Note: Readings should be done in time for Tuesday lecture on the week listed. Week 01 readings should be done in time for Week 02 lecture. |
Unit 1: Story |
[ Week 01 ] |
Topic: Storytelling
Question: What makes a story? |
Jan 8 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Introductions: Instructors, TAs, students
- Course overview and project structure [ Slides-PDF ]
- Storytelling introduction and discussion (led by Ali & Susan) [ Slides-PDF ]
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (Skiles 302b)
- Story examples and discussion (led by Ali & Susan) [ Slides-PDF ]
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Jan 10 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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Readings & Homework |
Readings for everyone:
- Kearney, On Stories, Chapter 11
- Vogler, The Writer's Journey, The Archetypes
- Mazalek, Technical Area General Exam, Question 1: Narrative Representation and Interaction
Additional readings for LCC graduate students:
- Ryan, Beyond Myth and Metaphor
LCC Homework Exercises:
- Story writing exercise (E01)
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[ Week 02 ] |
Topic: Story Creation
Question: How do you create digital story content? |
Jan 15 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Storytelling discussion continued (led by Ali & Susan) [ Slides-PDF ]
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (Skiles 355 - Video Lab)
- Content creation tutorial (led by Susan) [ Slides-PDF ]
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Jan 17 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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Readings & Homework |
Readings for everyone:
- Bordwell & Thompson, Film Art, Chapter 2: Types of Films
- McCloud, Understanding Comics, Chapter 7: The Six Steps
Additional readings for LCC graduate students:
- Tufte, Envisioning Information, Chapter 6: Narratives of Space and Time
- McCloud, Reinventing Comics, The Infinite Canvas
LCC Homework Exercises:
- Digital content creation exercise (E02)
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Unit 2: Tangibles & Tables |
[ Week 03 ] |
Topic: Fabrication & Tangibles
Question: What is tangible media and how do you make physical things? |
Jan 22 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Physical fabrication (led by Tristan) [ Slides-PDF-1 ] [ Slides-PDF-2 ]
- Tangible user interfaces (led by Ali) [ Slides-PDF ]
- Team forming (led by instructors & TAs)
- Workshop: tangible tabletop story interactions (led by instructors & TAs)
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (TSRB 309 & 243)
- 3D printer & lasercutter (led by Hyungsin) [ 3D Printer Tutorial ] [ Lasercutter Tutorial ]
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Jan 24 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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Readings & Homework |
Readings for everyone:
- Ullmer & Ishii, Emerging Frameworks for Tangible User Interfaces
- Scott, Grant & Mandryk, System Guidelines for Co-located Collaborative Work on a Tabletop Display
- Mazalek, Technical Area General Exam, Question 2: Interactive Workbench TUIs
Additional readings for LCC graduate students:
- Fishkin, A Taxonomy for and Analysis of Tangible Interfaces
- Hornecker & Buur, Getting a Grip on Tangible Interaction: A Framework on Physical Space and Social Interaction
- Djajadiningrat, Wensveen, Frens & Overbeeke, Tangible Products: Redressing the Balance Between Appearance and Action
LCC Homework Exercises:
- Tangible fabrication exercise (E03)
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[ Week 04 ] |
Topic: Tables & Tabletop Technologies
Question: What are digital tables and how do they work? |
Jan 29 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- History of tables (led by Claudia) [ Slides-PDF ]
- Digital tabletops and sensing technologies (led by Ali) [ Slides-PDF ]
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (Skiles 302b)
- Synlab's Tangible Tracking Table hardware & Synlab API (led by Andy) [ Slides-PDF ]
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Jan 31 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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Readings & Homework |
Readings for everyone:
- Kaltenbrunner & Bencina, reacTIVision: A Computer-Vision Framework for Table-Based Tangible Interaction
- Mazalek, Reynolds & Davenport, The TViews Table for Storytelling and Gameplay
Additional readings for LCC graduate students:
- Han, Low-Cost Multi-Touch Sensing through
Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
- Mazalek, Reynolds & Davenport, TViews: An Extensible Architecture for Multiuser Digital Media Tables
- Wilson, PlayAnywhere: A Compact Interactive Tabletop Projection-Vision System
- Dietz & Leigh, DiamondTouch: A Multi-User Touch Technology
- Kakehi, Iida & Naemura, Tablescape Plus: Upstanding Tiny Displays on Tabletop Display
LCC Homework Exercises:
- Tabletop programming exercise (E04)
Team Homework Exercise:
- Watch movies and brainstorm in your teams (brainstorming questions)
- Clue (Jonathan Lynn, 1985)
- Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (Errol Morris, 1997)
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Unit 3: Tabletop Stories |
[ Week 05 ] |
Topic: Tabletop & Tangible Storytelling
Questions: Why and how would you put stories on tables? How would you create tangibles for stories? |
Feb 5 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Tabletop stories (led by Ali) [ Slides-PDF ]
- Workshop: tabletop story brainstorming in teams
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (Skiles 302b)
- Analyzing project source material (led by Susan) [ Slides-PDF ]
- Students work on tabletop stories
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Feb 7 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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Readings & Homework |
Readings for everyone:
- Mazalek, Davenport & Ishii, Tangible Viewpoints: A Physical Approach to Multimedia Stories
- Mazalek & Davenport, A Tangible Platform for Documenting Experiences and Sharing Multimedia Stories
Additional readings for LCC graduate students:
- Kelliher & Mazalek, Documenting Digital Dialogues: Engaging Audience in the Construction of a Collective Documentary Across Time and Space
LCC Homework Exercises:
- Individual story project wrap-up (E01-E04)
Team Homework Exercises:
- Design sketch and story structure (Due Feb 12)
- Integrated project concept (Due Feb 19)
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[ Week 06 ] |
Topic: Tabletop Story Engines
Questions: What engines can drive tabletop stories? How can we adapt an existing story script for the tabletop? |
Feb 12 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Team project design sketch presentations
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (Skiles 302b)
- Storytelling engines (led by Ali) [ Slides-PDF ]
- KinoPuzzle introduction (led by Susan) [ Slides-PDF ]
- KinoPuzzle coding (led by Bent) [ Slides-PDF ]
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Feb 14 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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Readings & Homework |
Readings for everyone:
- Mazalek, Towards the Development of Malleable Time Structures for Computational Narratives
- Mazalek, Technical Area General Exam, Question 3: From Narrative Representation to TUI
- Gromala, The Design Process
Additional readings for LCC graduate students:
- Davenport & Murtaugh, Automatist Storyteller Systems and the Shifting Sands of Story
Team Homework Exercise:
- Project status report uploaded to Sharepoint as PDF (Due Feb 19)
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Unit 4: Project Prototypes |
[ Week 07 ] |
Topic: TTT/KinoPuzzle Demo & Discussion |
Feb 19 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (TSRB 209)
- TTT/KinoPuzzle demo and discussion (led by Tristan, Susan and Hyungsin)
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (TSRB 209)
- Team work on project prototypes
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Feb 21 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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[ Week 08 ] |
Topic: Project Presentations |
Feb 26 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Integrated project concept and early prototype presentations (see project page)
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (Skiles 302b)
- Team project presentation debrief [ Slides-PDF ]
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Feb 28 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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Readings & Homework |
Team Homework Exercise:
- Project status report uploaded to Sharepoint as PDF (Due Mar 4)
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[ Week 09 ] |
Topic: Project Prototyping |
Mar 4 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (TSRB 209)
- Team work on project prototypes with help from instructors and TAs
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (TSRB 209)
- More team work on project prototypes
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Mar 6 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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[ Week 10 ] |
Topic: Presentation, Competition & Debriefing |
Mar 11 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Project prototype presentations and competition (see project page)
- Selection of winning project
- Debriefing and planning for final project
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (Skiles 302b)
- Teams meet to plan and begin final project development
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Mar 13 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
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[ Week 11 ] |
Mar 18 & 20: SPRING BREAK |
Unit 5: Final Projects |
[ Week 12 ] |
Topic: Project Debriefing
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Mar 25 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Class discussion about the next steps of the table and story construction process towards the Listening Machines show at Eyedrum on April 24th
- Break into groups for focused discussion around the physical construction process of the table (COA students) and the digital story application creation (LCC students)
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (Skiles 302b)
- Continue project discussion and refinements in teams (Susan will be present to help)
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Mar 27 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Working session: design pinup and review of project development
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[ Week 13 ] |
Topic: Project Development
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Apr 1 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (TSRB 209)
- Present project deliverables that are listed on the project page (due date is April 1)
- Project development in teams
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (TSRB 209)
- Working session: continue project development in teams
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Apr 3 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (Skiles 302b)
- Working session: review working drawings and discuss fabrication stragety, budget, and schedule
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Apr 6 |
ARCH Extra Session (AWPL): Sunday 12:00-8:00pm
- Working session: prototyping and connection studies
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[ Week 14 ] |
Topic: Project Development
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Apr 8 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (TSRB 209)
- Present project deliverables that are listed on the project page (due date is April 8)
- Project development in teams
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (TSRB 209)
- Working session: continue project development in teams
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Apr 10 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
- Working session: discuss material procument and fabrication schedule
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[ Week 15 ] |
Topic: Project Development
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Apr 15 |
LCC/ARCH Lecture: Tue 1:30-3:00pm (TSRB 209)
- Present project deliverables that are listed on the project page (due date is April 15)
- Project development in teams
LCC Tutorial: Tue 3:00-4:30pm (TSRB 209)
- Working session: continue project development in teams
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Apr 17 |
ARCH Fabrication Tutorial: Thu 1:30-3:00pm (AWPL)
- Working session: FINISH THE TABLE!!!
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Apr 19 & 20 |
ARCH Extra Session (AWPL)
- Working session: FINISH THE TABLE!!!
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[ Week 16 ] |
Apr 22: Project Presentations and Eyedrum Show!!! |
Apr 22 |
Final project presentation (TSRB 209)
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Apr 24 |
Eyedrum Show!!
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Before Apr 27 |
Complete your final evaluation form and email to Ali (mazalek AT gatech.edu) and Susan (susan.robinson AT lcc.gatech.edu)
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Apr 24 |
Eyedrum Show!!
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[ Week 17 ] |
Apr 30: DM Demo Day
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