Thank
you all for the helpful feedback on my activity! I was very curious to see how
it would go with the Google Sheets template. I had some comments about figuring
out a way to make it so that the artwork made by guests could be saved
automatically rather than having to erase the past work that had been done. If
anyone has ideas for this please let me know! I think I am going to add
something to my sign that says “Ask a Spark how to send your artwork home!”
(Destiny had a similar sign and liked this idea better than having explicit
directions on how to share the google sheet- thanks Destiny!) I will also be
sure to make my signs bigger as a few of you suggested.
Many
of you gave me suggestions on how to make the application of pixel art clearer.
KJ, I really liked your idea of having an ipad locked on an image for guests to
zoom in and out of to see how the pixels change size. Ron and Danielle H. also
suggested having different size pixels so that guests can create their artwork
on multiple scales to understand how resolution affects pixelation. This is
definitely something that I could incorporate into my final curriculum, and it
also makes it more accessible to guests with dexterity difficulties.
I
also liked the challenges that many of you came up with for the google sheets
pixel art activity. I think instead of having these challenges displayed as
signage, I will add them to my curriculum so that Sparks can read them and be
ready to challenge guests. Sophia and Danielle came up with the challenge of typing
your name to see what pattern it creates/decoding a message. Other ideas were a
color-coded scrabble game and guessing a word based on the colors. If anyone
else has ideas for challenges for guests that I could add to my curriculum,
please comment and let me know!
Tarah-
I really liked your idea of having the conditional formatting rules visible to
guests. This way guests could learn about how the rules are made and maybe even
tinker around with them. My only concern with this is if the rules were to get
erased somehow, but I will be sure to save a few extra copies of the template
in case this happens! Tarah also suggested to lock navigation around the
computer- does anyone know how to do this?
Additional
questions I have for everyone:
- Do
you think the signage was helpful? Mostly wondering about the sign above
the laptops: “Select a blank pixel, type any letter, then hit enter.” Do
you think you would have been able to figure it out without this sign/is
it necessary?
- I
was also wondering what everyone thought about guests having the option to
print out their artwork? Or is it enough having the other activity with
the foam squares?
Thank
you to everyone for your responses!
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