Full Schedule (Days 1 - 28)

Day 1 (Tuesday, January 18)
  • Final exam time (currently set to 8am, May 10, Tuesday)
  • Register for account on class discussion board (link to guide).
  • Review links for:
  • Create your blogs (link to guide).
  • Project 1 Assignment Out
  • Review list of:
  • Introduction Blog Assignment: For your very first blog post (consider it blog entry #0), please follow and answer the following questions.  This information will be used in this semester's class poster. 
    • Photo of yourself.
    • E-mail address.
    • Class standing (e.g., 3rd year Junior, 7th year Senior)
    • Why are you taking this class?
    • What experience do you bring to this class?
    • What do you expect to be doing in 10 years?
    • What do you think will be the next biggest technological advancement in computer science?
    • If you could travel back in time, who would you like to meet and why?
    • What is your favorite style of mustache and why?
    • If you could be fluent in any foreign language that you're not already fluent in, which one would it be and why?
    • Give some interesting fact about yourself.  

Day 2 (Thursday, January 20)
  • Due:
    • Create blog website and post web address in the Google group thread titled Your blog's address
    • Write Introduction Blog Assignment (i.e., blog entry #0).
    • Read and microblog on:
      • Design of Everyday Things
        • Chapter 1: The Psychopathology of Everyday Things (33 pages)
      • Coming of Age in Samoa
        • Chapter 1: Introduction (13 pages)
    • Read and blog on:
      • Assigned Conference Paper #1
    • Read and creatively blog on:
      • On Plants (entitle your blog entry On Computers)
    • Note: Digital scans of above book readings available on class discussion board.
    • Note: Microblog should have a - as title, a 2/3 sentence summary and a 2/3 sentence discussion. Microblogs are used to take notes on each chapter so that you can write a full blog and remember what you read when the time comes.

Day 3 (Tuesday, January 25)
  • Due:
    • Blog on:
      • Your brainstormed-list of at least three ethnography ideas
    • Read and blog on:
      • Assigned Conference Paper #2
    • Read and microblog on:
      • HCI Remixed
        • Chapter 1: My Vision Isn’t My Vision: Making a Career Out of Getting Back to Where I Started (6 pages)
        • Chapter 4: Drawing on SketchPad: Reflections on Computer Science and HCI (5 pages)
        • Chapter 5: The Mouse, the Demo, and the Big Idea (5 pages)
        • Chapter 18: Observing Collaboration: Group-Centered Design (7 pages)
        • Chapter 20: Taking Articulation Work Seriously (5 pages)
        • Chapter 23: Video, Toys, and Beyond Being There (6 pages)
  • Class:
    • Present paper reviews.
    • Present your ethnography ideas to the class.

    Day 4 (Thursday, January 27)
    • Due:
      • Submit report of your completed IRB Certification (link to guide).
      • Read and blog on:
        • Assigned Conference Paper #3
      • Read and microblog on:
        • HCI Remixed
          • Chapter 24: A Simulated Listening Typewriter: John Gould Plays Wizard of Oz (5 pages)
          • Chapter 25: Seeing the Hole in Space (5 pages)
          • Chapter 26: Edward Tufte’s 1 + 1 = 3 (6 pages)
          • Chapter 27: Typographic Space: A Fusion of Design and Technology (5 pages)
          • Chapter 28: Making Sense of Sense Making (5 pages)
          • Chapter 34: Revisiting an Ethnocritical Approach to HCI: Verbal Privilege and Translation (4 pages)
    • Class:
      • Present paper reviews.

    Day 5 (Tuesday, February 1)
    • Due:
      • Blog on:
        • One-page description of Ethnography Proposal
      • Read and blog on:
        • Assigned Conference Paper #4
      • Read and microblog on:
        • Design of Everyday Things
          • Chapter 2: The Psychology of Everyday Actions (20 pages)
        • Coming of Age in Samoa
          • Chapter 2: A Day in Samoa (6 pages)
          • Appendix II: Methodology of this Survey (7 pages)
          • Appendix V: Materials Upon Which the Analysis is Based (13 pages)
        • Opening Skinner's Box
          • Chapter 1: Opening Skinner’s Box (26 pages)
    • Class:
      • Present paper reviews.

      Day 6 (Thursday, February 3)
      • Due:
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #5
        • Read and microblog on:
          • Design of Everyday Things
            • Chapter 3: Knowledge in the Head and in the World (27 pages)
          • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Chapter 3: The Education of a Samoan Child (19 pages)
          • Opening Skinner's Box
            • Chapter 2: Obscura (32 pages)
      • Class:
        • Project 2 assignment out.
        • Present paper reviews.

      Day 7 (Tuesday, February 8)
      • Due:
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #5
        • Read and microblog on:
          • Design of Everyday Things
            • Chapter 3: Knowledge in the Head and in the World (27 pages)
          • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Chapter 3: The Education of a Samoan Child (19 pages)
          • Opening Skinner's Box
            • Chapter 2: Obscura (32 pages)
      • Class:
        • Project 2 assignment out.
        • Present paper reviews.

      Day 8 (Thursday, February 10)
      • Due:
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #7
        • Read and microblog on:
          • Design of Everyday Things
            • Chapter 5: To Err is Human (36 pages)
          • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Chapter 5: The Girl and Her Age Group (15 pages)
          • Opening Skinner's Box
            • Chapter 4: In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing (19 pages)
      • Class:
        • Present paper reviews.

      Day 9 (Tuesday, February 15)
      • Due:
        • Blog on:
          • Ethnography Results, Week 2
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #8
        • Read and micro blog on:
          • HCI Remixed
            • Chapter 6: A Creative Programming Environment (6 pages)
            • Chapter 7: Fundamentals in HCI: Learning the Value of Consistency and User Models (5 pages)
            • Chapter 9: The Disappearing Computer (6 pages)
            • Chapter 10: It Really Is All About Location! (5 pages)
            • Chapter 46: The Essential Role of Mental Models in HCI: Card, Moran, and Newell (4 pages)
            • Chapter 47: A Most Fitting Law (4 pages)
      • Class:
        • Present Week 2, Ethnography Results
        • Present paper reviews.

      Day 10 (Thursday, February 17)
      • Due:
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #9
        • Read and microblog on:
          • Design of Everyday Things
            • Chapter 6: The Design Challenge (46 pages)
          • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Chapter 6: The Girl in Her Community (12 pages)
          • Opening Skinner's Box
            • Chapter 5: Quieting the Mind (20 pages)
      • Class:
        • Present paper reviews.

      Day 11 (Tuesday, February 22)
      • Due:
        • Blog on:
          • Ethnography Results, Week 3
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #10
        • Read and microblog on:
          • Design of Everyday Things
            • Chapter 7: User-Centered Design (32 pages)
          • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Chapter 7: Formal Sex Relations (24 pages)
          • Opening Skinner's Box
            • Chapter 6: Monkey Love (24 pages)
      • Class:
        • Present Week 3, Ethnography Results.
        • Present paper reviews.

      Day 12 (Thursday, February 24)
      • Due:
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #11
        • Full Blog on:
          • Design of Every Day Things
        • Read and microblog on:
          • Emotional Design
            • Chapter 1: Attractive Things Work Better (18 pages)
          • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Chapter 8: The Role of the Dance (12 pages)
          • Opening Skinner's Box
            • Chapter 7: Rat Park (25 pages)
      • Class:
        • Present paper reviews.
        • Project 3 assignment out.

      Day 13 (Tuesday, March 1)
      • Due:
        • Submit:
          • Project 2 Report
        • Blog on:
          • Ethnography Results, Week 4
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #12
        • Read and micro blog on:
          • Emotional Design
            • Chapter 2: The Multiple Faces of Emotion and Design (19 pages)
          • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Chapter 9: The Attitude of the Personality (9 pages)
          • Opening Skinner's Box
            • Chapter 8: Lost in the Mall (23 pages)
      • Class:
        • Project 2 presentations.
        • Present Week 4, Ethnography Results.

      Day 14 (Thursday, March 3)
      • Due:
        • Read and blog on:
          • Assigned Conference Paper #13
        • Read and microblog on:
          • Emotional Design
            • Chapter 3: Three Levels of Design: Visceral, Behavioral, and Reflective (29 pages)
          • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Chapter 10: The Experience and Individuality of the Average Girl (27 pages)
          • Opening Skinner's Box
            • Chapter 9: Memory Inc. (19 pages)
      • Class:
        • Project 2 presentations.

      Day 15 (Thursday, March 8)
      • Due:
        • Blog on:
          • Ethnography Results, Week 5
      • Class:
        • Midterm.
        • Present Ethnography Results, Week 5. 

        Day 16 (Thursday, March 10)
        • Due:
          • Read and blog on:
            • Assigned Conference Paper #14
          • Read and microblog on:
            • Coming of Age in Samoa
              • Chapter 11: The Girl in Conflict (7 pages)
            • Opening Skinner's Box
              • Chapter 10: Chipped (26 pages)
            • Obedience to Authority
              • Chapters 1 - 8: (80 pages) [Note: very fast read]
            • Emotional Design
              • Chapter 4: Fun and Games (37 pages)
        • Class:
          • Present paper reviews.

        Day 17 (Tuesday, March 22)
        • Due:
          • Blog on:
            • Ethnography Results, Week 6
          • Full Blog on:
            • Opening Skinners Box
          • Read and blog on:
            • Assigned Conference Paper #15
          • Read and microblog on:
            • Obedience to Authority
              • Chapter 9 - 14: (66 pages)
            • Coming of Age in Samoa
              • Chapter 12: Maturity and Old Age (10 pages)
            • Emotional Design
              • Chapter 5: People, Places, and Things (37 pages)
        • Class:
          • Final Project assignment out.
          • Present paper reviews.
          • Present Week 6, Ethnography Results.

        Day 18 (Thursday, March 24)
        • Due:
          • Read and blog on:
            • Assigned Conference Paper #16
          • Full Blog on:
            • Obedience to Authority
          • Read and microblog on:
            • Coming of Age in Samoa
              • Chapter 13: Our Educational Problems in the Light of Samoan Contrasts (39 pages)
            • Emotional Design
              • Chapter 6: Emotional Machines (27 pages)
            • Why We Make Mistakes
              • Chapter 1: Introduction (10 pages)
              • Chapter 2: We Look but Don’t Always See (14 pages)
        • Class:
          • Present paper reviews.

        Day 19 (Tuesday, March 29)
        • Due:
          • Submit:
            • Project 3 Report
          • Blog on:
            • Ethnography Results, Week 7
            • Read and blog
              • Assigned Conference Paper #17
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Emotional Design
                • Chapter 7: The Future of Robots (35 pages)
              • Coming of Age in Samoa
                • Chapter 14: Education for Choice (15 pages)
              • Why We Make Mistakes
                • Chapter 2: We All Search for Meaning (18 pages)
                • Chapter 3: We Connect the Dots (13 pages)
          • Class:
            • Project 3 presentations.

          Day 20 (Thursday, March 31)
          • Due:
            • Full Blog on
              • Emotional Design
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Coming of Age in Samoa
                • Appendix III: Samoan Civilization as It Is Today (12 pages)
              • Things That Make Us Smart
                • Chapter 1: A Human-Centered Technology (16 pages)
                • Chapter 2: Experiencing the World (24 pages)
                • Chapter 4: We Wear Rose Colored Glasses (20 pages)
              • Why We Make Mistakes
                • Chapter 5: We Can Walk and Chew Gum - but Not Much Else (15 pages)
          • Class:
            • Project 3 presentations.

          Day 21 (Tuesday, April 5)
          • Due:
            • Submit:
              • Final Project Proposal
            • Full Blog on:
              • Coming of Age in Samoa
            • Blog on:
              • Ethnography Results, Week 8
            • Read and blog on:
              • Assigned Conference Paper #19
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Media Equation:
              • Things That Make Us Smart
                • Chapter 3: The Power of Representation (34 pages)
                • Chapter 4: Fitting the Artifact to the Person (38 pages)
          • Class:
            • Present Final Project Proposals.
            • Present Week 8, Ethnography Results.

          Day 22 (Thursday, April 7)
          • Due:
            • Full Blog on:
              • the Media Equation Literature
            • Read and Blog on:
              • Assigned Conference Paper #20
            • Read and Micro Blog on:
              • Things That Make Us Smart
                • Chapter 5: The Human Mind (24 pages)
                • Chapter 6: Distributed Cognition (16 pages)
              • Why We Make Mistakes
                • Chapter 5: We Can Walk and Chew Gum - but Not Much Else (15 pages)
                • Chapter 6: We’re in the Wrong Frame of Mind (18 pages)
          • Class:
            • Present paper reviews.

          Day 23 (Tuesday, April 12)
          • Due:
            • Submit:
              • Project 1 Report
            • Read and blog on:
              • Assigned Conference Paper #21
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Why We Make Mistakes
                • Chapter 7: We Skim (9 pages)
                • Chapter 8: We Like Things Tidy (16 pages)
              • Things That Make Us Smart
                • Chapter 7: A Place for Everything, and Everything in Its Place (30 pages)
                • Chapter 8: Predicting the Future (36 pages)
          • Class:
            • Project 1 presentations.

          Day 24 (Thursday, April 14)
          • Due:
            • Read and Blog on:
              • Assigned \Conference Paper #22
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Why We Make Mistakes
                • Chapter 9: Men Shoot First (15 pages)
                • Chapter 10: We All Think We’re Above Average (20 pages)
              • Things That Make Us Smart
                • Chapter 9: Soft and Hard Technology (22 pages)
                • Chapter 10: Technology is Not Neutral (12 pages)
          • Class:
            • Project 1 presentations.

          Day 25 (Tuesday, April 19)
          • Due:
            • Read and Blog on:
              • Assigned \Conference Paper #22
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Why We Make Mistakes
                • Chapter 9: Men Shoot First (15 pages)
                • Chapter 10: We All Think We’re Above Average (20 pages)
              • Things That Make Us Smart
                • Chapter 9: Soft and Hard Technology (22 pages)
                • Chapter 10: Technology is Not Neutral (12 pages)
          • Class:
            • Project 1 presentations.

          Day 26 (Thursday, April 21)
          • Due:
            • Read and Blog on:
              • Assigned \Conference Paper #22
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Why We Make Mistakes
                • Chapter 9: Men Shoot First (15 pages)
                • Chapter 10: We All Think We’re Above Average (20 pages)
              • Things That Make Us Smart
                • Chapter 9: Soft and Hard Technology (22 pages)
                • Chapter 10: Technology is Not Neutral (12 pages)
          • Class:
            • Project 1 presentations.

          Day 27 (Tuesday, April 26)
          • Due:
            • Read and blog on:
              • Assigned Conference Paper #25
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Living With Complexity
                • Chapter 4: Social Signifiers (22 pages)
                • Chapter 5: Design in Support of People (32 pages)
                • Chapter 6: Systems and Services (40 pages)
          • Class:
            • Present paper reviews.

          Day 28 (Thursday, April 28)
          • Due:
            • Read and microblog on:
              • Living With Complexity
                • Chapter 7: The Design of Waits (38 pages)
                • Chapter 8: Managing Complexity: A Partnership (33 pages)
                • Chapter 9: The Challenge (14 pages)
            • Full Blog on:
              • Living With Complexity
          • Class:
            • Final exam.