@ the University of Washington
Up to $2,500 (renewable)
The purpose of The Seattle Foundation Scholarship is to assist low-income King County
students in pursuing and completing degrees of higher education.
All types of students have the opportunity to receive this scholarship. “Non-traditional” students
as well as traditional college students and High School Seniors are encouraged to apply. Continue reading ‘The Seattle Foundation Scholarship’
If you’re interested in interaction design, now’s your chance to see first hand how a local firm is using an integrated team approach on experience design projects that span brand strategy, print, digital and environmental installations.
Join us next week for a visit to Hornall Anderson, a local design agency (http://www.hornallanderson.com/).
We’ll tour the design studio with Nathan Young, a 2003 alumni of the Informatics program, and meet an enthusiastic team of designers and developers who will share some of their current work and talk with us about life after graduation.
When: Wednesday May 6th, 5:30 pm
Where: Pioneer Square (710 2nd Ave, Suite 1300)
If you’re interested in attending this event, please rsvp to: asis@washington.edu
Date: May 14, 2009
Time: 5:00 PM
Please join us for refreshments and hors d’ouevres and to help us celebrate:
Please RSVP via the Evite.
We look forward to seeing you!
NOTE: Unless indicated, no need to register or sign up for the following workshops. Just come!
**All UW Career Center workshops are held in Room 134 Mary Gates Hall unless otherwise noted **
Monday, May 4, 3:30 – 4:30, How To Find a Job
Tuesday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30, Resumes & Cover Letters
Wednesday, May 6, 3:30 – 5:00, Successful Interviews
Wednesday, May 6, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Financial Planning Workshop
Worried about the changing economy, paying your bills and having enough left over to enjoy life? Learn how to build a solid financial plan to define and reach your life goals. Don’t miss this free, interactive workshop presented by Pacific Capital Resource Group and UW Career Center. All majors and class levels are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Thursday, May 7, 3:30 – 4:30, Job & Salary Negotiation
Friday, May 8, 1:30 – 2:30 , Applying to Graduate and Professional School
Friday, May 1, 2:30 – 4:00, Job Chat
A Career Counselor will address attendees’ quick questions about job or internship hunting including interview strategies and job search techniques. So if you haven’t been able to schedule an appointment, make it to Walk-ins (M-F, 1:00 – 4:00) or catch one of our workshops, this one’s for you!
For workshop descriptions go to –
http://careers.washington.edu/students/workshopsandclasses
*** Walk-In Appointments: Good for resume reviews and quick questions.
15 minute sessions Monday – Thursday afternoons from
1:00 to 4:00 and Fridays 9:00 – Noon.
Also Walk-in Undergrad Resume Reviews offered Fridays 1:00 – 4:00.
Sign-up for a session during our office hours in 134 Mary Gates Hall.***
Go to http://careers.washington.edu/Students/Calendar
for an ongoing Student Calendar of events and more details.
Thanks and good luck in your search for campus jobs,
internships and career positions!
UW Career Center
Office Hours: 8:00 – 5:00, Monday – Friday
PH: 206-543-0535
Email: ccscnslr@u.washington.edu
www.careers.washington.edu
Explore, Connect, Succeed
What is Interaction Design?
Interaction Design, also known as User Experience Design, is among the most exciting recent additions to the job profile of designers, merging techniques from Industrial and Visual Communication design with software development and usability evaluation. The goal of interaction designers is to design positive user experiences in the interaction between people and products, systems, and services. Central to interaction is a human-centered design process that informs design decisions by studying product use and understanding in cultural context, living environments, and from the perspective of various prospective user-participants.
Interaction design is becoming increasingly important in almost all design projects – almost every product today has a display and buttons to program software: Digital cameras, mobile phones, cable tuner and TV, cars, and portable computers enter every aspect of life. Digital technologies and applications change social interactions and offer new ways of learning, connecting with others, and exploring the world.
Interaction designers help clients – manufacturers of products, software companies, and providers of information content – to develop commercial products and services that are easy and fun to use. The spectrum of work of interaction designers is broad – from software user interfaces to websites, social network applications, mobile device interfaces and services, and user experience design. Interaction Designers work closely with design researchers, product designers, software developers, and usability engineers to develop products, services, and systems that are useful and usable.
Course Overview
ART 383 – Fundamentals of Interaction Design introduces the foundations of design for interaction. We will examine the requirements for successful interaction design by studying interaction in context and will link observations with design literature and practice. We will examine intent, purposes, tasks and goals of interaction, and will also address the emotive aspects behind interactions such as curiosity, engagement, aesthetics, and frustrations. The class focuses on the problem of representing and organizing functions, explanations, and information in dynamic settings. In a series of design projects and research assignments, we will explore how to research, design, and integrate interactive experiences in everyday life activities. Design projects cover research, ideation and early prototyping. The course is structured in three sections:
Section 1 – The Visible and the Invisible
-Research assignment 1: How to resolve a paper jam in a copy machine?
-Design exercise 1: Design an interface to manage and play, and share digital music and video files
Section 2 – Everyday Life Activities
-Research assignment 2: How does Facebook change your life?
-Design exercise 2: Design a shared online planner application
Section 3 – Experiencing the Now and Memories
-Research assignment 3: How do you take pictures and video?
-Design exercise 3: Capturing moments that matter
Special emphasis will be dedicated to the interdisciplinary nature of interaction design and how the design of interactions draws from expertise in Human-computer Interaction (HCI), comprised of psychology, ethnography, systems engineering, computer science, technical communication, and information management.
Course Format
The class will meet twice every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30-11:20. Class meetings in the design studio format will cover lectures, examples, presentations, and critiques.
There are no prerequisites for this class. Email Prof. Axel Roesler at roesler@u.washington.edu for an add code. No prior knowledge of design or computer science is required. This class is open to all majors – previous classes have created a great interdisciplinary work atmosphere among students from Design, Technical Communication, the iSchool, Computer Science and Engineering, DX/Arts, Business, Economics, Geography, Comparative history of Ideas, Mathematics, Studio Arts, and English. All software tools and design techniques required will be introduced and covered in class.
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Axel Roesler, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor, Interaction Design
Division of Design
University of Washington
238 Art Building, Stevens Way
Box 353440
Seattle, WA 98195-3440
Office Phone 206.685.9053
roesler@u.washington.edu
SPRING 2009: TOWARD A WALKABLE SEATTLE: DRAWING ON INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLES Guest Lecture by Helle Sholt, Architect, MAA Partner and Managing Director, Gehl Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
7:00?8:30 PM
Architecture Hall, Room 147
University of Washington, Seattle
Danish architect Helle S?holt will present a series of recommendations for improving the pedestrian experience within Seattle. Drawing from experience in cities around the globe, Ms. S?holt will illustrate the relationships between urban walkability and vibrant public life.
Helle S?holt is a founding partner at Gehl Architects, a firm renowned for its influence on urban life and public space. Gehl Architects’ unique methodology uses empirical survey and mapping methods to measure the human experience of urban space, and applies these lessons to their urban design solutions. Ms.
S?holt has extensive experience consulting on international urban design projects. She has taught both Urban Design Theory and Studio Work, and is a frequent lecturer and keynote speaker. She received a MA in Architecture and Urban Design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark as well as a MArch from the University of Washington.
For more information, visit www.be.washington.edu
The Green Futures Lab would like to thank our co-sponsors for this event: The
Scan|Design Foundation; The Northwest Danish Foundation; International
Sustainability Institute; UW College of Built Environments; UW Department of Landscape Architecture; and the UW Scandinavian Studies Department.
To request disability accommodations contact the UW Disability Services Office at least 10 days in advance of the event.
Phone – 206.543.6450
Fax – 206.685.7264
TTY – 206.543.6452
or contact: dso@u.washington.edu
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Two localization experts are working with our department to have an informational session on localization in industry. We have chosen Wednesday, April 29th at 6:30PM in Sieg 420. There are no HCDE courses being held at that time, so hopefully we will have a large turnout for this event.
The two presenters are:
- Hiram Machado, President of Adaquest (http://adaquest.com/core/home/main.aspx)
- Paulo De Oliveira, Lead International Project Manager at Microsoft
If you are planning to attend, please complete this catalyst survey so I know how big a room to get: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/gbruno/74729.
Presentation by Christopher Milliken, Lockheed Martin
Tuesday April 28 3:30-4:30pm
Electrical Engineering Room 303
Chris Milliken, Campus Recruiting Representative from Lockheed Martin, will provide useful tips and insights for searching for a job in this economic climate. The workshop will focus on tips for your job search, how to market your existing experiences and skills, and ideas on what activities to get involved with outside the classroom that are of interest to employers. Learn how to stand out among the hundreds of other students looking for a job. Learn what employers are looking for in the ideal candidate. Learn what to do if you can’t find a co-op or an internship this summer.
Want to work for Giz? We’re looking for experienced tech writers in all areas—Asia, Australia, Europe and the US—to join us. Interested?
Send an email to tips@gizmodo.com with the subject “Gizmodo Job Application”. Fill out the email with your past work, a bit about yourself, where you’re located and why you’d be great for Giz.
Remember, we’re looking for people with actual experience, not interns or people starting out. There will be positions open for you later.
Applications are invited for 2 post-doctoral positions for researchers with interest in learning and motivation. We are looking for cognitive science PhD’s (education, psychology, learning science, computer science, or human-computer interaction) to join Drs. Timothy Nokes and Vincent Aleven in a NSF-funded project at the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center to examine learning at the intersection of cognition, motivation, and emotion. The post-doc will be involved in helping design, conduct, analyze, and write-up research at the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC). For more information, see http://www.learnlab.org and http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Metacognition_and_Motivation
Candidates with a strong grounding in educational psychology or cognitive science, as well as candidates with a strong background in learning technologies or technology-enhanced learning including applied machine learning, affective computing, and user modeling will be considered. Each position is for two years, with one appointment to be made at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh and the other at the Human Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Target start date: August / September 2009
Submit vita, statement of research interests, and three letters of reference to Marge Gibson (mgibson@pitt.edu) by May 31st, 2009.
Interested applicants are invited to direct inquiries to:
Timothy J. Nokes
Assistant Professor of Psychology and
Learning Sciences and Policy
Research Scientist, LRDC
University of Pittsburgh
nokes@pitt.edu
(412) 624-7789
http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/nokes/CSL-lab-home.html
Vincent Aleven
Assistant Professor
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
aleven@cs.cmu.edu
(412) 268-5475
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aleven