Difference between revisions of "Explaining the Amplifier Circuit"
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We all started out making our own initial ideas. | We all started out making our own initial ideas. | ||
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| + | <<INSERT FIRST SET OF SKETCHES AND PERSONAL PROTOTYPES HERE>> | ||
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| + | ===Group Prototype I=== | ||
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| + | ==Tom finds his big voice== | ||
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| + | As a group, we decided to write a story for children in which the different characters and landscapes within the story would represent the different components of the Amplifier circuit. | ||
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| + | <<Insert images of the rough sketches>> | ||
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| + | <<Insert image of the publication>> | ||
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| + | <<insert image of sharukh's circuit>> | ||
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| + | You can read the story here <<insert hyperlink>> | ||
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| + | ==Reflection== | ||
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| + | We came to the collective conclusion, that the story was rather abstract and that it was difficult for anyone to make a direct connection between the story and the circuit. | ||
| + | What we liked about it was the use of metaphors and we wanted that aspect of the first prototype to also continue on to the second prototype. | ||
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| + | ===Group Prototype II=== | ||
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| + | == The Speaking Tree == | ||
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| + | After a lot of discussion, from a huge forest scenario we ended up with just one tree and decided to use the different parts of the tree to represent the different components of the circuit as well as to explain the working of the circuit. | ||
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| + | The core idea was to make a circuit with which you could listen to the sounds of the tree. The circuit was designed such that the child just had to connect the wires in order to make the circuit work. | ||
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| + | <<Images of the sketches, aswell as the first prototype of the tree>> | ||
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| + | <<Image of the more final circuit of the prototype>> | ||
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| + | == Text to support the circuit == | ||
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| + | [[:File:speaking tree.pdf]] | ||
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| + | == Final presentation == | ||
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| + | <<Insert image here>> | ||
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| + | ==Criticism== | ||
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| + | The circuit looked more complicated than the first iteration. | ||
| + | There was no unity in circuit and the text. | ||
| + | The prototype doesn't teach the person how to make the circuit. | ||
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| + | However, the conceptually the speaking tree was much stronger. | ||
| + | Explaining the circuit in connection to a natural phenomena as well as writing the text in a way that it could be actually used to listen to tree was an interesting and a huge step. | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 2 February 2015
Contents
The Brief
Last week, after learning to build the amplifier circuit using a breadboard and other prototyping boards, we were asked to come of with method of teaching this same circuit to someone who knew nothing about electronics.
Individual Prototypes
We all started out making our own initial ideas.
<<INSERT FIRST SET OF SKETCHES AND PERSONAL PROTOTYPES HERE>>
Group Prototype I
Tom finds his big voice
As a group, we decided to write a story for children in which the different characters and landscapes within the story would represent the different components of the Amplifier circuit.
<<Insert images of the rough sketches>>
<<Insert image of the publication>>
<<insert image of sharukh's circuit>>
You can read the story here <<insert hyperlink>>
Reflection
We came to the collective conclusion, that the story was rather abstract and that it was difficult for anyone to make a direct connection between the story and the circuit. What we liked about it was the use of metaphors and we wanted that aspect of the first prototype to also continue on to the second prototype.
Group Prototype II
The Speaking Tree
After a lot of discussion, from a huge forest scenario we ended up with just one tree and decided to use the different parts of the tree to represent the different components of the circuit as well as to explain the working of the circuit.
The core idea was to make a circuit with which you could listen to the sounds of the tree. The circuit was designed such that the child just had to connect the wires in order to make the circuit work.
<<Images of the sketches, aswell as the first prototype of the tree>>
<<Image of the more final circuit of the prototype>>
Text to support the circuit
Final presentation
<<Insert image here>>
Criticism
The circuit looked more complicated than the first iteration. There was no unity in circuit and the text. The prototype doesn't teach the person how to make the circuit.
However, the conceptually the speaking tree was much stronger. Explaining the circuit in connection to a natural phenomena as well as writing the text in a way that it could be actually used to listen to tree was an interesting and a huge step.
