PracticalUTC

Quarter Planning

1st Quarter

week	date
week 1	Sept 1	Start Week – Start Week – Chipcard Diaries Workshop – Digital Craft Debate
week 2	Sept 8	Research Mentoring - Processing Patterns Workshop
week 3	Sept 15	Research Mentoring - Parasite / Prothesis Workshop
week 4	Sept 22	Research Mentoring - Workshop Sensing Humans
week 5	Sept 29	Research + Concept development
week 6	Oct 6	Research + Concept development
week 7	Oct 13	MICA @ WDKA – Project Week – Digital Craft Debate
	oct 20	☺ Fall Vacation
week 8	Oct 27	Research + Concept development
week 9	Nov 3	Research + Concept development
week 10	Nov 10	Q9 Evaluation - Research Document First Draft

1st Quarter Deliverables

Table Presentation

1. Four 'Tools & Tech' workshop assignments;
   
2. Crafting data storage workshop assignment;
   

Wiki Deliverables

1. A weekly updated wiki-log comprising of all your activities throughout the semester;
   
2. Assigned documentation of event/happening or T&T workshop;
   
3. Draft research document including research plan, abstract, research question, initial findings and initial experiments;
   

Digital Pitch (Powerpoint Presentation)

1. What is the theme I am investigating? Why is this relevant?
2. How does this relate to the body, identity, and technology? Defend the relevancy. 3. What is my research question? Why is this relevant?
4. How am I structuring my research? Why is this relevant?
5. What tools or methods could I/will I use to conduct my research? How are these relevant?
6. What is the foreseen result? Why would this be this relevant?
7. What is the difference between my foreseen result and my initial experiments? Relevance?

2nd Quarter

week	date
week 1	Nov 17	Design, Production & Realisation
week 2	Nov 24	Design, Production & Realisation
week 3	Dec 3	Design, Production & Realisation + Student Run Tools & Tech
week 4	Dec 8	Design, Production & Realisation + Student Run Tools & Tech
week 5	Dec 15	Research & Reflection Document Final Draft + Student Run Tools & Tech
	Dec 22	Christmas Vacation
	Dec 29	Christmas Vacation
week 6	Jan 5	Finishing Touches – Publishing Research Document – Exhibition Planning
week 7	Jan 12	Final Assessment – Exhibition Planning
week 8	Jan 19	Digital Craft Exhibition @ V2_Institute for Unstable Media – Digital Craft Debate
week 9	Jan 26	UTC Publication
week 10	Feb 2	UTC Publication

2nd Quarter Deliverables

1. a prototype or design object
2. a complete published design & research document including research, process, sketches, outlines and final results
3. a complete published wiki project page which shares your insights and discoveries (updated during the semester)
4. Public presentation of project consisting of:

- Prototype/design object /artwork- presented within a museum context - Digital presentation, which explains the process and end result