Ux For 3rd Graders
- 1. by Tyler's Dad MY JOB MY JOB
- 3. From 1924 – 84 years ago
- 8. “ Hardware”
- 9. “ Hardware” “ Services”
- 10. “ Hardware” “ Software” “ Services”
- 11. “ Hardware” “ Software” “ Services” This is me
- 12. There are lots of different kinds of designers.
- 13. There are lots of different kinds of designers. People who design cars…
- 14. There are lots of different kinds of designers. People who design cars… … and music players …
- 15. There are lots of different kinds of designers. People who design cars… … and music players … … and chairs …
- 16. There are lots of different kinds of designers. People who design cars… … and music players … … and chairs … … and ice cream scoops …
- 17. There are lots of different kinds of designers. People who design cars… … and music players … … and chairs … … and ice cream scoops … … and houses. Taliesin West by Frank Lloyd Wright
- 18. Tyler’s mom is an Interior Designer , which means she designs rooms…
- 19. Tyler’s mom is an Interior Designer , which means she designs rooms… … like Tyler’s room which has castles and a full suit of armor.
- 20. I’m a Software Designer User Experience Designer Human Factors Engineer User-Centered Designer Interaction Designer Human-Computer Interaction Usability Engineer What does that mean?
- 21. What if your job was to design a house for someone?
- 22. What if your job was to design a house for someone? 1 Talk to the people buying the house – find out what they like and don’t like.
- 23. What if your job was to design a house for someone? 1 Talk to the people buying the house – find out what they like and don’t like. 2 Draw pictures of how you think the house should look and show the pictures to the people buying the house.
- 24. What if your job was to design a house for someone? 1 Talk to the people buying the house – find out what they like and don’t like. 2 Draw pictures of how you think the house should look and show the pictures to the people buying the house. 3 While the house is being built, take the people to the house to make sure it looks like the pictures.
- 25. What if your job was to design a video game for 3 rd graders?
- 26. What if your job was to design a video game for 3 rd graders? 1 Talk to the 3 rd graders – find out what they like and don’t like in their video games.
- 27. What if your job was to design a video game for 3 rd graders? 1 Talk to the 3 rd graders – find out what they like and don’t like in their video games. 2 Draw pictures of how you think the video game should look and show the pictures to the 3 rd graders.
- 28. What if your job was to design a video game for 3 rd graders? 1 Talk to the 3 rd graders – find out what they like and don’t like in their video games. 2 Draw pictures of how you think the video game should look and show the pictures to the 3 rd graders. 3 While the video game is being built, ask 3 rd graders to test the game to see if they like it.
- 29. What if your job was to design a video game for 3 rd graders? Video games are software ! 1 Talk to the 3 rd graders – find out what they like and don’t like in their video games. 2 Draw pictures of how you think the video game should look and show the pictures to the 3 rd graders. 3 While the video game is being built, ask 3 rd graders to test the game to see if they like it.
- 30. I don’t design video games.
- 31. I don’t design video games. I design software that runs huge websites for really big companies.
- 32. We call this “User Research” 1 I talk to the people who use our software to see what they like, how they do their jobs, and who they work with in their jobs.
- 33. We call this “Prototyping” 2 I draw pictures of what the software should look like and I show the pictures to our customers.
- 34. We call this “Usability Testing” 3 While the software is being built, I ask our customers to use it and see if they can figure out how it works.
- 35. How do you become a Software Designer? Middle School High School College Graduate School Elementary 6 years 3 years 4 years 4 years 3-5 years Get good grades! Study “Psychology” or “Computer Science” Study “ Human-Computer Interaction”
- 36. Questions?