Due: Monday 4/27 by the end of the day (11:59 pm)

Case studies: Thursday 4/30 (3 studies) + Tuesday 5/5 (2 studies)

On your web site, make sure that the following are visible:

• materials for your case study, which may include: agenda, slide deck, handouts

• documentation of your case study development process

• a 3-5 minute video (or slide deck with embedded audio) of your case study design analysis (this can be posted after you deliver your case study)

With a partner, design and lead a case study for your peers. 

• You'll have 20 minutes with the class.

• The majority of your agenda must be an embodied learning experience!

• A suggested agenda:

  • 1-3 minutes: Introduce the problem (elevator pitch style?)

  • 15 minutes: Embodied challenge

  • 2 minutes: Conclusion

Important dates

• Th 3/26 + Tu 3/31: time to pair up and get started

• Th 4/2: 30 min to work with your partner

• Th 4/16: full class to work with your partner

Need ideas?

• Refer back to Final project & peer case studies launch 

• With that framing, here are some starting ideas:

• Revisit an earlier case study; for example...

  • Genetic Algorithms: try out an embodied activity with your peers

  • Exact Cover Problem: model Sudoku or another problem of your choice as an exact cover problem

• Discover something new; for example... 

  • TEI conference (scroll down and look at past conference proceedings)

• • • Scientific American, filtered by Math topic

You will submit everything through your portfolio web site, including:

• materials for your case study, which may include: agenda, slide deck, handouts (20%)

• delivery of your case study to your peers

  • clarity of communication (20%)

  • the impact on student learning (30%)

• documentation of your case study development process (10%)

  • articulate your goal(s)

  • record your iterative approach (plan, do, evaluate)

    • lots of notes/photos/videos, especially when things don't go as planned!

• a 3-5 minute analysis of your design process and delivery (20%)
  This may take the form of a video (please be sure permissions are set appropriately) or a slide deck with embedded audio. You may find the following prompts helpful in organizing your analysis. Be as specific as possible, while also recognizing the limitations of the time constraint. You will not be able to walk through everything you did, but will need to nominate takeaways and important points. You will be evaluated on the clarity of your communication and the depth of your analysis. 

  • • How did you go about this case study? 

    • What parts did you find straightforward? 

    • What was challenging?

    • What supported your understanding? 

    • How do you think the embodied elements impacted your peers' learning?

Complete your design phase, documenting on your web site. This should include:

• Articulated goals -- what is the expected output of your process? This should include:

  • Description of your artifact's purpose

  • Sketches of your proposed artifact 

• Your "algorithm" for achieving these goals: a step-by-step process that you plan to follow that produces the expected output.

  • Would someone else be able to follow your process?

  • What assumptions are you making about that person and the resources available?

For this homework, you may use any resources you'd like. You must cite them appropriately (e.g., I talked with a peer about my diagram or I adapted this GitHub repo or I gave Gemini this set of prompts).

To be clear, this includes usage of AI tools, as long as you are:

• appropriately documentating and citing your interaction, which should include the platform, prompt and screenshots/links of sample parts of the interaction

• analyzing how the usage of the tool(s) helped or hindered your design process

NOTE: MHC's access to Google Gemini provides certain protections of your data.