Brainstorming.
Children working as creative design partners.
Designing interactive learning apps.
Eight children involved, from elementary to middle school age.
Floor - where we sit in the chair-less room.
Goldfish, served in coffee filters.
Hi, I'm Kaitlyn :0)
Internship at Pearson Learning Products.
Juice - the perfect afternoon snack complement to goldfish.
KidsTeam, a few hours each Wednesday afternoon where the children & adults brainstorm together.
Last trimester of high school.
My Senior Research Project Proposal (SRP): link at the bottom of the post.
Non-disclosure agreements (sorry, I can't give you app specifics).
Open-minded environment.
Personalized notebooks (mine has a K on it).
Questions - the more the merrier.
Rusty, my on-site mentor, and Mr. Peacher, my former math teacher & faculty mentor.
Sketches of our thoughts.
Thoughts and anecdotes about the process and office.
Unveiling the creative design process.
Varying perspectives and opinions.
Washi tape and glitter - the foundations of creative thought.
X-rays and xylophones allowed - no idea is too weird (even if it involves hamsters).
Yellow pencils and imaginations in hand.
Zany - some of our ideas aren't exactly normal (the flying pig with one horn comes to mind).
Anyway, I'm very excited to go out into the "real" world this last trimester of high school, & I hope to learn something new along the way. Hopefully next time I post I'll have an exciting anecdote or two to tell! Here's the link to my SRP that I promised in L:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16uKa8ygXjPf7GzonMfvLSuiqwoXg0oOyBpJ48AdFtAA/edit?usp=sharing
KidsTeam, a few hours each Wednesday afternoon where the children & adults brainstorm together.
Last trimester of high school.
My Senior Research Project Proposal (SRP): link at the bottom of the post.
Non-disclosure agreements (sorry, I can't give you app specifics).
Open-minded environment.
Personalized notebooks (mine has a K on it).
Questions - the more the merrier.
Rusty, my on-site mentor, and Mr. Peacher, my former math teacher & faculty mentor.
Sketches of our thoughts.
Thoughts and anecdotes about the process and office.
Unveiling the creative design process.
Varying perspectives and opinions.
Washi tape and glitter - the foundations of creative thought.
X-rays and xylophones allowed - no idea is too weird (even if it involves hamsters).
Yellow pencils and imaginations in hand.
Zany - some of our ideas aren't exactly normal (the flying pig with one horn comes to mind).
Anyway, I'm very excited to go out into the "real" world this last trimester of high school, & I hope to learn something new along the way. Hopefully next time I post I'll have an exciting anecdote or two to tell! Here's the link to my SRP that I promised in L:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16uKa8ygXjPf7GzonMfvLSuiqwoXg0oOyBpJ48AdFtAA/edit?usp=sharing
Ah this sounds so cool and like so much fun! I'm sure you'll learn a lot :)
ReplyDeleteomg this opening is great
ReplyDeletehow even did you find something relevant for every letter
:D
Kaitlyn, this project sounds amazing! I can't wait to hear about everything you do. One small suggestion: I would add a link to your sidebar that directs to your proposal!
ReplyDeleteOkay one: this format it so cute! Every letter had something relevant, it's so great. :')
ReplyDeleteTwo: so what got you interested in doing a project like this?
And three: what's so weird about hamsters?
Actually though, this project seems like it'll be tons of fun! I'm excited to see what you come up with! Good luckkkkkk <3
Hi Kaitlin,
ReplyDeleteGreat project - one of my favorites! Can you send us links to some products you might consider from Pearson or others? And if you can identify ones developed with children in the design process, all the better.
Mr. Bloom
Hi Kaitlin,
ReplyDeleteThis project sounds very interesting. I like the new perspective on software development. It makes sense.
Are you going to be working on actual the coding/programming for this at all?
I love this. How did you learn about KidsTeam? Could you also provide a link to your internship site? I definitely want to learn more!
ReplyDeleteHey Kaitlin,
ReplyDeleteGreat Blog, I'm from Lutheran High School and I tend to critique layouts of blogs and websites. I love the background and the overall layout of your website. However I believe it'd be easier and more professional looking to change the font. Although I believe the entire website would look better and make the words easier to read if the font color matched your background; blue. Either that or black. Regardless, I love the playful layout, it makes the entire project relate to the subject of children which is very well thought out.
Sterling,
Lutheran High School
Hello Mr. Belleau,
DeleteThank you for your thoughtful critique of my blog layout! It's always nice to have constructive criticism, especially of my blog design and layout, since I get to observe usability testing on website layouts as part of my project and would love to improve my own.
Due to your advice, I decided to change the font and colors, and I hope it makes any future reading of my blog (should you choose to do so) more enjoyable for you.
Thank you again,
Kaitlyn