Focus

Hey team.

ok here is the what...

I think that we need to get some real focus in what exactly we are doing this quarter.

I think that a good way to figure this out is to have everyone decide independently what they would ideally want to do.
Then we can compare and think, and make some decisions for tuesday.

here is what i want everyone to do.

plan out explicitly what you would do if you had to do this project alone.
the class asks us to apply the method of contextual design.

ask yourself what are we applying it to?
how specific is our focus?

plan out who we would be interviewing (10- 15 interviews)
why those people?

keep in mind we are going to need to make all those models.... what will we model precisely?


i think by doing this we will each be forced to really get an idea of the type of planning necessary... because we cant just kind of brainstorm abstactly, we arr going to need to have a focus and tuesday present it and immediately begin to work. really we need to finish our interviews by the end of 5th week or so, we we have time to do all the actuall work with the data.

ok so eveyone put in some time thinking abotu this, and write it up... send it out to everyone by monday night. and be ready on tuesday to present your explicit plan to the group. then all of us can talk it out and form a group focus.
only read other people's plans after you have written yours. and make sure you have read eveyone's before the meeting on tuesday.

i will post this to the blog as well, more as documentation.

if anyone does not want to do this or doesnt think its impornat. or has a better idea... let me know. We dont need to do this, i just think it would be the most productive thing to do...
so make sure you talk to me if you dont want to do this.

by the way i think for the group the best way this is going to work is if everyone is open and honest. no feelings will be hurt and everything will work out well, because we all have the groups best interest in mind. dont hold things in, make demands... do whatever... just be ready for dissent if your demands are unreasonable...

ok see you alll tuesday, let us know if you have any questions.

-Augmented learning.