Participatory Design Session

Session 1

Poster Creation: Social Relationships -- Session 1

Place yourself at the center.
Identify different social groups with which you interact (friends, family, classmates, teachers, etc.) Don't forget digital communities, such as your IM contacts, you MySpace groups, etc.
Cluster these groups around yourself in a layout that resembles your perception of their relationships
Connect yourself with different people you interact with indicating the technology used in every case, if any.
distinguish between positive and negative aspects of your current social relationships. What can be improved?

Poster Creation: Local Awareness

Draw a map of your daily routine (schematic, doesn't need to be exact. Make sure to use the whole space because we're going to fill this map with different stuff, later on)
- Mark your daily itinerary and the places you frequent.
- Mark the places where you live, work and play.
- Indicate the places where you engage with technology
Do you know what's happening in your city?
- - Mention some of the latest news
  - What things are happening that have a repercussion in your life?
Do you know what's happening in the world?
- International news and public affairs
How do you get informed about what's happening in the world?
- Describe media and technology involved (place them where they belong in your map)
Identify people that bring this information to you
- Where do you get your information (from where and from who) to help you survive as a teenager.
  - For instance: where are the classes going on, where's the party, what should I we wearing for that date, etc.

Final critique: Is this information relevant? is it interesting? should it concern you?

Poster Creation: Power & Involvement

Place yourself at the center
Place the groups and networks in which you (or would like to) participate
Imagine an ideal situation:
- What kinds of things would you like to do together with your friends?
- What things would you like to change or improve from your current environment?
- How do you see yourself in the future?
Is there any device you use you would like to hack?
- let's imagine you have to knowledge to do so, what thing you would like the dive to do that its not doing now?
How could you modify what the GAP offers you? (the clothing store)
- Would you like to change what other store is offering you?
How do you negotiate with your friends to go to the movie you want?
- which are your persuasion tools and techniques?

Create a Mobile Device: (A Concept Validation Session is prerequired)