Project: Weekly Reports

As we move ahead into the longer project it is too easy for the objectives to get lost amidst the weekly mire of class deadlines. For this reason, I am asking each student to post a brief progress report each week summarizing the current progress and stating new week-by-week objectives. We will continue the same twin track thinking of developing a broad narrative while focusing tightly on realizable goals.

Comments

  1. The fundamental objective remains completing a design study motivated by research.

  2. It has become clear that each group can achieve a functioning demonstration of an innovative solution.

  3. Creating a trail of progress documentation will provide essential support for writing the final report.

Objectives

  1. Reflect on weekly incremental progress,

  2. candidly identify and explain missed objectives,

  3. identify new questions raised by intermediate results.

  4. identify realizable week-by-week goals,

  5. and incrementally refine the specific artistic or design project narrative.

Note: acceptable reasons for missed objectives should report on difficulties of the work, not your schedule. E.g., missing materials, experimental failure, new discoveries, technical difficulties are valid reasons, but not.

Deliverables: write a short Google Doc with your results and be prepared to make brief comments in class. Please be sure to:

  • include a brief paragraph summarizing weekly results

  • include supporting photos, videos, and sketches,

  • list new objectives for the upcoming week,

  • if needed, include a purchasing list.