Week 3 Reading Responses

#1 Why Tangibility Matters

A summary of each reading:

This was a case study about creating tangible learning tools that focused on showing phonics to children who are at risk of dyslexia.

Reading Responses 5

Getting Down to Details: Using Theories of Cognition and Learning to Inform Tangible User Interface Design

Summary

Action Recognition

For my action recognition assignment I decided to do a toothbrushing gesture that provides feedback on proper toothbrushing…

Stacy Interview Analysis

The interview analysis I decided to visually sort concepts through stickynotes and a whiteboard. However, I started…

Week 2 Reading Response

#1 MagneTracks

A summary of each reading:

Magnetracks use cognitivism and constructivism concepts to create a tangible learning toy that allows students to explore physic and other STEM concepts.

Input and Output Assignment

For this assignment I decided to create a learning game that focuses on tracing different shapes. I got to…

Week 7 Reading Responses

Universal methods of design

Business Origami

Summary: Business Origami allows stakeholders to collaborate by using tangible paper objects to explore how people, artifacts and the environment interact and…

Week 4 Reading Response

#1 Participatory Design of Technology

A summary of each reading:

This was a case study about creating tangible user interfaces using a participatory design process and how the outcome can be a more inclusive…

Week 8 Reading Response

What do prototypes Prototype?

Summary: This article presents the idea that the terminology “prototype” is too broad a term and that it can refer to different aspects of a design so when we talk about prototypes we should shift to talking…