Designing with Blocks
September 30, 2012
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, WCC 138
Keith Braafladt
Director and Learning Technologies Center Instructor, Science Museum of Minnesota
This workshop explored the DesignBlocks software. DesignBlocks is a wonderful tool to introduce computational-based graphic design. Participants in this workshop were introduced to the programming environment and then explored the online community-based tool (DesignBlocks runs in a web browser through a participatory gallery) and created and generated designs they could print or interact with online.
Keith Braafladt, keith.braafladt@gmail.com
A graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Braafladt leads classes and workshops at the museum, in schools and in local and national libraries. He works with a team of creative staff who develop, design, and integrate science content and learning into workshops, classes and online media that combine science, art and technology.
Moderator:
Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, mpezalla@carleton.edu
Curator of Art & Exhibitions, Gould Library, Carleton College
Read Me First
DesignBlocks is a relative of Scratch. Evelyn Eastmond, who created DesignBlocks was a member of the Scratch design team. Scratch is a very popular and easy-to-use programming environment along with a very large online community. You can download Scratch here.
TurtleArt lets you make images with your computer.
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