Overview
The goal of this interaction project is to put a creative idea into action that brings people together. The project must be collaborative in nature, incorporating not only the ideas and contributions of the group members, but of campus strangers in the local community as well.
You will work in groups of three to design an interactive project that promotes a positive sense of community and incorporates meaningful contributions from members in the community. Make a plan to collect at least 30 contributions (friends, acquaintances, campus strangers). Create a final digital artifact to showcase to the class.
Objectives & Outcomes
Demonstrate rhetorical awareness of audience and purpose in your appeals for community participation.
Demonstrate ability to design and implement a large-scale creative project.
Develop process-oriented skills in your attention to (re)vision and self-documentation.
Demonstrate facility with multimodal forms of communication.
Learn to work effectively and creatively with co-collaborators.
Format: Oral Presentation
- Your oral presentation will narrate the critical and creative process of your collaborative project. All group members will play an important role in communicating the presentation to the class.
- Both presentations will also contain a digital artifact, presented at the early stage and the final stage of your interaction project. Your artifact may take various forms, including photography, videos, posters, and songs.
Presentation I
- Introduce us to your project. Consider, for example, the problem, its significance, and your response. Describe your “why.”
- Create a plan for where, when, and how you will collect contributions. Set the stage for how you will persuade people to participate.
- Produce 10 samples of contributions (created by group members and close friends).
Presentation II
- Provide context for your artifact: what was the purpose of your interaction project? who were the contributors, generally speaking? how did you persuade campus strangers to participate?
- Provide a discussion of your creative and collaborative process in terms of the course concepts we have explored.
- Showcase your digital artifact (video, poster, etc) and provide evidence of your process.
Inspiration
Interviews: Passover According to Bryant Park
Sounds: Unite Through Sound
Activities and Interviews: Story Building with LEGOs
Drawings: Lost the Sun