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  Innovative design: My design is a social media platform designed specifically for teenagers. This app would function like training wheels on a bike, allowing teens to use social media safely and healthily. This would allow teens to use social media to make real connections, More

1- Innovative design—Describe your new design, app, service, product, etc. For my design, I wanted to follow a theme we discussed a lot in the first few weeks of class, and that category for this task was Attention. In the task, it describes attention as More

Task7_Poulin_Nick   My app would be like Pinterest, but it would be created not to fragment people’s attention. The app would be situated where the user is frequently asked questions about topics they may want to see. The user would begin their process through the More

1.) Innovative design—Describe your new design, app, service, product, etc. At such a large school, you would think it would be easy to make friends. I’ve found that surprisingly, it’s almost the opposite. It’s almost like the more options – people – there are, the More

Over fall break, I went apple picking with my mom and my boyfriend. I forgot to take a picture this year, but here is a picture of the view from the apple orchard from two years ago. Thank you for encouraging us to enjoy our More

I went to my sisters soccer tournament in Sanford with my family and my boyfriend this weekend.

Went on a beautiful hike with my family back home!

My product idea is a line of “smart” yoga equipment designed to promote and increase positive mental health, physical health and just general wellbeing called “Breath”. This would be a line so it would have multiple products including a yoga mat, yoga strap, yoga block More

COPY ALL THE TEXT IN THIS POST TO YOUR OWN POST, THEN FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. 1-USE STRIKETHROUGH FOR EVERY INSTANCE OF BIAS IN A PERSON PAPER ON PURITY IN LANGUAGE (BELOW) UNTIL THE EXERCISE STOPS (IT WILL BE TIMED).  THEN COUNT HOW MANY INSTANCES YOU More

Project 1 – Brian Ellsmore

https://spark.adobe.com/page-embed.js I worked with Parker King, David Jakacky and Nick Poulin

Below is the link that will lead you to our group Project 1 I worked with David Jakacky, Parker King, and Emily Clarke https://spark.adobe.com/page-embed.js

  https://spark.adobe.com/page-embed.js I worked with McKenzie Evans and Hana Boucher. Our topic was how technology affects people, and the problems that it can cause.

I worked with Chloe and Kilian on this project. https://spark.adobe.com/page-embed.js

I worked alone on this project, my focus was on social media and mental health more specifically self perception and addiction with someone you are not on social media. https://spark.adobe.com/page-embed.js

1-USE STRIKETHROUGH FOR EVERY INSTANCE OF BIAS IN A PERSON PAPER ON PURITY IN LANGUAGE (BELOW) UNTIL THE EXERCISE STOPS (IT WILL BE TIMED). THEN COUNT HOW MANY INSTANCES YOU UNDERLINED. COMPARE WITH YOUR GROUP AND SEE IF ALL OF YOU UNDERLINED THE SAME WORDS More

William Satire (alias Douglas R. Hofstadter) From Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Basic Books, 1985. (Original web version: http://www.bloomington.in.us/~abangert/person.html) It’s high time someone blew the whistle on all the silly prattle about revamping our language to suit the purposes More

1-USE STRIKETHROUGH FOR EVERY INSTANCE OF BIAS IN A PERSON PAPER ON PURITY IN LANGUAGE (BELOW) UNTIL THE EXERCISE STOPS (IT WILL BE TIMED).  THEN COUNT HOW MANY INSTANCES YOU UNDERLINED. COMPARE WITH YOUR GROUP AND SEE IF ALL OF YOU UNDERLINED THE SAME WORDS AND WHY. 2-ALONE & WITHOUT More

1-USE STRIKETHROUGH FOR EVERY INSTANCE OF BIAS IN A PERSON PAPER ON PURITY IN LANGUAGE (BELOW) UNTIL THE EXERCISE STOPS (IT WILL BE TIMED).  THEN COUNT HOW MANY INSTANCES YOU UNDERLINED. COMPARE WITH YOUR GROUP AND SEE IF ALL OF YOU UNDERLINED THE SAME WORDS AND WHY. 2-ALONE & WITHOUT More

1-USE STRIKETHROUGH FOR EVERY INSTANCE OF BIAS IN A PERSON PAPER ON PURITY IN LANGUAGE(BELOW) UNTIL THE EXERCISE STOPS (IT WILL BE TIMED).  THEN COUNT HOW MANY INSTANCES YOU UNDERLINED. COMPARE WITH YOUR GROUP AND SEE IF ALL OF YOU UNDERLINED THE SAME WORDS AND WHY. More

Group Members: Noah Moring, Matthew Patterson, Fox Gleason, John Cyr

My partners on this project were Brock Radford and Devin Carter. Sources: https://www-sciencedirect-com.wv-o-ursus-proxy02.ursus.maine.edu/science/article/pii/S0306460321001349 https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/09/14/facebook-knew-instagram-could-bad-teens-mental-health/8340578002/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915321001098?via%3Dihub https://www-sciencedirect-com.wv-o-ursus-proxy02.ursus.maine.edu/science/article/pii/S0747563216307543 https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/04/07/social-media-use-in-2021/ https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7013e2.htm

I worked with Chloe and Kilian. Social Media During COVID-19

  A list of websites I used: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861923/ https://www.insider.com/how-social-media-affects-body-image https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/is-social-media-ruining-your-sex-life/454041/ https://www.glamour.com/story/social-media-self-esteem

Social Media Addiction Task 4- Infographic  

For some reason adobe wouldn’t let me download this video with the credit page so I screen shotted it and inserted it into the task post.

Web Project: Design for Culture As tech designers, we want to be sure what we build actually creates the kinds of cultures that support our values and out happiness.  Doing this requires not just technical skills but also conceptual skills, and critical thinking skills, as More

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      Recall – Sometimes, after a long night of homework, I experience a “text neck.” On occasion, I do my homework on my bed often with my dog; therefore, I find myself in the middle of the bed, with very little back support, More

Notes from lab 3 Critical thinking: reading, writing, research, diverse academic interests, sleep Conceptual thinking: brainstorming, writing, reading Patience/Focus: hobbies, deleting unnecessary apps, limiting screen time, sleep, mindfulness Creative output: hobbies/extracurricular activities, trial and error, brainstorming For my video, I am going to focus on More

My group and I discussed the idea of input vs output, and how modern media is designed to activate dopamine hits to retain your attention. Video games, TikToks, notifications, and even texts are all designed give the user a pleasurable experience, and make them come More

Notes from Lab 3: Critical thinking: Time investment, Deeper investigation, Different sources, Diversity. Deeper thinking: Read books, Less electronics, Collaborating, Asking why? Conceptual thinking: Collaboration, Brainstorming, Trial & Error. Focus:Taking time, Reading books, Meditation, Puzzles. Subject/Focus for task 3 video: My focus for task 3’s video will be on how we should spend less time on technology and more time More