This digital notebook contains the handwritten notes by Akshansh Chaudhary. The notes are a part of the course MFA Design + Technology. MFADT was taught at Parsons School of Design, New York. For more content and study material, visit https://www.akshansh.net/.

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LEGEND
Assignments Homework
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3. 23Jan2019
AboutLouisaCampbell
15
yes experience at Parsons
Background Media Worked in companies Disney Nick
WrittenBooks
Worked with PComp Electronics
Worked in education CG 12
grades
Collaboratingpartner in theschool
UAghaker Academy
Curriculummodelled on DT
Interested in changing eductpractices
Abouttheclass
A lot ofexperiment in education working with
schools
Beginningofsemester
reading talking winking
Mid semester
working with teachers
End semester
testing on students
PhoAmptools ProfessionalAmateurtools
Arduino
Digitalmediatools etc
Akshansh Chaudhary 1 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

4. STEAM Science Technology Engineering Art Design
Management
Addingcreativepractices to Stan
SPC CSchoolofPoeticComputation
Started
byZachLiebermann
Thinkabout what's better
forlearning
Trial error conceptbasedcreation
Firstweek RRT CReadingRoundtable
Do headings givepresenton them
Done in a
group
week I Introduction ofdesignforlearning
4Read abouteducation do research
Objective Finally create a project
about educ
create 5 curriculum
project
ideas discuss withteachers
eniplement it with students
Akshansh Chaudhary 2 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

5. Wide educationautobiography G stages
How
yourexperience influenced
your
approachtowards
education
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Brainstorming EducationalAutobiography
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class Test very
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Grammar
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reading
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Mom Nana
TanyaNani Ji
Akshansh Chaudhary 3 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

6. RRT
Assignment Do a
heading Then
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onthe1
pageofyour
most valuablefindings
readingCome
upwith G 7questionsfordiscussion
summary of
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So think aboutupdatingtheeducational
sys
like
that
Akshansh Chaudhary 4 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

7. 30Jan2019
Discussion on the
reading assignment
Think about the diff oftheterms
Constructivism Constructionism
learning is not equivalentto understanding
Students come to a classairthpreconceivednotions
ofhow
the worldworks If we don't
engagethem based on
their understanding theymayfailto
grasp new
concepts info
IN CLASSQUESTIONS
Whathasinspired
you
topushyourselfthisfanin education
Referenceto MontessoriEducation
Style
Froebel
Gifts
Whatframework do
youviewlearnedconcepts
through
How we learned the
first20 elements
oftheperiodictable
Unlimited
memorybyKevinHorsley
Whatdo
you
thinkisdifftb w theways
that human
hat brains function
Akshansh Chaudhary 5 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

8. A lotofneuroscienceis aboutstudyingother
mammals
Ifyouare an educatorhow can
you
teach
your
students
based on previous experience Howwould
youhelpthem
manage their failure
Concept 9 Fail forward The more
you failthe
more
you
learn
If you
could
changehowthe book 1How Peoplelearn teaches
aboutthe brain how would
you
Have
you ever learned
something without
having learningas the mainpoint I
I learned Russian as a compulsionwhileI was in
Russia
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Akshansh Chaudhary 6 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

9. 06Feb2019
Discussion on reading assignment
constructivism vs Constructionism
Theory
beconstructive construction
lgthfheactec.ae
of b learn by learnbymaking formofknew
exploringtheworld paper
learning
ledge
p A GET
Dolearningthroughdesign CONSTRUCTION KIT Reading
Construct sth difffromtheLego
bricks notwhat
is shown in the box
whenchildrendesign a worldfrom scratch bidding
that makesthem learnabout real worldproblems
eg builda world learnaboutwatersystems
Mindstormskits designedbySeymoreforkids It was
byLego actually sold to hackers adults
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AGroupDiscussion
Reflect on
your
schooleduct constructionism or
instinctionism which one is better I
Relating educt share
yourpersonal experience of
constructionism constructivism
Akshansh Chaudhary 7 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

10. Mid team
Develop 4 ideas
for a curriculum project
present as a PechaKucha
For the restofthe som
you
willwork on a Curriculum
project Teaching would be
for 90minsCso do
2 projects for a5 mine ow I for 90mins
STICKY NOTE EXERCISE
whatkindofprojectsyou
want tocreate
which toolsto
Designchallenge which canbedone in 90mins
whatis theproject
outcome
MakerAcademy Age19 18 GradeX1 xD8
TestingGroup
CS DigitalMedia
Python lPhotoshop Adobe cc
LPCamp
Akshansh Chaudhary 8 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

11. 13 Feb2019
FINALS I Do 6 Curriculum
projectdesigns
Includes
creating 6projects discussing withteachers
testingninthstudents 45 mins each
MidTerm 9 March 6 2019
a
Class discussion on Weekly reading
Intrinsicmotivation Interestthatis natureto
you
Extrinsicmatriatein
eg learningforgrades
Akshansh Chaudhary 9 MFADT | Parsons School of Design

12. 10Ape 2019
Deliverables
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Create 2 more projects in UbD template
Understand what can be assessed tasksconnect
with the City curriculum
Tryto compare it with NYC eductdocuments
forcreating curriculums
CreatethefinalPechaKucha reviewsfrom teachers
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Akshansh Chaudhary 10 MFADT | Parsons School of Design