Weekly Report 10

This week Alicia and I met on Friday for approximately 3 hours, and we are planning to meet again Monday for the same amount of time. We went over research, how it’s going and what we still need to do. We briefly discussed the critique, but the majority of our time was spent working on level 2. We looked over the latest draft, discussing issues like legends, behind the scenes and journals, etc. Among other things we decided that midway through the main 3 sections there should be a prompt, asking students whether they want a second example, or if they want to proceed on to the next phase of the section. We also briefly discussed binder assembly and level 3.
Monday we’re going to examine the revised level 2, hopefully for the last time, create a template for our level 3, and begin filling out level 3s for our slides. Hopefully we will have a few example level 3s to show Dr. Abed Tuesday.

Weekly Report 9

This week Alicia and I worked on revising the design plan, writing our critique, and adding audio to the animation logo. Friday we met in person to look these things over and make decisions about what revisions, if necessary were necessary, and in the case of the animation logo, which version to choose as our final version.
The design plan occupied the majority of our meeting time. We revised sections based on Dr. Abed’s comments, balancing and blending his ideas with our own, and updated other sections as necessary to ensure that the document as a whole was consistent.
At the end of the meeting we decided that we were both tired and not at our best, so we decided to read over the latest incarnations of the design plan and critique over the weekend, to make sure that we did not notice anything with fresh eyes that we missed today. The animation logo is done, if Dr. Abed approves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKGlYGSIOaA

Weekly Report 8

This week Alicia researched the three laws while I worked on our animation logo. Sunday we met online and discussed the current drafts of the logo and decided on a version. Then I told Alicia what I was still going to add/change about the logo animation. After that we reviewed what we still need to do for EDT 521 and discussed how we will segment and assign components in the summer.

Weekly Report 7

This week Alicia and I met for a three hour session on Friday. We worked on our Design Plan, revising Media Strategies, and creating CBI, Treatment and Interface sections. In the process we also revised our overall outline and plan for the project. When we were done we both felt very good about our outline and our project. I think we feel far more comfortable with the project as a whole, and our ability to complete it, because now we have outlines and blueprints that we feel confident about.
We also once again confirmed we can work together, and achieve very good results. As with any team, we bounce ideas off each other, take turns playing the role of brainstormer and critique, but there is also a natural back and forth between our natures. Alicia is an educator, while I am more of an entertainer. I think that contrast creates a very strong balance between the two purposes.
We’ve settled on having at least two characters, using a museum interface, and having a series of buttons and diagrams along the bottom of most pages, offering navigation and a general outline of where the audience is within a section. We also regularly stumbled upon random jokes and funny mistakes, which were hilarious.