Monthly Archives: February 2021
02-1 Color
Note that the MindMap Blogwork has a process spanning two days, so today is the day to start it, if you haven’t already. Class 6 will be a workshop class (all sections together), where we try the experiments in the … Continue reading
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Q&A about Mind Maps and Class
Thank you to those students who showed up to office hours. Here are answers to questions about MindMaps and class logistics that I recently fielded. Q. Are we only solving one (1) problem and making two (2) mind maps? A. … Continue reading
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02-0 Pop-Outs, Colors, and Patterns
Feast your eyes on the Lecture Notes and Class Participation challenge for Unit 2. After registering points and contours, “pop-out” effects are what draw our attention. See if you spot the pop-outs faster than your friends– you can play virtually … Continue reading
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TOKEN: Early Bird Gets the Token
Every Friday when new homework is assigned, students can volunteer to do the homework by Monday’s discussion. They submit the blog post form early and the class gets to talk about their example. These “early birds” will receive a … Continue reading
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BLOG: Mind Mapping and Creativity Process
This assignment is about exploring our subconscious in the role of creativity for problem solving. Please follow the process carefully so that your subconscious has time to work. The challenge is to create a MindMap to solve a serious problem … Continue reading
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Unit 2: The Science of Color
Explore… Read… Due… Colors In Cultures color science videos below (~5 minutes total) McCloud: Ch. 8 Ware: Ch. 4 Blog: Mind Map (due Thur 2/18 11:59pm) Quiz #2(due Sun 2/14 11:59pm) Sir Isaac Newton’s Color Experiment clip from the San … Continue reading
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Blog Problems and Solutions Recap
If you’re having problems with your blog, read on. Thank you to Dully, Lilly, Ava, Lexi, John, Justin and other students for helping share these issues that you may run into while submitting tonight’s BlogWork. Q. My blog post is … Continue reading
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01-2 Visualizing Relationships (Mind Maps)
Great job with visualizing your networks on Monday. Hope you all had a chance to walk among trees and interact with real people from your networks despite the snow! For Thursday’s sketch participation, please upload a MindMap about what inspires … Continue reading
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01-1 Visualizing Relationships
For Monday’s sketch participation, please upload a drawing about your people network. Explore how to use sensory elements– points, lines, colors, and shapes to make the relationships visible. Try to avoid using too much text. Upload your sketch to: Section … Continue reading
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01-0 Visual Communication and Creative Thinking
Dear students, Here are the lecture notes for Thursday’s class. Please try out the fun visual exercises (it’s better with a friend). Also remember to submit the class participation sketch for our online discussion. I also plan to have office … Continue reading
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