Basic Information
This Workshop-based Service Learning Course Will Engage Students In Participatory Design Projects That Seek to Use Technology to Improve Education and Community Services in New York City. Students Will Be Paired With Individuals and Organizations Working On Roosevelt Island And Elsewhere in The City and Will Work Together to Learn and Apply User-centered and Participatory Design Methodologies to Address Important Challenges Facing The City and Its Inhabitants. Potential Collaborators Include School Teachers, Civic Educators, Student Teams, Librarians, Healthcare Providers, and Government Agencies. Based in Part On Their Selected Projects, Students Will Be Exposed To Relevant Theories and Perspectives Impacting The Modern City - Such As Migration, Race, Gender, Sex and Disability. The Project Will Result in a Set of Design Prototypes and Speculative Visions That Collectively Re-assess and Re-imagine The Role of Technology In Everyday Urban Lives. This Course May Require Evening Meetings To Accommodate Community Partners and Collaborators. Learning Outcomes# Students Will Learn to Creatively Identify and Envision New Technological Possibilities Serving Their Partner Organizations And Their Community. Students Will Be Exposed to Relevant Theories And Perspectives Impacting The Modern City - Such As Migration, Race, Gender, Sex and Disability. They Will Have Learned How to Design A Prototype, Build a Pitch and Build an Implementation Plan of a Such A Project.