Katie's Weekly Report 2/11/09

1. What was planned?

• Create a pitch, design document, and prototype for Bunny Generals: D&C
• Create an outline for the Sandbox Paper
• Solicit participants for the eleMental Study
  

2. What was done?

• A pitch was created, design document and prototype have been started
• Outline has been created for paper, actual writing is underway
• Contact was made with teachers for the study
  

3. Problems encountered?

• I've never written a formal, long-research paper before and didn't know where to begin. I had to keep pestering people for outline structures and tips.
• I've also not had much experience in creating design documents and prototypes so I'm still figuring all that out as I go
• Still no participants for the eleMental study and we desperately need more results than we have
  

4. What did you learn this week? (esp. computer science, or anything surprising or interesting)
Be sure to cite any resources you used (e.g. online tutorials, etc).

• I've learned a lot more about research papers. I read the Sandbox 2008 papers to get a feel for what sort of research they were interested in and what format to use for the paper.
• I've decided that a board-game prototype will not be an effective method for conveying game play mechanics so I will likely create the prototype challenges in RPG Maker and run some preliminary studies on those.
  

5. What's planned for next week?

• Complete a design document and several prototypes for Bunny Generals: D&C
• Complete the Sandbox Paper
• Re-pitch the study in the classroom in order to get as many participants as soon as possible
  

6. Hours worked.
20