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D&T Final Project Requirements. Due: May 13

Blog Post Your Final blog post should be labeled “Final Project: [Name of your project]” and should include A link to an explainer video (2-5 minutes) about your project. We will go over basic video recording/editing techniques in class. You MUST submit the video by 4pm on May 13 so we can watch it in […]

NYU D&T Session 18: Recurse Center

Announcements Please open and use Questions for External Speakers for the first part of today’s class. At 5:25, we will walk to Recurse Center, 397 Bridge Street. Next Monday, 4/15: Observation Take 2, by Jonathan Bain. Next class: checking in regarding your Human-Centered Plan and interviews so far (we will use your blogs for reference). […]

NYU D&T Session 17: Human-Centered Resource Planning (continued); Preparing for Recurse Center

Announcements Slideshow from Joshua Ogure NYU Ally Week: upcoming One Zone trainings (note the Disability Zone training) Prototyping: NYU Software Options Poll for Final: Does anyone plan to pursue the writing-only option (and not build a prototype)? To ensure that we get to every project in our final class, I am leaning towards requiring a […]

NYU D&T Session 16: Guest Speaker Joshua Ogure; Human-Centered Resource Planning

Announcements TCS Spring Writing Awards. Let me know if you would like to be considered before the April 8 deadline. Last year’s prize was $200. Extra Credit: Roll Red Roll Update: Film ends on 4/4 (Thursday). If you’d like to go, please use code NYUSTUDENT for a discounted ticket, add your name to this signup […]

NYU D&T Session 15: Persona Design Continued; D&T in Kibera (Nairobi, Kenya)

Announcements April 4: Navigating Identities in the Workplace (NYU Wasserman Center, Kimmel Center). April 8: NYU Aging Incubator Lunch Seminars, talk by Prof A (Tandon Makerspace Auditorium). TCS Spring Writing Awards. Let me know if you would like to be considered before the April 8 deadline. Last year’s prize was $200. External Resources: Open Style […]

Notes from Preparation Call with Joshua Ogure

Last month, I held a preparatory call with Josh Ogure to explain the context of our class (including our discussions of salient social identities) and to prepare some backup slides in case of Internet connection issues. Here are some notes from our call. I bolded items I’d like to follow up on when we call […]

NYU D&T Session 14: Persona Design; Guest Speaker Vernelle Noel

Announcements Medical Bias Movie Roll Red Roll Update: Up to 8 students can sign up with non-discounted rate. If this changes and more students can sign up, I’ll update this signup sheet. If you want to go, please check the signup sheet, purchase your ticket, add your name to the sheet, and email me your […]

NYU D&T Session 13: Last Presentations; Setting Up Second Half

Announcements No make-up class on May 4 Roll Red Roll Update: March 29 & 30? Midterm resubmission policy now published Second Half of Semester External speaker updates and backgrounds: Vernelle Noel Suggestions: Patriot Act, Small Group, Peer Feedback, Tech Companies Final: Focus on Human-Centered Design. Testing your prototype or idea with 1-2 classmates, at least […]

NYU D&T Session 12: Midterm Context Presentations

Announcements Please fill out this quick poll for upcoming sessions today if you haven’t already! A discussion of Extra Credit Opportunities has been posted. Our class’s Guest Speaker and Field Trip calendar has been posted–more information to come soon. Remember that you are also presenting today (Wednesday)! If you need to prepare more context material, […]

NYU D&T Extra Credit Opportunities

If you would like to submit an extra credit “expanded blogging” assignment, please complete it as a blog post and put “Extra Credit” somewhere in the post’s title. Each extra credit post will earn up to 2.5 points on your total grade; the post should be 1000 words long to be eligible for the full […]