Aarthi's Blog

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    So it begins!

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    This is my first post on the Looking Glass Team! I'm excited. So far I've looked over the Looking Glass program a bit and created the beginnings of a world. I've found that the biggest challenge so...

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    MyFirstWorld

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    Hey! So, I thought the first step in this project would be to make a world! Since I have experience with Java, I thought it would be pretty simple. However, I still found that there were times I...

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    A Trip to the Science Center

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    This past Saturday, I went with Jordana to the Science Center to observe kids using Looking Glass. It was pretty helpful to see firsthand what issues kids had with getting started and understanding...

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    New Directions

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    This week I am going to make some sketches to help narrow down my focus. A few things I'll be working on are ideas on how to provide more immediate feedback- kids like to see what their action...

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    Fun With Popups

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    This week I've been continuing with seeing if popups can be helpful in terms of guiding kids to certain actions. I'm now focusing on trying to cement the connection between individual actions...

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    Paper Prototyping

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    This week I made a paper prototype setup for how my popup previews would work. I made representations for "setVehicle" and "resize". In order to do so, I looked through the current posted worlds to...

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    Tests and Rules

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    Finally got the Codetest framework working. It turns out I had gotten an older version, and once that was fixed, the problems were gone. I'm going to use the option for nonconsecutive ("spread")...

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    Setting up Clips

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    This week I looked into the world I made and separated it out into potential clips that could be made from it. I tried to get a variety of clips, and evaluate the pros and cons of them. Often I've...

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    Slicing and Splicing

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    Over this week I have written code tests that will separate the statements of a World by caller (same caller goes in a set) or separate by action (repeated action goes in a set). Based on the...