Course Schedule

Class 1
· Course Sescription
· Class Schedule
· THE BIG PICTURE
· What is NEW MEDIA?
· Relationship between New Media and INTERACTIVITY
· Globalization
· WEB 2.0 + COMMUNITY Based Design
· How is the CORPORATE World using these elements
· How do you as a designer FIT
· The different types of New Media
· Design process pertaining to New Media
· Research Portals
· Delicious
· Spatial Thinking and New Media
· Space is Web 2.0

HOMEWORK:
· Setup your blog on Blogger
· Setup their Delicious account (DEMO)
· ASSIGNMENT: Bring in and present 2 examples of what we spoke about today
· What do you think are GOOD new media experiences?
· Bring in examples that best reflect the power of new media and its global reach
· Guide us through this new media path and explain its significance
· Did it address a problem, opportunity or need?
· How you present is up to you
· You will be graded on how well you present this narrative

Class 2 (January 28th, 2010)
· Assignment #1: Each student presents their findings
· The User Experience in New Media
· The Concept/Metaphor in New Media
· Lateral + Vertical Thinking
· Mechanics of a problem
· Creation of Narrative/Storytelling
· Storyboard techniques
· Animation techniques - creating comps using acrobat
· In-class exercises
· Introduce project (portfolio project)
· HOMEWORK: Each student is to bring samples that represent the body of their design portfolios. Ready to present to the class.


Class 3 (February 4th, 2010)

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FEBRUARY 8-28 OLYMPIC BREAK
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Class 4 (March 4th, 2010)

Class 5 (March 11th, 2010)

Class 6 (March 18th, 2010)