AIM

Project 3: Personal Interactive Theory

Due: Week 11 (4/18)

Your answers must be typed on separate paper.

A .doc/.pdf version will eventually be linked to your portfolio site.

You must turn in no less than 1.5 pages of good, solid writing.

Write a paper in which you define your own theories and concepts of interactivity. Remember, the name of the game is to create a “theory” (or, if you prefer, “thesis”). This does NOT need to be a set of ideas that is completely true for everyone. It's better to make your theory specific and provocative than safe and correct.

The following questions are optional starting-points:

• How is your definition of interactivity different from what you perceive to be a

  public (or professional) understanding of interactivity?

• When does interactivity become useful and worthwhile for the participant?

When does interactivity fail?

• What is your personal stake in seeing media (or certain forms of media) become

  more interactive?

• How can a designer manage to be self-expressive (or satisfy other personal goals)

  while working with interactive formats?