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Literal to Conceptual – Seeing Art in Person

By Matthew White On March 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday, we brought our Freshman Seminar students to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Students are working on the second module of the course where they discover and learn the process of conceptualization. Their assignment entails taking a current event article and creating a collage, based on interpretation.

The key to this assignment [...]

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User Flow and Critique at Bunker Hill

By Matthew White On March 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Here are some snapshots of students in my iPhone and Freshman Seminar courses at Bunker Hill Community College. Creative brainstorming, mind mapping and conceptualization; hammering out ideas!

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Graduate School Group Project – Results

By Matthew White On December 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Last week, I worked with a group of students from my graduate program at UMass Boston to give an instructor lead and designed presentation for a final project. Our project was on the “Think Wrong” exercise. This exercise, brought to my attention by the great folks at ProjectM, is an exercise in design, [...]

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Strategy for teaching design to high school students

By Matthew White On May 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I wrote the following text as a response to Nathan Felde, the design department chair at the Art Institute of Boston @ Lesley University. I was asked to write a description about a specific stratagey/assignment that I use in my educating process.

This is a working document, as is all design and research…

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Expanding my educator skills and discourse vocabulary

By Matthew White On March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I have decided to make a step forward in my role as a design educator, and pursue the ever important credential that is a Masters Degree. While this degree is not required at all higher education institutions, it is recommended. I also feel that the track I have chosen will compliment my current Bachelors Degree [...]

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