05/08/21

Semester 1 Breakdown

Weeks 2-4 Phase 1 Establish research focuses, create research & action plan • Brain Storm • Sketching • Case Studies • Visual Research • Sketching • Visits / Field trips Identify 100's of possible starting points → broad and rapid Present 4 focussed/ Researched starting points - Tuesday 19th October Week 4

Weeks 5-6 Phase 2 Take one of the starting points and explode! → research themed workshop → deep-dive / new dive → research within an inch of your life Present Research Proposal - Tuesday 9th November Week 6

Weeks 7-10 Phase 3 → making themed workshop → play / prototypes → testing/making Present 3 ideas for games/products - Tuesday 7th December Week 10

Weeks 11-13 Phase 4 Choose one idea → play/prototype → translate into a "GPP" Present project proposal - Tuesday 18th January Week 13

Week 14 Hand in → Hand in week → Package up and collate all learning Hand in Proposal and Portfolio - Friday 21st January

Workshop

In the afternoon, we were set a brainstorming activity in groups to get us thinking about some potential research topics to choose from. We were asked to note down what:

• makes us cry
• makes us laugh
• makes us excited
• makes us angry
• stimulates us intellectually
• interests us