Nice to see you again Product Classmates! 🖐
We’re well into our semester now and some of you are no doubt taking on a lot of work (at work or school or both!). I know everyone is guns blazing, but don’t forget to take a break every once in a while! Good work will take time and practice and we’re in this for the long haul.
Last Week’s Recap:
Finished brainstorming 10 ideas for an existing application and posted this on your Notion website.
🚨 Important Announcements
NOTION PAGE: Please make your Notion site and send it on to Christine if you haven’t already! You will ONLY get access to mentorship and be assigned to a group AFTER you make your page. Refer back here for instructions.
GROUPS ARE OUT: Find your team on slack and exchange contact info! If you do not see your name on the list, please fill out this form.
Group 1: Nadia Le & Celine Low
Group 2: Devan Patel, Chelsea Bishop, Michael Schwartz, Sophie Chen
Group 3: Cindy Sit, Valerie Poon, Renee Cong
Group 4: Barbrianna Adams, Karam Yoo, Jessica Kang, Emily Zheng
Group 5: Christina Yu, Steve Nguyen, Cindy Ni
Group 6: Gia Kanani, Sade K, Jayden D Bermoy
Group 7: Marianne Anthonette Miranda, Shanna Gerlach, Mira Dhingra
Group 8: Emily Chee, Madhurima Suribhatla, Pratiksha Badola, Enya Bours
Group 9: Rohan Pal, Harshavarthini R, Hanyi Wang
MENTOR MATCHING: Look out for a signup for mentor-matching this week! We realize we didn’t make our announcement clear enough and some students fell through the cracks. Watch out for an announcement on Slack no later than this Wednesday.
🖌 This Week’s Assignments
Introducing your personal semester-long project!
SUGGESTED TOPIC - Connecting in a Virtual Era: Solve a problem that people (students, teachers, families, etc.) face while learning or connecting virtually through digital design.
*Note: Feel free to change to a problem space you are super passionate about or want to explore.
Deliverable: Research and identify 5+ problems related to your topic. Post short descriptions or sketches of each problem on your Notion site.
All directions for Week 3 can be found here. As always, if you’re lost, ask for help! We’re all here for you.
🌏 Events - Mark Your Calendars!
10/2: Guest Lecture - Exploring the Problem Space by Jackson Mohsenin, Previously @Quora
In this lecture, we'll discuss the problem space: a zone designers spend a lot of their time in. We'll dig into how to navigate this space, different ways of seeing problems, and when to know you're ready to move towards the solution space.
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST Register Here
10/4: Guest Lecture - Design Ethics by Zack Deocadiz, designer @Within
In this lecture, we’ll dicuss ethics within the field of deisgn
2:00PM - 3:00PM EST Register Here
✨ INSPO ✨
by Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva
😛 Play Among Us #notspons
Questions or Comments?
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