digital summer trip 2014 for kids - how to design for the web
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At this event at the Hackney Community College, Danny Bluestone, Sofia Breg and Dylan Smith were helping bright kids learn the principles of user experience (UX) and how to prototype wireframes using pen and paper. The Cyber-Duck team also introduced the kids to the opportunities within digital.TRANSCRIPT
HOW TO DESIGN FOR THE WEB
Principles for awesome web and app design aimed at pupils aged 16-18 @ London Digital Summer Trip 2014
About Danny Bluestone A button loving duck obsessed gamer and DJ with a passion for design and business
About Sofia Breg A geography graduate that has a passion for technology and a keen writer
About Dylan Smith A music loving Canadian who following his passion for digital technology
What did I do as a kid?
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Starting to design things like this for my GCSE’s
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Fast forward to 1997
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what should you be doing?
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...Everyone young person is going to be inspired to be a maker from now on. Its
like how everyone used to want to become a musician, actor or athlete but ‘maker’ is
what people are going to want to be.
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Will.I.AM
opportunities
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The power of being young Nick D'Aloisio, sells his app for £19mil
So how do you learn to design websites
and apps?
Lets pick a subject to design for!
• The best way to learn web design is through experience.
• Most successful designers use a design process.
• In today’s workshop we will design a homework web app.
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Here is a simple process for web (or app) design
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Before we startPlease get into groups of 4.
Our home work tool will be a web app, this means that it should work
on a PC and mobile phone.
Personas A persona is a typical ‘person’ that uses a website or app. !Please create one persona each. It can be you, a friend or sibling.
What’s out there? Research allows you to see what else is out there and learn their strengths and weaknesses. !Choose two or three other methods of how you deal with homework.
Prototyping The best way to start a design is pen and paper! !Try and design one of the important screens for the web app.
Thank you, future designers!
Cyber-Duck welcomes interns of all ages to come and learn with us.
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