Katie's Weekly Report 3/18/2009

1. What was planned?
-Go to SIGCSE
-Finish Sandbox paper (yay for submission extensions)
-Finish EleMental Study
-Third and Fourth Sessions with Citizen Schools
-Continue research for the Creativity and Cognition paper, look into proper Likert Scale design and game evaluation methods.
-Begin forming a study design for the Creativity and Cognition paper, form a solid hypothesis and determine what data is needed to support this hypothesis.

2. What was done?
-SIGCSE
-Continued research for the Creativity and Cognition paper
-Third and Fourth Citizen School's Sessions
-Prototyping of Bunny Generals in XNA
-Finished Sandbox Paper


3. Problems encountered?
-Driving to Chattanooga was one of the craziest trips of my life (RIP big bird thing)
-Scheduling for the Third Citizen School's session with 3/5 members at SIGCSE
-My lab workstation died :(
-Fourth Citizen School's session did not result in lots of student artwork, we may have to alter the schedule slightly in order to allow students enough time to make art.

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 love SIGCSE (and conferences in general) more than anything in the whole wide world
-Not all birds fly well
-There are some phenomenal options for outreach that are less scheduling-intensive. I really want to explore these options for STARS Alliance.

5. What's planned for next week?
-Fifth session with Citizen Schools, student game development will begin this week
-Continue research for the Creativity and Cognition paper, will be researching how creativity can be defined and measured
-Absolutely need to have a study design for Creativity and Cognition by next meeting!
-Tapia 2009 (aka Samantha & Katie's Oregon Trail Adventure) in 2 weeks!

6. Hours worked.
Counting SIGCSE....a lot. Probably...50ish for two weeks