Bits & Atoms I 2017

Bits & Atoms I 2017

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 

Week 1 (25.09.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

4.T08 Introduction to Bits and Atoms.

Introduction Lecture: 

Hello World Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgupE9snZlQ

Week 2 (02.10.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

4.T09

Little-bits logic Exercises

Week 3 (09.10.2017) 8:30 - 10:30

5.D02 (install processing before class)

Topics Covered:

Starting with Processing (en)

Variables (en)

Events und Functions (en)

Homework: Complete "Exercise 3", as shown at the bottom of the "Events and Functions" page. 

Week 4 (16.10.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

4.T09

Topics Covered:

Writing our own Functions (en)

Conditionals (en)

Homework: Complete "Exercise 5", as shown at the bottom of the "Conditionals" page. 

Week 5 (23.10.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

4.D12

Topics Covered:

Loops (en)

Nested Loops (en)

Homework: Complete exercises 6 and and 7 

Week 6 (30.10.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

4.T06

Classes and Objects (en)

Week 7 (06.11.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

4.T06 

Readings:  by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, or view online here

Optional readings:

http://eweaver.myweb.usf.edu/2002-Flow.pdf

http://akademiai.com/doi/pdf/10.1556/JBA.2.2013.005

Reading week (13.11.2017) 

No class

Week 8 (20.11.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

5.D02 Mentoring Session

Week 9 (27.11.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

5.T04 Visual Progamming 

Week 10 (4.12.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

5.K03 (Exam: covers coding knowledge (both from programming basics and Bits and Atoms))

Week 11 (12.12.2017) 10:30 - 12:30

5.D02 Digital Fabrication 

Software:

https://www.tinkercad.com/

https://www.rhino3d.com/download

https://ultimaker.com/en/products/ultimaker-cura-software