{"id":79,"date":"2017-11-27T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariusgursu.wordpress.com\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=79"},"modified":"2020-12-09T11:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T10:27:44","slug":"the-magic-surface-a-tangible-educational-application","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/the-magic-surface-a-tangible-educational-application\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tablet Accessory for Teaching Primary School Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-featured-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-769\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-featured-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-featured-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-featured-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-featured-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-featured-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Initially developed by Mitchell Jacobs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Context: B.Eng Graduation Internship<br>Dates:<\/strong> January &#8211; June 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Client:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiotast.com\/\">Studio Tast<\/a><br><strong>Product page:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiotast.com\/products\/goedwijzer\">Studio Tast &#8211; Goed Wijzer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Goed Wijzer is a clock reading experience for children, age 7 to 9 years, in primary school education. It enables children to learn autonomous with their preferred method in the classroom, combining today&#8217;s technological possibilities with embodied learning. It is the concept originally developed by Mitchell Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"background-details\"><span class=\"lt-line-clamp__line\">My goal was to expand the concept so that it applies to other studies like mathematics and finance,<\/span> <span class=\"lt-line-clamp__line lt-line-clamp__line--last\"> and make it more production ready.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am very glad to have worked with Studio Tast and Mitchell Jacobs. They guided me through all the stages of design thinking. This was a great introduction to Design, which was a big mindset shift coming from my technical background, and I will be forever grateful to them.<\/p>\n<p>The main challenges that come to mind are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li> being comfortable with uncertainty &#8211; but also knowing when to seek empiricism in research or constraints in the process<\/li><li>taking it step by step &#8211; thinking iteratively not linearly<\/li><li>being flexible and open to new perspectives &#8211; for inspiration, for empathy, for stakeholder management or when considering future scenarios<\/li><li>being conscious about the process<\/li><li>always switching perspectives between pragmatic\/idealistic, human-centered\/feasibility-minded, interaction-level\/service or organization level, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/34.65.127.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-rapid.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-638\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-rapid.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-rapid-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-rapid-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-rapid-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-rapid-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-rapid-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><figcaption>Acting out interactions using a rapid prototype <br>in order to understand technology requirements<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/34.65.127.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-ratios-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-702\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-ratios-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-ratios-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-ratios-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-ratios-720x429.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-ratios-560x334.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-ratios.jpg 1931w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A rapid prototype exploring the lesson of ratios<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/34.65.127.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-money-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-704\" width=\"1208\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-money-2.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-money-2-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-money-2-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-money-2-1024x619.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-money-2-720x436.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goed-wijzer-money-2-560x339.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1208px) 100vw, 1208px\" \/><figcaption>Exploring interactions with finances<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/34.65.127.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goed-wijzer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-637\" width=\"445\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goed-wijzer.jpg 688w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goed-wijzer-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/goed-wijzer-560x750.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: B.Eng Graduation InternshipDates: January &#8211; June 2016 Client: Studio TastProduct page: Studio Tast &#8211; Goed Wijzer Goed Wijzer is a clock reading experience for children, age 7 to 9 years, in primary school education. It enables children to learn autonomous with their preferred method in the classroom, combining today&#8217;s technological possibilities with embodied learning.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/the-magic-surface-a-tangible-educational-application\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Tablet Accessory for Teaching Primary School Kids<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack-portfolio-type":[],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2699,"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/79\/revisions\/2699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariusursu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}