Outline
In this lab you will:
- Workshop ideas about the new theme for Portfolio Item 3
- Consider the changes to p5.js which have just dropped
- Reflect on the goals you set for your artefact or performance design
- Review the assessment criteria and ensure you have addressed all assessment criteria and discuss with your instructor
- Explore and potentially implement some variations to your portfolio item
Introduction
Welcome back creative coders! It’s another week of working on your portfolio item 2.
Portfolio Item 2 is due on Friday 5 July 2024.
However drum roll we also introduce the theme for Portfolio Item 3
plus ça change / <plus c’est la même chose?>
The theme will be announced during the class once voting is completed.
Workshopping the Theme
do: spend 10 minutes reflecting on ways to build, represent, or raise questions about [Portfolio Item 3 Theme] in an interactive dynamic artwork
Project Repository
Do: When you are ready, Fork and Clone the portfolio repo for your portfolio item 3. The only element of this you will need to update today is your workshop notes for planning. Remember to stage, commit and push to GitLab at the end of the lesson.
Open assets/portfolio-entry-1.md and answer the questions posed:
- What does [Portfolio Item 3 Theme] mean to you?
- Who do you think would benefit from [Portfolio Item 3 Theme]?
- How might [Portfolio Item 3 Theme] benefit your target group/person, and how is this better for them?
- Which value system, view or opinion do you plan to explore in your project?
- Discuss any examples of media (music, digital art, film, photography, other), phenomena or code art which reminds you of [Portfolio Item 3 Theme]
Portfolio Item 2: Reflect
Look at what you have made so far:
- does it align with the theme Moral Intelligence?
- have you used the ml5.js machine learning capabilities?
Do you have:
- an outline of your decision making for your portfolio entries?
- a history of git commits?
- photos or screen captures of your work?
- documentation for the planning / explorations
- links to any external code/resources you used
Portfolio Item 2: Review
The assessment criteria evaluates:
- Interaction Design
- Artistic Output
- Critical Exploration of the Theme
- Technical Quality (including Virtual World creation)
Using the rubric provided, how do you assess your response?
Discuss
Ensure you take time this class to speak with your instructor about your response. Show what you have made/written so far. Discuss what you think you may need. Ask questions!
Explore
While “variations” is not a category of the assessment criteria, variations are mentioned under the “A” to “E” criteria for:
- Interaction Design (explores several) AND
- Artistic Output (clear evolution)
Some evidence of exploring different alternatives (even through your conceptualisation/ideation) will contribute to your grade.
Would you like more inspiration about moral intelligence?
- You might read the DAIR Institute Blog or listen to an episode of their MAIHT3K podcast
- You could play around with the Google PAIR lab What-If tool to explore Fairness in Machine Learning
- Do you know about the RoboDebt Scandal and its impacts?
- What do you know about Tesla’s Autopilot feature?
- You could read about Hidden labour in Machine Learning
- What do you know about the energy and water consumption of AI?
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence is not immoral in itself. The practices of industry can make it seem so. It is important to note that technology is not neutral. When we engage with technology as consumers or citizens that is backed by slavery, cruelty, or illegal activity, then we give tacit consent to these practices. It is vital that we lift the curtain, look behind the scenes, and reject practices we object to, or protest to our governments against that which we must not accept.
Document
Document your experiments, decisions, alternative implementations, challenges into the markdown file portfolio-entry-2.md
Try out some formatting. You may wish to include an image (put the image in your assets folder).
You can make multiple copies of portfolio-entry-2.md - just increment the numbers for each file.
You will see that there are several headings already in there. These headings are there to help you structure your portfolio documentation and, perhaps, interpret the theme from some different perspectives.
Summary
Congratulations! In this lab you:
- Workshopped ideas for [Portfolio Item 3 Theme]
- Reflected on the goals you set for your artefact or performance
- Reviewed your portfolio 1 submission through the lens of the assessment criteria
- Discussed your artefact with your instructor in its current state
- Explored and potentially implemented some variations to your portfolio item