Wordclouds
December 11, 2023
GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Autumn 2023
The Autumn 2023 GEN ST 297 seminar students were both engaged and exploratory this quarter with multiple instances in which extra research was done around the assignments and weekly headline challenges. Hot topics were AI, the arts, and 3D printing. Seminar Scenarios The Autumn 2023 seminar students chose to look at the nexus of AI…
August 18, 2023
GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Summer 2023
The Summer 2023 GEN ST 297 seminar students were once again super engaged and ready to bring creative ideas into discussions. Summer is often a challenging quarter to stay focused and motivated given all the distractions but the seminar students were all-in on seminar discussion sessions. Hot topics were once again Chat GPT, virtual and…
March 10, 2023
GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Winter 2023
The Winter 2023 GEN ST 297 seminar students were incredibly engaged and creative. This was considered the ‘we are fully back from COVID’ quarter and I think the benefits of in-person learning and being able to interact and discuss topics with fellow students was clearly demonstrated in this cohort. Hot topics were Chat GPT, virtual…
March 29, 2022
GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Winter 2022
The Winter 2022 GEN ST 297 Future-ish seminar group was the largest yet since the seminar was restarted. Robotic fish seemed to be a frequent topic, along with COVID, plastics, 3D printing, and new horizons for space travel. Seminar Scenarios The Winter 2022 seminar students chose to look at the nexus of space travel and…
December 29, 2021
GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Autumn 2021
The Autumn 2021 GEN ST 297 Future-ish seminar group was, once again, in person and the larges number of students since the seminar was restarted with over 15 participants. The quarter focused on the post-COVID and there was a strong connection to agricultural systems, including produce agriculture but other managed food commodities like fisheries. Seminar…
September 30, 2021
GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Summer 2021
The Summer 2021 GEN ST 297 Future-ish seminar group was very engaged and dynamic. Fashion, the intersection of neuroscience and AI, and COVID were frequent subjects in discussions. This particular group had many students from psychology which provided an interesting perspective during the class discussions and exercises. Seminar Scenarios The Summer 2021 seminar students chose…
August 19, 2021
GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Spring 2021
The Spring 2021 GEN ST 297 Future-ish seminar group was quite interesting. AI seemed to be a topic of interest that spanned the whole seminar, particularly with how it intersected with higher education. This was not surprising given that we are still in virtual mode during the COVID-19 mitigation period, but the directions this interest…