TEI2016S/WLogistics Template

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TEI2016, February 14-17, 2016, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

ACM

S/W Abstract

Please copy and paste your abstract from the TEI 2016 S/W Description Extended Abstract.

Note: This document will *not* be published in the ACM Digital Library or TEI 2016 proceedings.
S/W Coordinator Information

Please list each S/W Coordinator in your proposal here with the primary contact first.

Follow each Coordinator’s contact information with a 100 word maximum biographical sketch For example:

Coordinator One – Primary Contact
Author, 123 Author Ave.

Authortown, the Netherlands


Phone Number
Web Site

Organizer One has run numerous workshops on the topic of widgets. Several workshops have been at TEI-like venues such as CHI, IDC, and SigGraph. She currently is a tangible-expert-in-residence at TEIU.

CoordinatorTwo
Author, 123 Author Ave.

Authortown, the Netherlands


Phone Number
Web Site

Organizer Two is working toward a Ph.D. in TEI at TEIU. He has designed widget kits specifically for whatchamacallit workshops.

S/WProposed Schedule

S/Ws will last one or one and a half day. A strong proposal will provide a schedule that pays close attention to the use of that time so that activity and learning goals can be achieved. Below is an example schedule.

Our S/W will go through four phases: a warm up hands-on activity, a sharing session, a pairing session, and a breakdown period.

Example Hour 1 – warm up: participants will make a circle around a table featuring parts for making widgets. Individually, they will use the widgets to make whatchamacallits. Once each participant has put together a whattchamacallit that represents his or her personality using the assorted widgets, each one introduces him/herself and the creation to the group.

Example Hour 2 – sharing session: S/W organizers will discuss the participants’ creations and use pre-made examples to present best practices for creating whatchamacallits.

Example Hour 3 – pairing session: after an engaging discussion, the participants will pair up with another Studio attendee to combine their creations and make a new whatchamacallit. The pairs will then explore using laptop computers to program the widgets in the whatchamacallits to interact with people.

Example Hour 4 – during the breakdown period, participant pairs will hand what they created to other pairs. Once each pair has a whatchamacallit that they did not create, they will break it down and explain how it combined widgets in ways that differed from other groups. After each pair has broken down the whatchamacallits, we’ll have a discussion to break down why the processes of building up, programming, and breaking down widgetsis important for understanding the landscape of tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction. Participants will be given a widget to take home.

Bill of Materials

The proposal must provide a list of materials that will be used during the S/W session(s). This list of materials should be as complete as possible at the time of proposal submission. S/W Chairs will be in contact with S/W Organizers of successful proposals to finalize and help resource S/W materials. The list of materials can be provided in a bullet pointed list. However, please provide a description and or justification of materials that may be deemed as unique, difficult to resource, or require the host institution and/or TEI 2014 conference to assist in acquiring.

Example materials:

  • 1 ACME Widget Type A kit
  • 1 ACME Widget Type B kit
  • 4 Alligator clip cables 12”
  • 1 hot glue gun with 2 glue sticks
  • 1 pair of headphones

Estimated Budget

Please keep in mind that the S/Ws will be available for all conference attendees. Participants in the workshops might be required to pay a small fee for participation to cover material costs. It is expected that the Studio proposal Coordinators will provide and/or help to resource materials that are unique to their workshop. Limited basic materials might be available from the conference host institution and TEI conference. At this time, we can not tell you which material types might fall into the latter category. In your budget, assume that all materials will have to be bought, borrowed or provided by participants (in the case of unique or expensive materials. A complete budget estimate will assist the S/W Chairs in organizing material resource needs. S/W Chairs will follow-up on budgets with the Coordinators of accepted Studio proposals.

Based on the Bill of Materials listed above, prepare a budget for the cost of the materials. (Consider using a spreadsheet application such as MS Excel or Google and pasting your budget into a table similar to the one below.)

  • Material item;
  • Company to source the item (if known);
  • Quantity of the material needed for 15 participants;
  • Estimated cost of one unit of the item;
  • Total cost per each item;
  • Total budget cost.

item/supplier / quant / unit cost / total cost
ACME Widget Type A kit
/ 8 / $##.## / $###.##
ACME Widget Type B kit
/ 8 / $##.## / $###.##
Alligator clip cables 12”
/ 60 / $#.## / $##.##
hot glue gun
/ 8 / $#.## / $##.##
headphones
/ 15 / $#.## / $##.##
estimated Studio budget / $###.##

Technical Requirements

In this section list all of the required equipment and logistic resources for the proposed S/W as well as requirements for the room. Please indicate who you expect to provide the equipment (e.g. the S/W Coordinators, S/W participants, host institution).

For example:

The following resources and equipment are required:

  • 12 power outlets for computers and hot glue guns, provided by the host institution
  • A room with windows for ventilation, provided by the host institution.
  • Open Source programmable widget, provided by the S/W Coordinator(s).
  • Hackable electronic toy, provided by the S/W Coordinators and S/W Participants
  • Laser Cutter, provided by the host institution
  • Electronics tools (e.g. multimeters, needle nose pliers, etc…) provided by the S/W Coordinators and host institution
  • Etc.

The following resources and equipment are desired, but would not prevent the S/W from thriving should they not be available:

  • Scratch resistant surfaces or cutting mats
  • 24 gauge wire
  • Etc.

If required: draft call for position statements

Should you wish for participants to your S/W to write a position paper or statement you would draft a 250 word call for those here.