Report

At the end of the semester, each student will write a written report (min 5 pages). This is intended to help you review and reflect on what you have learned as part of this course and to communicate your proposal clearly. As part of this exercise, you’ll write a narrative which integrates the research you have performed, the conceptualization and development of your ideas, evaluation of it’s utility and viability as well as next steps.

Report Structure

At the end of the final phase, you’ll submit a fully formed report on your explorations of connected classroom. Below is a suggested structure for the report and the sections which should be addressed. You can and should adapt and adjust this as you see fit.

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Statement of problem space
  • Goals
  • Background Review, to include
    • theory / context,
    • precedent projects and case studies
    • critique, analysis, and significance
  • Approach and Proposal
  • Method, Process, Approach,
    • Investigation
    • Preliminary Implementation
    • Technologies, Frameworks and approaches
    • Evaluation
    • etc.
  • Future work
  • Discussion/Reflection/Conclusions
  • References and Sources- Include formatted links to texts, readings, papers and works presented as part of the report.

Formatting and Submitting your work:

  • The Format should adhere to the ACM 2-column format (suitable for presentation at HCI or related conference).

  • Include your names and andrew IDs in the PDF document

  • Your paper should be single spaced, 12 font and have 1 inch margins.

  • You can use hyperlinks and references.

  • You’re encouraged to add images and supporting illustrations.

  • Please please please use a unique and identifiable name e.g. team_name_finalreport.pdf

  • Your final paper should be in PDF format and emailed to the instructor on or before the due date.

  • Upload your final paper by the deadline to the Google Drive folder