Wednesday's class started with Jimmy writing four numbers on the board:
1
10
11
100
Jimmy first had us guess as a class which number would come next according to these numbers and wrote them on the board. We guessed 101, 111, 110, & 1000. He then had our class split up into two groups, boys vs. girls. We were given the task to decide as a group, within 15 minutes, which number comes next and why. With our answer, we had to look at the problem using logic, rationale and justification. As a designer, we need to effectively show and explain why we went a specific direction for a solution. That is how a designer sells/convinces/persuades their clients that the solution they came up with for the problem is the one the client should pay for.
In our groups, we all had to whisper so that the other team wouldn't hear our discussion. In our team we came up with two possible answers. But Jimmy's instructions were to only choose one answer. So we went with 111. For our team, Astrid went up to the board to explain the reason why we chose 111 and did an excellent job in explaining our thought process and how we came up with 111. With only four numbers given, we decided to only use those numbers to define the pattern. This is how we came up with our answer:
1
10 +
_____
11
100 +
_____
111
1000 +
_____
1111
10000
The boys went with a different direction. The found a different pattern which can also be referred to as the Binary System:
00
01
10
11
100
101
111
1000
1001
1010
1011
After each team had their chance to explain their answers, we went into a discussion on John Coy. Some of my classmates liked the presentation, others did not. I for one didn't dislike it, but I didn't love it either. But I did come out of it knowing a little bit more about what it is to be a designer. After the discussion, we talked about our final project which is to create a video of our creative process. I have never created a YouTube video before so this is going to get interesting. Hopefully I'll be able to do a good job and I now know some people who I can ask for help if needed.
I agree with what you thought of his talk, I did not dislike it, but it also wasn't the greatest thing I have head. And I have never edited/created a video before either, so this will be a learning experience
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