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Week 10: "Endterm week"

At this week I had a two tasks which were presenting my "Time Capsule" and do "Endterm Process Blogs" that I'm doing right now. So here is my explanation of my “Time Capsule” where the top is a mountain and the bottom a “yurt” - an ancient house of nomads. As you all know there lives a family in one yurt where they fill it with their love, support and coziness. Inside this box I put a family relic, an heirloom which is called “Syrym batyr ordasy”, my little sister’s bracelet and my brother’s polaroid photo. My older brother is far away from our family right now but that is not a barrier to feel our love and support for him. My message that I want to be delivered by “Time Capsule” to the generation of the next 100 years is {Your family is always in your heart, no matter how far away you are. A family for a person is like a home where you feel loved and protected. These are the people who will always support you, even when things don't go the way you want. Family helps you grow, learn, and shares joy and sorrow with you. They are your closest friends who will always be there for you, no matter what else.}.

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Week 9: Creating my own “Time Capsule”

I think you got what’s for this week just by the title of this week. Main requirement for the task was to create a capsule by our own imagination with a specific meaning and that will be shown to the generation from 2124. So here you can see my “Time Capsule” where the top is a mountain and the bottom a “yurt” - an ancient house of nomads. As you all know there lives a family in one yurt where they fill it with their love, support and coziness. Here you can see the previous my designs for "Time Capsule". But I redesigned them by my wants. Also at Friday we had a fun by playing "Alias" with the students from MT at the university. That was so fascinating and one hour flew by quickly.

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Week 8: “Testing stage: plasticine prototype”

This week we had to choose another item to recreate it as a new and not existing one. My choice is a bulb. So here is my explanation and photo of my creation. {I chose a light bulb, that's why the name is: A Sun bulb. The light bulb is developed by having an integrated sensor that determines the level of illumination in the room. When the environment turns dark, the light bulb automatically turns on, emulating the light and warmth of the sun. When the room is illuminated by natural light, the light bulb turns off automatically, saving energy. The light bulb also has the ability to connect to smart sockets and switches. Thus, the user will be able not only to adjust the light, but also to control other devices connected to the smart home system.} But unfortunately the person who evaluated me misunderstood my idea and put a low score than my previous scores. That’s so saddddd. At Friday my groupmates go to the Mega with Miss Ainur to have meal. But I wasn't there because of my own business. Even though I'll leave their photo here ^-^.

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Week 7: Assessment of “50 shades of sketches”

On the 30th of January we had a class of “Mastering Design Thinking” course. That day Miss Ainur evaluated our works. If there are similar types or forms of an object/item she minused points. I had only one similar form of watch so she gave me 95. But she liked all my sketches. Memorable part of that day was the various types of sketches. When she evaluated our works, I noticed that even if there were only two person in one group for the same sketch, their imagination and creativity level were so very distinct and very different from each others. 

Highlight Challenges: I can not say that I had a difficulty or a challenge this week as we only had classes where she put points to our works. If there will be one challenge that may be an MDT class with Serik Igbayev. I’m joking ^-^.

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Week 6:

This week we had to draw sketches of a specific thing which can be everything from bulbs to masks. This week’s task is called “50 shades of sketches”. First thing was to find a buddy who will be your friend to join you on this creative adventure. My buddy was Akbota <3. Because teamwork makes the dream work! While we're doing this assignment during class we’ll have fun with our groupmates by sharing our stuff with each other and by looking at each other's pictures. We had to pick numbers and choose one cool thing to draw. After we started drawing. We chose 7 and 9 which are a bulb and a watch. But we decided to draw a watch as it has more various types. Our uniqueness made each drawing special. I started from the typical square watch and finished with the “Swarovski” watch which you can see on this pictures. 

Highlight Challenges: Difficulties that I had were the forms and types of watches. Because mostly people wear square and circle types which we see everyday. So I wasn’t sure about the existence of other types such as pineapple, moon and infinity forms.  

Also I shoot a photo where my dear groupmates are discussing about the sketches.

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Week 5 - Process Blogs

Week 5 is the week of midterms and for us the defense of our process blogs, which began from 1 week to today.

During these 5 weeks, we had 3 tasks that we showed well and defended ourselves in front of our groupmates. There were 3 lectures about which I wrote very well in my early posts.

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WEEK 4

Tactile Gaming Interface Prototype

On the fourth week, we came to the lesson to show all our inventions that were made from the virtual to the manual version, touchable. I chose the Pinball game because I loved playing it myself. My game had 5 difficulty levels that started from 25 points to 200 points. It was necessary to hit the balls with a stick and get to one of the cells indicated with the points. I put here a GTA San Andreas song as this song was remembered because of Dilnaz's game prototype.

Reflect on Lectures:

The fourth week's lecture highlighted the very important role of creativity in solving complex problems. This lecture mentioned misconceptions that emphasized that creativity is a skill that needs to be developed. The importance of leadership, cross-functional collaboration and integrated design thinking training for the formation of a creative culture in IT management was also emphasized. I also learned that design thinking recognizes that creativity is not a luxury, but a necessity in the rapidly developing world of information technology.

Formulate Questions:

Why does creativity promote innovation and adaptability? What are the key stages of design thinking in the context of IT management? How can leadership in IT teams contribute to creating a creative environment?

Highlight Challenges:

The difficulty for me in creating a game from cardboard was to cut it off and glue it to each other so that it would not fall off during the game. Also, it was not easy to find a durable decent glue and small accessories.

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Week 3: Visual collage as defining stage

This week we showed and talked about second assignment. I liked the device of all my group mates. Each of them was very different from each other in their appearance and a certain client. I had a device called ERKE, and it was intended for children 4-5 years old who still cannot write numbers and letters. I showed and told everything about my device in practice.

Reflect on Lectures:

The title of the lecture for 3 weeks was "Problem Research". It emphasized the key role of careful problem research, anticipating future technological needs, and achieving accuracy in identifying problems. This gave me a deep understanding of how problem research serves as a compass for innovative, user-oriented solutions in technology projects.

Formulate Questions:

What is the main focus of problem research in Design Thinking? How does problem research benefit IT projects? How problem research improves user experiences in technology?

Highlight Challenges:

The most difficult thing for me in the process of creating a booklet for the device was to find suitable photos, drawings and glue them in the right places.

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Week 2: Assignment 1

Imaginary Device

In the second week, we started performing our first tasks, "The imaginary device", where we had to show our unique device that can help certain people and different ages. When I first heard about this device, I immediately thought that I needed to come up with something that would really help the female sex during menstruation. So I came up with my own hot water bottle massager that relieves severe hip pain and also massages the body to relax. My device has 3 types, which I have defined as classic, cute and modern.

Reflect on Lectures: Unfortunately, we didn't have a second lecture because of the holiday. Therefore, I have no reflection.

Formulate Questions: I do not have any questions arising from the lecture that has not been at the second week.

Highlight Challenges: During the learning process, or rather while thinking about my device, there were problems with its design, such as what size it should be and what color, what other functions it should perform for complete happiness. I also had problems with drawing because I'm not good at drawing. It took me 2 hours just to draw these 3 drawings.

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Week 1:

05.12.2023 is the day when we had our first Mastering Design Thinking practice session. This photo was taken that day by looking to Expo-2017 and thinking about how interesting will be this subject. In our first practice session we introduced ourselves to each other. In our second practice, we got acquainted with the first task, its meaning in the subject and what needs to be done for the first task. 

Reflect on Lectures:

At the first lecture on this subject, I learned about a universal methodology that goes beyond traditional problem solving. This is design thinking, and it adapts to any field that will eventually lead to feasible and desired results. His difference is in his solution to difficult problems, he shows a person his own creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. The first lecture mentioned Amazon and Google Maps, Agile methodology and Miro, all applications that are directly related to design thinking.

Formulate Questions: 

Highlight Challenges:

What was difficult for me for the first task was to think about a device that could help many people, also what made it unique among similar devices.