Fall 2009 STSH 4910 Mon Thur 9-11:50 SAGE rm 2211 (studio)
Instructor: Dr. Ron Eglash
Special thanks to students and teachers at our field site, the Ark Community Charter School
Lectures
Developing an STS perspective on design
Handout,"Qualitative Social Science Methods in Design"
What is ethnography? (Jen Barton)
Ron's
Tips for Good Design Process
The myth of biological determinism: a view from human evolution (for more see S.J. Gould, Mismeasure of Man, New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1981)
Online readings
Culturally Situated Design Tools
Theory of multiple intelligence in education:
Intelligence in seven steps (Howard Gardner)
Multiplying Intelligences in the Classroom (Bruce Campbell)
Curriculum for Success: A Portrait of a Student Failed By the System (Ellen Weber)
Cultural Politics of Electronic Media
Lisa Nakamura, "Race In/For Cyberspace"
Getting the Reality you Deserve (cultural politics of simulation games, by Julian Bleecker)
Social dimensions of educational toy design
Stockholm International Toy Research Center
Assignments
| Assignment 1 | Assignment 2 | Assignment 3 | Assignment 4 | Assignment 5 | Assignment 6 | Assignment 7 | Assignment 8 | Assignment 9 | Assignment 10 |
| Assignment 11 | Assignment 12 | Assignment 13 |
Questions on readings
| Questions on Fischer | Questions on Fordham | Questions on Druin | Questions on Bamberger | Questions on Gardner | Questions on Nemirovsky | Questions on Brunner | Questions on Ito |
Resources in electronic circuit experimentation
Connecting flash to Arduino Flash to Arduino examples
Electronic Resources Online (David Johnson)
Laptop Oscilloscope (Konstantin Zeldovich, Moscow State University)
Tutorial on the 555 chip (Tony van Roon) Resister code calculator
Other links
NY State Assessment Exams for K-12 students
NY State Core Curriculum / Resource Guides
Culturally Situated Design Tools
Student webpages from PDI-5 2007