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  Just starting out (Week 1)

  By Mary Chou

  This was the first week of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in which I'm participating, so there was a lot of setup to do, and not so much actual coding. After a brief...

  • May 31, 2012
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  Lots of "Sketchy" Brainstorming (Week 2)

  By Mary Chou

  This week was fun. We've settled into the swing of things, so everyone is working more independently and seems more comfortable with the code. Also, Michael and Shannon celebrated birthdays this...

  • Jun 07, 2012
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  6/13 - 6/15 (Week 3)

  By Mary Chou

  I was away Monday and Tuesday, so I've only been here two days thus far this week. Yesterday (Wednesday) I completed the online ethics training module. It was positively fascinating and I learned...

  • Jun 14, 2012
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  Project Proposal

  By Mary Chou

  1) The high level problem(s) I would like to solve or contribute to solving: How do we support users learning from other users? How can we show a user how to follow in the footsteps of another,...

  • Jun 15, 2012
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  Re: Proposal Comments

  By Mary Chou

  Kyle: "I look forward to seeing your sketches. I think you are thinking about this in the right way... this really says it all: "It makes the most sense to have the following / role modeling...

  • Jun 18, 2012
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  Planning, planning, planning (Week 4)

  By Mary Chou

    This week has been spent immersed in the planning phase of development. Caitlin, Kyle, and Jordana returned from the conference they attended in Germany, so we were able to meet with them...

  • Jun 21, 2012
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  Magic, Badges, and Punnery (Week 5)

  By Mary Chou

    For me, this week has revolved around magic sort and badge organization.   Magical Mayhem I spent a day or so continuing to organize the details of magic sort. I know what I want...

  • Jun 28, 2012
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  7/2 - 7/6 (Week 6)

  By Mary Chou

  This week I met with Genevieve and we talked about how to integrate tags and magic sort. We decided that the Suggested Worlds area on the world show page should contain a collection of all the...

  • Jul 05, 2012
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  7/9 - 7/13 (Week 7)

  By Mary Chou

    This has been another week spent delving into partials and magic sort, but much more fruitfully than before. I fixed the world partial, so now the overlay is the proper size, and the...

  • Jul 12, 2012
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  User cards, new worlds, and featured worlds (Week 8)

  By Mary Chou

  As per usual, this week was spent improving magic sort and changing partial displays. In my proposal I talked about displaying the user partials like baseball cards or playing cards that have a...

  • Jul 19, 2012
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