Day 02: Wednesday, 05 January 2011

Agenda:


1. Opening Remarks

• You are in Design 200: An Introduction to Design.
  If this is not where you mean to be... Good Luck.
• How about those Buckeyes!
• Twitter
• Does anyone need a syllabus?
• How about a playing card?
• Still refining the Calendar.

2. Today's Discussion

1. The attendance sheet.
2. Anyone get the books yet? 
3. Syllabus Update: Grading Section  --> Syllabus
4. Assignment 01
5. Journal 01 & Course Reflection 01
6. Reading Reflection 01

3. Closing Remarks

• Did everyone sign the attendance sheet?
• Good luck to those who are putting the final touches on their Entrance Exam.
• Friday is the last day to get into any other classes.
• The real work starts on Monday. 

Reading Reflection 01 (RR01)

DUE: Monday, 10 January 2011 by the beginning of class.


Step 01: Find an article on design.
The Links section of this site would probably be a great place to start for this assignment. Find an article that interests you. READ IT.

Step 02: Reflect on the article.
Create a blog post where you do the following:

1. Briefly summarize the article you read.
2. Provide a link to the specific article.
3. Reflect on why this article interested you. What did you gain by reading the article? Why is it important or interesting? Do you think it has an impact on design or how you think about design so far? Why might anyone else want to read it? Etc...

Please use the "RR01" tag/label to identify this post.

Journal 01 (J01) & Course Reflection 01 (CR01)

DUE: Monday, 10 January 2011 by the beginning of class.


For J01: Introduce yourself to the world.
Create a blog post introducing yourself. Write a bit about who you are, your interests, where your from, etc.. While it is not needed to include personal information that you are not comfortable sharing, do try to include things that will help your classmates relate to you.
For example: While I might not be comfortable stating that I am from Melrose, Wi, I might state that I am from a small, rural village in Western Wisconsin.

For CR01: What are you hoping to get out of Dsgn200 this quarter?
Write a short statement about why you are taking this course. What are you interested in within the design topic? What are you looking forward to so far? Are you intending to major/minor in Design? Are you just taking this for fun? Any concerns or reservations you have about the course? How did you hear about the course? These are the types of questions you might try to address.

These may both be addressed in a single post.

Please use the "J01" & "CR01" tags/labels to identify this post so that I will know what post to grade for this assignment.

Assignment 01 (A01): Blog Set-Up

DUE: Monday, 10 January 2011 by the beginning of class.


Step 1: Set-up a blog on whatever blogging platform you prefer.
In order to complete this step, you will need an email address and an internet connection. Please choose a FREE service. There are many out there and there is no need to spend money on this.
Be aware that it is important to protect your identity on the web. It is up to you, but it the recommendation of both the university and myself that you use a screen-name when posting content to your blog.
Refer to the following post for more on how to do this: How to Blog

Step 2: "Register" your new blog with me (the instructor).
Upon getting your blog set-up and activated, fill out the web-form at the following link to let me know about it.
Register your blog.

Register Your Blog

How to Blog

Here are a few resources to get you all going on starting your blogs for class.

"7 Easy-To-Use Tools to Start Blogging Now"  via: thenextweb.com

Some Popular free platforms: (I have used all of these.)
http://www.blogger.com
https://posterous.com
http://www.tumblr.com/
http://wordpress.org/