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tags: essentialsLab
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# essentialsLab syllabus

## the timeline
| Week | Topic | Learning Objectives | the Thing Made |
| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| 02/14 | eventLab [Studio as instrument](/LG7Y0yhkRVqHF_HPQjtEVQ) |learn tool: brush pen & sized paper, cameras & lenses; develop language for articulating how the tools we use at the LL (and the LL studio itself) are all intruments for teaching and learning in new modes and media | Eno Reflection, Cards to Buttons |
|02/21| eventLab work time | | | |
| 02/28 |graphicsLab [Layout as Blueprint](https://hackmd.io/yS3Yq_t_RnWhKnBJ-LLxpw)|learn tool: Id; learn & practice basic graphic design principles, develop taste, understand how layout functions as a strucutre for organizing your ideas | a 4-5 page magazine spread as a projet proposal for your transmedia capstone | |
| 03/07 | graphicsLab work time | | | |
| 03/14 | spring break | | | |
| 03/21 |realityLab |learn tool: Blender; develop ideas for how 3D modeling (and ultimeatly even augmented or virtual reality) could serve as a medium for assignments |an annotated object |
| 03/28 | realityLab work time | | |
| 04/04 |cineLab: Sequence as Disclosure|learn tool: Pr, FCPX; how montage functions |a 1-2 minute montage |
| 04/11 | cineLab work time | | |
| 04/18 |codeLab |learn tool: airtable, understand object properties and how to use them to produce amazing results in the web gallery zone, for bonus points: learn a bit of css styling to make our galleries have a voice and pov that supports the content |a populated and clean timeline from airtable of your work this term and/or a styled web gallery |
| 04/25 | codeLab work time
| 05/02 |prep for showcase | | |
|05/09 | prep for showcase | | |
|05/16 | prep for showcase | | |
|05/23 | SHOWCASE! | | |

audioLab: Live Sound Design |learn tool: PA system, mics, logic; how to present ideas live | an electronic music elevator pitch|
## why essentialsLab?
In essentialsLab, we will develop our skills, our knowledge base, and our capacities in the wide array of tools that abound at the LL. Each week, we will pull together relevant research, evaluate new technologies, and locate best practices and models. Thinking together about what’s already out there, both within the classroom but also beyond, leads to innovative yet grounded prototypes for testing.

It doesn't matter if you've spent 10 seconds or 10 thousand hours working in one of these essential tools--the time we spend in essentialsLab will serve to hone our abilities to learn, and teach in each of these tools.

For LLUFs who are newer to our LL team, this is a great opportunity to get a taste of some tools you may have never heard of before--and a chance to find something that you are super excited to dig deeper into!

For LLUFs who are more familiar with these tools, this is certainly a time to sharpen those skills and delve into the role of peer tutor before "going live" with students in a course we are supporting.

## the sections
* **Tuesdays 10-11**: *Mystery, Media, and Movement*
* Ammara, Anya, Emmy, Marc, Dharma
* **Wednesdays 2-3** *Cities: Power and the Built Landscape*
* Charlie, Henry, Marcus, Matilda, Sophie, Sienna
* **Fridays 3-4** *Creating a Celebrity: Transmedia Construction*
* Hannah, Amelie, David, Micheal, Abby, Joey, Daniela, Caroline (Emmy, Ammara)