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Our design thinking process first began with planning a feasible way to work together/ combine our work, since we were a three person group. I suggested we use the backpack as a way to export our code when we’re remixing each other’s work. We wanted to cover the conflicts that we face in our daily lives, including specific temptations. Daniela’s theme was healthy versus unhealthy food choices (the kitchen), Michael’s theme was about social health versus safety during COVID (the living room), and my theme was about productive choices versus choices that are more comfort based (Mine is the last room, the dorm room/ bed room). For example, cleaning or doing homework is much more productive than napping or watching Netflix. We decided that a black and white/sketchy theme would tie the rooms together.

I was very intimidated at first with this project, because unlike the games we did there were no simple go-to tutorials to help. However, being able to look at the student examples did help a lot, and being able to reference the code my partners used for how to get things to work/ flow together took away a huge amount of confusion. Working with my partners showed me it was really as difficult and intimidating as it seemed.

This project related to my prior experience of art and art education in that it utilized sketching, which like every art student I’m quite familiar with. It also related to my previous experiences with Scratch, so It made it a little easier to figure out how to go about making my part. I’m not so used to doing collaborative art projects however, so that was a less familiar experience. Although, the few times I ever have, they were usually kind of awkward, because it’s hard to create something in a group. Similarly, it was a bit difficult to create this in a group because of the communication barrier of online classes, and our different working habits.

I would apply this to my future classroom by having students work in groups on projects. I think it’s a skill that’s not really nurtured much in art education classes, so I would like to help students get more of that experience. I think this is also a really good idea for a lesson plan for younger students, where they can make their artwork interactive.