Wednesday May 4 D2

This class we started to work on our final projects and think more about how we were going to make our project. Some people even got to making a prototype.

4/13 Wednesday DF2

Today in class, we first completed the class survey for Ms. Sutter, and then continued working on our 3D printing projects. Last class was mostly spent brainstorming ideas for our projects, but today we started to look for templates online or create our own designs with different softwares such as 123D design.

Ms. Sutter helping students out

April 7th Df2 class blog

For todays class we expanded our ideas for our 3d printing project.

Some of us searched on the internet and some of us started sketching out the product. We thought about how this product will solve a problem.

We also looked at our first 3d printed objects and looked at the result of the object. Ms.Sutter explained the dos and don'ts of our prints.

Overall, this class was an efficient class to get our ideas out, brainstorm, and illustrate what we want to do for our project.

Tuesday April 5th DF2

Today we started by talking about the designs that we were supposed to have sent to Ms. Sutter using shapeshiter.io . Only a few people actually sent the design, with there being some confusion on the dimensions of the shape as a download (width/height/depth). Some of the designs actually turned out pretty well. However, some got a bit messy.

After that we went over the presentation containing design and fab student ideas for inspiration.  We then grouped these ideas into categories of what students could/ wanted to do with 3D printing. Looking at the different categories, we split into teams based on what we wanted to do.

From then on, we started to brainstorm ideas until the end of class.

3/17 Friday DF2

Today in class we finished up our final designs for our standing desks.

Class in action

Class agenda   

Most people already had their basic design printed out but just needed to add some cool designs to improve the aesthetics.

Cutting out designs on the
laser printer

It was a bit of a struggle to get everyone's designs printed on time since there were three laser printers and six groups, but almost every group managed to finish their projects.

My group's standing desk

2/26 Friday DF2

Today we continued to work on Illustrator to make our first real prototype for our laptop stand/standing desk. If we had finished putting everything into illustrator, we printed out our prototype on paper to see if it would work and anything else we could add to it.

Homework: Weekly Blog Post and finish putting everything in Illustrator

2/2 Tuesday DF2

Today we continued working on our etextile projects.
We started to construct what we had drawn as a sketch on paper into an object.
We figured out the coding for the lights, test the coding, and sew the circuits onto our objects.

Wednesday Class post DF2

Today we started working on our team project. 

We picked up our Gemma /Flora boards and our supplies to make the project. Many of us figured out the layout of the circuit and started putting them together.

1/25 Monday DF2

Today we set up the Flora boards in Arduino by copying a 'third party board' link into Arduino->Preferences->Additional Boards Manager URL. 

Third Party Link

Preferences

Then we opened up Boards Manager (Tools-> Board-> Board's Manager) and installed the Adafruit AVR Boards, which gave us the flora board.

Then we tested out the flora board by programing a flora etextile to blink repeatedly at 2 second time intervals.  This is the same process that we are going to use for our etextile project, except for the coding being more complicated.



We then got into our etextile teams and discussed what we found through the interviews with some potential customers.

1/15 Friday DF2

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1/13 Wednesday DF2

Today was our second day of Design and Fabrication. We started off the class with learning about the basic components in a circuit. We watched a quick video on how to use copper tape, LED lights, and a battery to make a quick circuit. After this, we looked at some examples from the previous semester and tried to get them to work using batteries.


The video on the special bike helmet

After this, we started going into more depth with illuminations. We watched a video of a lady demonstrating a bike helmet that has special colourful lights and has the ability to help with navigation. Next, we were split into groups based on our skills (crafting, digital art, sewing, and computer programming) and discussed ideas on how we can use illuminations in real life.

We then shared our ideas with the class and noticed that some groups had similar thoughts. An example that came up in our class was a special LED light that you could put on the back of a truck. When you are in traffic and cannot see the traffic lights since they are being blocked by a big truck, you could look at the LED light's projection of the lights instead on the back of the truck.

Idea sheets from our class

Homework: None

1/11 Monday DF2, 4, and 6

Today we set up individual blogs and made our "first day" post with a photo of an e-textile project that looked interesting. We then discussed the class blog and what the expectations are for that (see the Semester 2 Post below for more details). 

Then we discussed the idea behind Creative Commons, Open Source, and a sharing ethic behind the Fab Lab and Maker movements, how that ties in to documentation and sharing how to make / do things with the global community.  

We also went over the Design Thinking / Design Cycle, and a rough overview of how we will apply it in part or whole in the class this semester.   

Homework: 
Rename your Google Drive folder for this class with DF# (ie DF2, DF4, DF6) and your name, last and then first
so . . .DF2 Sutter Sarah  for example

Welcome to Second Semester!

Hooray! If you are reading this class blog, you are in Design & Fabrication with Ms. Sutter (me!) this semester. Here are a few things to remember about the class blog, and making your assigned class blog posts (which is different / separate from your weekly individual blog posts). 

1. Everyone in the class has been invited to be a contributor to the class blog. MAKE SURE YOU ACCEPT THE INVITATION ASAP. Your posts will have your blogger ID on the post, so we can tell who posts what. Please remember, this is a public, school related blog, so posts must be according to expectations and always school appropriate. Thanks for remembering that and adhering to guidelines! :)

2. You will be assigned 3 or so DAILY CLASS BLOG POSTS over the course of the semester. THESE POSTS GO IN THIS CLASS BLOG, not your individual blog. The post should be published at the END of the period or at the latest by the end of the day.  The post needs to include: 

• The title should be:1/13 Wednesday DF2, DF4 or DF6 (you get the idea)
• A review of what we did in class that day. 
• At least 2 photos that represent that work (not just generic photos of the whole class, please)
• A photo of any notes or tasks on the board for the day
• Any homework expected for the next class. 
• LABEL THE POST with the class:  DF2, DF4 or DF6 (please be consistent so the labels all match!!!)

3. Prompts for your weekly individual blog posts will be posted here every Friday afternoon. Respond to the prompts, be sure to have the appropriate photos of your work for the week, and the weekly blog posts are due by 8am Monday morning (so Sunday is blog post day EVERY WEEK, even if class isn't until Tuesday).   

Remember, you can always email me if you have any questions. I'd love to have you share the class blog and your individual blog urls with your parents and friends - it's fun to share what we do in the Design & Fabrication classes! 
 -- Ms. Sutter  

10/19 DF2 and DF4

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Class presentations of shapes and discussion
Review of assessment rubric document