22th- what content where
Oct 29th- visual design to components
5th, 12th, and Nov. 17th case study due to design ing. change and app. rolled in
then start to develop the idea more adding more to concept
thinking lateral

Visual Advocacy: Readings

Catherine Gray Reading

Moving society towards sustainability is the thought of Gray's idea, and by getting multinational companies to get involved will help with the significantly impact of the ecosystem. I found this very intriguing for the fact that it is generally true that large companies and corporations work with multiple or use multiple cross platforms like print to website and finding another way to their strategy and operation. She goes on to talk about how they show the companies how to combine basic education and awareness with business analysis, so they can understand where biggest impacts, risks, and opportunities are. All the information is put into the business context, which I feel makes this idea achievable. I find it achievable for the companies to know the opinions out there because giving them knowledge of this information might give them the ability to expand on their work. I feel the Natural Step should be taken on al companies to become sustainable because our planet is in a decline of life-support, like fresh air and clean water. It is very interesting for the fact Natural Step is in twelve countries and the fact that they focus on methodology of that country.

I found that is was amazing that Home Depot took the change to find certified wood, educating their team, merchants, and key staff on the approach to sustainability. When she talked about Nike and how they wanted to have respect in labor practices, was something that I always wanted to know. Then to learn that Nike has impacted both environmental and social issues was one way of learning that they had their designers introduce new methods on sustainability. When it came to Ikea and Starbucks, I learned that they too had Natural Step come in to educate them on the things they use and then to change their method to improve in their field of work. When reading about McDonald's in Sweden, I just wish here in the states that the organic dairy, organic beef, and organic vegetables, and as well as modified organism in food would come here soon even though they are working on globally at the moment. I believe if we had the change here, then maybe the food would actually taste like food, also maybe service will go up and beyond than now. It was interesting to see McDonald's their list of companies they are working with, but I'm happy they are helping them. And I wouldn't mind reading Ant, Galileo, and Gandhi because then we could relate to sustainability better.



William McDonough
Economy, Ecology, and Equity

The Next Industrial Revolution, where industry and environment come together is something vital to the growth, free form of energy and open to systems. In human industry there would be similarly to 'technical nutrition' and that seeing these as 'waste equals food' could be put into a same kind of cycle. The idea of product of consumption would be biologically consumed and put back into the soil, is something that everyone I believe is wishing to happen with all materials. How do we find that way? Then the idea of products of service in which we want service and not the relating to potential has been in the system I believe for a long while with not throwing away computers, but returning it to the industry where they will reuse the material in another way. I feel that making more places available to return items that don't break down naturally is greatly needed because I only know of a few places, so why not more. I love this quote "With eco-efficiency, is being less bad being good, or is it simply being bad, just less so" for the fact is questions itself in a way.

Cradle-to-cradle cycle is having an open metabolism of chemicals that manifest on living or technical systems. "Things are actually getting lower in quality as they go through the process." This quote could be true because you can only think of how many trees are cut down first then how much of the scrapes are left over from the paper that was made before you have to cut down more trees. This is true with the breakthrough of nylon fibers can be chemically recycled ad up-cycled and it somehow comes back better than before because of the mechanical properties have improved, thereby increasing fiber.

MultiMedia: Inspiration/Color palette

With the color palette, the idea is to try represent both sides of fishing being the leisure and the sporting. Within this group, there is a wide range for ideas for choices, but also some of these might work at all for what we are going towards. I personally believe the last four in this group represent the community very well, and there might be a chance to look at adding or rearranging some the colors to make better sense.

MultiMedia: Presention with revision done

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