Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Reflections ITEC830: A Whole New Mind Presentations 4.8.08

Christina and Barry presented "Story"
  • People retain knowledge through story telling
    • Episodic memory - memory of events, provides context
  • Left brain thinking (analytical) is not a natural way of thinking for humans
    • Harder to remember
  • Doctors need to have both R and L brain skills
    • Listening to patient stories can help solve medical issues/problems
    • Drs. keep emotional log to help keep empathy with patients
      • Procedural memory may be tapped during the writing down of these logs by the Drs.
  • Americans record stories in sound/audio
    • Record your own story at StoryCorps
  • Storytelling is a skill that can be learned


Joshua, Marcus and Kurt presented "Empathy"
  • Odiogo - web page reader that converts page content to audio
  • Empathy is putting yourself in someone else's shoes to understand what they're feeling, understanding the situation, it's a holistic approach.
    • It is not sympathy, where you feel bad for the person.
  • Designers need to be empathetic so they can understand what a user needs and how they'll use the product
  • Build empathy by:
    • Volunteering in an area where people are different from you
    • Eavesdropping on people's conversations



Greg presented "Play"
  • Play will become the way we work in the 21st century
  • Bringing game, humor and joyfulness to business and products will make them successful
  • "mature manhood: that means
  • Play a game that demonstrates real world physics - launchball
    • Motivates kids to learn by play


Doris, Heidi, Yu-Fen presented "Meaning"
  • Find out what you do out of enjoyment because it's meaningful to you
  • Some helpful ways of finding meaning are:
    • Spirituality
    • Appreciation
    • Relationships


Carlos presented "Symphony"

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