This seminar series covers the history, theory and practice of working with technology and its relevance for design in contemporary contexts and in future scenarios. In the first semester, the course is closely tied to Programming Basics, covering many aspects of programming.
The programming tutorials can be found here: Programming
Deliverables
Participation in class discussions, completion of homework exercise, 80% Attendance
Exam - Your programming knowledge will be tested after the reading week
Schedule
| Do 20.09.2018 15:00–17:00 | Introduction to Bits and Atoms. Introduction Lecture: Bits_And_Atoms World Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgupE9snZlQ |
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Do 27.09.2018 | |
| Do 11.10.2018 15:00–17:00 | (install processing before class) Topics Covered: Homework: Complete "Exercise 3", as shown at the bottom of the "Events and Functions" page. |
| Do 18.10.2018 15:00–17:00 | Topics Covered: Writing our own Functions (en) Homework: Complete "Exercise 5", as shown at the bottom of the "Conditionals" page. |
| Di 06.11.2018 15:00–17:00 | Topics Covered: |
| Mi 07.11.2018 15:00–17:00 | |
| Do 08.11.2018 15:00–17:00 | Readings: Play and Intrinsic Rewards by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, or view online here. Optional readings: |
Di 27.11.2018 | Exam: covers coding knowledge (both from programming basics and Bits and Atoms |
| Di 04.12.2018 15:00–17:00 | Visual Programming |
| Di 11.12.2018 15:00–17:00 | Visual Programming |
| Di 18.12.2018 15:00–17:00 | Visual Programming |