After some discussion, I'd like to spend some time really clarifying the point of this project. So not to step on toes or appear to have an accusatory point of view, I'd been avoiding the stance of "parents aren't doing their job," because, well, that's not what I meant at all. But it's all in the way you say it, and I just needed to find the right words.
assist
motivate
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
2 - Week -To Elaborate and Clarify
The question at hand is this:
In what ways can design be used to educate parents and prepare their children (ages 4-5) for entering kindergarten at a public school?
Education of young children has always been an intense passion of mine. Maybe it began as I grew up with my my mother is a kindergarten teacher, or maybe it stemmed from the years and years of babysitting and nannying that I did before coming to college. Rather than allowing the children under my care to flop themselves on the couch and fry their brains in front of a television, I've always pushed them (sometimes, to their chagrin) to be active and always learning. Especially the young
But enough of the personal anecdote.
Upon coming to this school and entering into design, I've realized that I've been in a sort of a child-withdrawl. This is one of the many reasons that I chose to go in this direction as my last hurrah of my college-student life. Of course though, I should probably take a minute to consider the design portion of this project. Don't worry, don't worry, I have. It might be ambitious to plan for so much, but I would like this project to manifest itself into 3 finished forms.
First, is the research, which will probably end up being a book. That's the not only the practical solution, but also the more logical one. I plan on formatting it similarly to the research books that we made in Jamie Gray's User Experience course from junior year. I really want this to be an important element of the degree project, as it was something that I enjoyed doing before, and I feel that having an organized artifact from which to pull all of my research and information will really help insure that the projects it informs will be most appropriate.
For the second half of this project, I would like to split it into two parts, for two audiences. One artifact, also most likely a book, would be for the parent audience. It would be educational and informative, but more simple than the research book? Maybe not? This is a point of contingency that I'm waffling about right now.
Should I turn the process book into my research book?
Should I just incorporate the information I gather into the book/artifact/whatever I create for the parents? Since I'm still in the research phase, I'm not too concerned about this issue right now. I realize, though, that it's not a good idea to sit in the research phase too long, so this decision will happen soon, hopefully as a result of the research that I've been gathering.
Or maybe, there's a research book and instead of having one book for parents and one for children,
there's one book that both provides information to the parents while also providing activities and learning for the children.
Again, I'm assuming that these will turn themselves into their final forms as I collect research. It's an assumption that they'll be books. Most likely books right now. Probably books? Not all books.
The children's portion of the project is where I would plan on taking the opportunity to branch out, perhaps work in a digital form as well as print. I think the iPad would be a good medium to go with, and the research I have collected so far also points in that direction. Other fun options are board games, iPhone games, websites, not sure not sure not sure!
In what ways can design be used to educate parents and prepare their children (ages 4-5) for entering kindergarten at a public school?
Education of young children has always been an intense passion of mine. Maybe it began as I grew up with my my mother is a kindergarten teacher, or maybe it stemmed from the years and years of babysitting and nannying that I did before coming to college. Rather than allowing the children under my care to flop themselves on the couch and fry their brains in front of a television, I've always pushed them (sometimes, to their chagrin) to be active and always learning. Especially the young
But enough of the personal anecdote.
Upon coming to this school and entering into design, I've realized that I've been in a sort of a child-withdrawl. This is one of the many reasons that I chose to go in this direction as my last hurrah of my college-student life. Of course though, I should probably take a minute to consider the design portion of this project. Don't worry, don't worry, I have. It might be ambitious to plan for so much, but I would like this project to manifest itself into 3 finished forms.
First, is the research, which will probably end up being a book. That's the not only the practical solution, but also the more logical one. I plan on formatting it similarly to the research books that we made in Jamie Gray's User Experience course from junior year. I really want this to be an important element of the degree project, as it was something that I enjoyed doing before, and I feel that having an organized artifact from which to pull all of my research and information will really help insure that the projects it informs will be most appropriate.
For the second half of this project, I would like to split it into two parts, for two audiences. One artifact, also most likely a book, would be for the parent audience. It would be educational and informative, but more simple than the research book? Maybe not? This is a point of contingency that I'm waffling about right now.
Should I turn the process book into my research book?
Should I just incorporate the information I gather into the book/artifact/whatever I create for the parents? Since I'm still in the research phase, I'm not too concerned about this issue right now. I realize, though, that it's not a good idea to sit in the research phase too long, so this decision will happen soon, hopefully as a result of the research that I've been gathering.
Or maybe, there's a research book and instead of having one book for parents and one for children,
there's one book that both provides information to the parents while also providing activities and learning for the children.
Again, I'm assuming that these will turn themselves into their final forms as I collect research. It's an assumption that they'll be books. Most likely books right now. Probably books? Not all books.
The children's portion of the project is where I would plan on taking the opportunity to branch out, perhaps work in a digital form as well as print. I think the iPad would be a good medium to go with, and the research I have collected so far also points in that direction. Other fun options are board games, iPhone games, websites, not sure not sure not sure!
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Question. (?)
In what ways can design be used to educate parents and prepare their children (ages 4-5) for entering kindergarten at a public school?
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