Community Workshop and Design Crit Topics from 2024
- Justin Obara
Topic | Format | Facilitator | Date | Time | Links / Notes | Coordinator |
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PhET: Number Pairs | Design Crit | Cathy Carter, Taliesin Smith | Sep 17, 2024 | 2 - 3pm ET |
Description: PhET Interactive Simulations is designing the Number Pairs simulation. It is a simulation focused on decomposing a number into two addends, and putting two addends together to create a total for number 0-20. It is aimed at early math learners ages 4-7. We are in early development with relatively solid visual layouts with pointer/touch based input ideas about interactions that support learning goals. Early development questions are elevating design questions related to alternative input and effcient groupings of objects and interactions. Research shows students visualize and organize numbers in different ways. Some focus on location, others focus on the attribute, so the sim allows learners to play with these ideas of location and attributes and how they affect addends. One design challenge we want to explore is how to make accessible movable objects that also have the ability to change color on demand. | @Justin Obara |
Crossroads Game | Design Crit | Deblekha | July 23, 2024 | 1:30 - 2:30pm ET | Deblekha is ED and founder of the Access to Media Society (AMES) which is based on Galiano Island, BC. Crossroads is an interactive and educational game created through AMES, and the IDRC has been involved in supporting some of the work on the accessibility of the game interface (maybe you joined the first crit a couple of years ago). The team has made a lot of changes and improvements to the game and they would love to get more feedback from us on its current state. | @Dana and @Justin Obara |
Gamepad Navigator | Design Crit | Tony Atkins | Feb 13, 2024 | 2 - 3pm ET | DescriptionThe Gamepad Navigator is a Chrome extension that allows a user to control Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, et cetera) using a game controller. The new 1.0 version will shortly be available on the Chrome Web Store.
In this week's design crit, there will be a short presentation and demo, and then a chance to give your input.
For a detailed demonstration of the new version, you can check out our demos on YouTube:
The project is part of the Fluid labs space on GitHub, you can find it here: | @Justin Obara |
Laurier Library’s Open Menu | Community Workshop | Mark Weiler, Ashley Shaw, & Ryan Robinson | Jan 23, 2024 | 2 - 3pm ET |
Wilfrid Laurier University Library’s Open Menu | @Justin Obara |