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Screenshot capture of the Social Studies Conference’s website.

A typical scene in my life…

April 2008… I decide to submit a draft for the Social Studies Conference: Educating Designers in a Connected World to be held at MICA this upcoming October. Deadline for submissions… July 15th. Yup, I got time.

July 14th: 6:00pm… Dammit! It’s been raining all day, internet connection has been down, and I have to submit the abstract! Tic, tock… Tic, toc…

hehehe

I submitted the abstract on time (see below)(and I even got a happy confirmation e-mail from the conference).
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As conclusion to the week… a small exhibit of all student work was made for parents to see and for the students to pick up their projects to take them home.

Some of the projections of the collaborative posters…
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Here are all 15 posters that were designed by all the groups who attended graphic design from wednesday thru friday. Every one of these was made by 4 student groups.
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A little afternoon break… Since students basically worked on the poster from 12:30 - 4:00pm… around 3:00pm I had a little exercise where we sent airplanes over into the landscape architecture area. Landscape never retaliated… hehehe

As soon as the ideation session was complete, and without giving them a second to cool down, students were instantly informed of their afternoon project. As a team, they had to design a poster and they had to follow two guidelines:

I was very happy to see how this project got groups working together almost instantly. The engagement level was very high and the atmosphere just felt positive all time around.
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One thing that remained consistent, even in the new daily strategy, was the ideation session. Rules were the same as in the previous two days, and the results were equally outstanding.
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These are some of the DVD Covers designed by the students during the last three days of camp. Half of the samples are scanned directly from their work, while the other half is photographed inside a case (you know, to give it a more realistic look). Most of the movies should be easily recognized, and those that are not, may just need a bit of a creative push… :)
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