PROJECT IDEA RESOURCES

FAB 4 GOOD Design Project 

OBJECTIVES

1. DESIGN PROCESS - Demonstrate an understanding of the Design Process by documenting your work in appropriate ways to tell a story of growth, feedback, iteration, experimentation, and presentation.  Ex: Sketching, Rapid Prototyping, Feedback, Empathy, Iteration 

2. DIGITAL FABRICATION: Utilize a digital fabrication tool and technique in the Fab Lab, in such a way that shows a deeper level of mastery and experimentation. 

3. DOCUMENTATION - Capture and curate your prototyping journey through images, reflections, and documentation.  You will be expected to generate two platforms to showcase your work. (See information later in this document)

   1. Project Presentation SlideShow (Google) - For zooming out and presentation

   2. Progress Blog Post - For documenting the process and learning throughout

   3. Final Project Post and Presentation - Mid and End of project/semester

PROCESS

Step 1 -  Brainstorm - Identify a need in our community that you can address through the tools and technology available in the Fab Lab and the skills and talents you have as an individual.  In Phase 1 - Brainstorming you should identify a project that you think you can handle based on feasibility, expertise, materials, and ultimately time. You can decide on a project from the following options below. Each option does require an initial concept conversation with Mr. DiGiorgio (Phase 1, part 2).  

• a. Choose a project based on FabLab Requests that have been made. See list and links below 

• b. Talk with teachers, students, faculty and other members of our community to identify needs or problems that can be addressed with this project. Prepare with some questions and give people time to think.  

• C. Talk with Mr. DiGiorgio about a potential project you have in mind. How does it apply what you have already learned in the FabLab space and how can it help others? 

✱This should occur with sketches and screen grabs from your research

Step 2 - Conceptualize the Idea - You should prepare a Concept Slide that shows the time, thought and energy you have to see this project through. In other words, convince me you can do this by preparing a document that shows some initial ideas, sketches, and photos to examples of similar work, instructions or tutorials you will follow, and a potential plan you will follow. Prepare visual pitch for Mr. DiGiorgio. The document created from this phase will be the first step towards documenting this entire process. 

✱This is the first slide you have already created and presented to Mr. DiGiorgio. Copy and paste it into your new Project Presentation Slideshow (See below) 

Step 3 - Documentation & Capturing Creativity - The entire process will be captured and published online via our Fab 4 Good Blog. Review the Fab Academy website for examples of how students document their final projects. You will be asked to keep a running blog post that documents your work with sketches, photos, videos, file uploads, and reflection. You will be asked to generate parts lists, next steps, and identify challenges and success. You will be ultimately graded through this web posting. 

DOCUMENTATION

1. Project Presentation Slideshow

Embed [Insert] a Google Presentation at the top of your project blog post page above the progress table.  

You may make a copy of this template to get you started.

Project Presentation Slideshow Template.

Save the file in the Google Drive folder for your class. 

Be sure to SHARE the presentation so that anyone with the link can view.

1. PROGRESS Blog POSTS

This consists of a table with two columns that you just keep adding on so that the most recent work is at the bottom.     [Table] Insert Row Below

The column on the left should be a daily Progress Post and reflection of the progress you are making, successes, challenges, discoveries you made, and wonders you may have. 

The column on the right is to archive the process with photos, images, sketches, links, screen captures, etc. 

Example

Progress Post

Screen Capture, Image, Upload, Link, Sketch, Photo

Day 1

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2. Mid & FINAL: Project Post and Presentation
   
   

For the final Presentation and Post you should complete the following at the top of the blog:

1. Presentation Cover Slide - this is the first thing that viewers will see when they click on your blog post. 

• your name and designed logo

• the name of your project

• photo/render/sketch of your project

• a brief description of what your project is/does

To get ideas  for presentation slide layout visit:http://fabacademy.org/archives/2014/students/index.html

(2)  Final Reflection POST - For the final post, you should summarize your project from start to finish. This is basically the abstract for your project and should be polished as it will be the first, and perhaps the only thing the viewers will read. Think, reflect, and make this meaningful.  

• What were your initial ideas and thoughts for the project?

• Based on your initial ideas, what direction did you go in and why?

• What do you learn along the way? (What are you good at, something new, something simple, tool, skill, technique, terminology)

• Acknowledge work done by others, resources, tutorials, feedback, etc. 

• What did you wish you would have done differently at the beginning of the project? 

• What are you most proud of?

   ***Attach (at the bottom)  all of your design files (Inkscape, Corel Draw, PDF, STL)

Final Reflection Post

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Resources:

DOCUMENTATION: 

Here are some examples of some Fab Academy projects from FAB LAB Students all over the world. Fab Academy 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Thumbnails, 2018 Thumbnails  , 2019 Thumbnails