| 1 | 1/25 | Lecture | - Go over syllabus
- Workspace basics
- ELEGOO kit and tutorials
- Introduce project 1
| - Project 1: Responsive LEDs
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| 1/27 | Lab | | - Mastering Arduino: “Circuit Diagrams” & “Basic Prototyping”
- Part 1 PDFs from ELEGOO kit
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| 2 | 2/1 | Lecture | - Basic design principles
- Interactive, reponsive and participatory interaction models
- LEDs
- Inputs (potentiometers, buttons, switches)
- Q & A from Lab 1
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| 2/3 | Lab | | - Continue work on Project 1
- Mastering Arduino: “Programming the Arduino - The Basics”
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| 3 | 2/8 | Lecture | - Project 1 proposals due
- Discuss "Why good design matters"
- Tangible Interaction Design principles and artist projects
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| 2/10 | Lab | - 2.7 Tilt Ball Switch, 2.11 Analog Joystick from ELEGOO Kit
| - Continue work on Project 1
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| 4 | 2/15 | — | | - Continue work on Project 1
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| 2/17 | Lab | | |
| 5 | 2/22 | Lecture | - Project 1 due
- Discuss Xenofeminist Manifesto
- Critique LED projects
- Discuss motor art
- Introduce Project 2
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| 2/24 | Lab | - 2.8 Servo, 2.9 Ultrasonic Range Finder, 2.12 IR Receiver Module
- Project 18: Intruder Sensor
| - Read Arduino Project Handbook: “Project 18: Intruder Sensor”
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| 6 | 3/1 | Lecture | - Discuss Baudrillard excerpt
- Survey of kinetic art objects
- Actuators continued
| - Complete Project 2 Proposals
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| 3/3 | Lab | - 2.14 DC Motors
- Stepper Motor tutorial
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| 7 | 3/8 | Lecture | | - Keep working on Project 2 proposals
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| 3/10 | Lab | - Use this time to catch up on prior labs
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| 7 | 3/15 | Lecture | - Project 2 proposals due
- Critique project 2 proposals / works-in-progress
- Art and technology programs in history
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| 3/17 | Lab | - Amendments/changes to Project 2
- 3.7 Controlling Stepper Motor with IR Remote
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| 8 | 3/22 | Lecture | - Sound art
- Making sound on arduinos
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| 3/24 | Lab | - 2.5 Active Buzzer, 2.6 Passive Buzzer
| - Read Arduino Project Handbook: “Project 7: Arduino Melody"
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| 9 | 3/29 | Lecture | - Project 2 due
- Project 2 critiques
- Cybernetics
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| 3/31 | Lab | - 3.1 Thermometer, 3.4 Photocell
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| 10 | 4/5 | Lecture | - Cybernetics continued
- Introducing Processing
- Processing Basics
- Introduce Project 3
| - Project 3: Emotibit data visualization
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| 4/7 | Lab | | - Read Generative Art: Chapter 2.1 - 2.4
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| 11 | 4/12 | Lecture | | |
| 4/14 | Lab | - Emotibit Sketch in Processing
| - Finish Project 3 proposals
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| 12 | 4/19 | Lecture | - Project 3 proposals due
- In-class generative art examples
- Software Artists
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| 4/21 | Lab | - Read through 4.10 of Serial Communications and try sending different forms of data to Processing from Arduino
- Read Generative Art: Chapter 3 and follow the examples
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| 13 | 4/26 | Lecture | - Discuss transmutability of data in software art
- Life after art school
- Notes on installing digital media art
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| 4/28 | Lab | - Trig-based generative art
| - Read Generative Art: Chapter 4
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| 14 | 5/3 | Lecture | - Installing new media art
- Testing new media art
- AMA on in-class/out-of-class topics
| - Finalize artist statement and gallery reviews
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| 5/5 | Lab | | |
| 16 | 5/10 | Lecture | | |