User:Daniel K. Schneider/Notes

This page contains random notes, e.g. stuff I plan to buy

Laptop for 1 of my kids (quickly), just for study and Internet/movies, no gaming.

• ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UN-EG068T (13.30", Full HD, Intel Core i7-8550U, 16Go, 256 SSD) 1400.- @ digitec
• ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UN-EG011T (13.30", Full HD, Intel Core i5-8250U, 8Go, 256 SSD) 1200.- @ digitec
• ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UN-EG002T 8GB, 512 SSD, 1462.50 @ Prodimex
• ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UN EG002T 13.3" Core i7 8550U, 8 GB 512 GB SSD - 1537.- @ Interdiscount
• ASUS ZenBook 13 UX331UN-EG008T - Intel i7-8550U/13,3"/16Gb/SSD 512Gb/GeForce 1577.40 @ Prodimex
• Asus UX331UN-EG008T 1'529.– @ Migros
• ASUS UX330UA-FC998T/13/I5/8G/256G/I/W10 900.- @ mediamarkt
• ASUS UX330UA-FC998T/13/I5/8G/256G/I/W10 900.- @ digitex <== Model chosen. It has a 12 hour battery life and weights 1.2 kgs.
• ASUS UX430UN-GV073T/14/I7-8550U/16G/256G/N/W10 - 1400.- @ mediamarkt
• Asus ZenBook UX430UN-GV095T 14" 8Go, 256SSD 1186.- Fnac
• ASUS Zenbook UX430UA GV100T 14 " i-7200U 8GB, 512 SSD 1133.- @ Interdiscount
• Asus Zenbook Pro UX550VD-BN081R
• HP Spectre x360 13-ae060nz (13.30", Full HD, Intel Core i5-8250U, 8GB, 512 SSD)
• HP Spectre 13-af060nz (13.30", Full HD, Intel Core i5-8250U, 8GB, SSD) 1469.– @digitec
• DELL XPS 13, 13.3", i5-8250U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD 1400.- @interdiscount

Daniel K. Schneider is an associate professor at TECFA, a research and teaching unit in the faculty of psychology and education, University of Geneva. My current R&D interests include digital design and fabrication (e.g. machine embroidery, laser cutting and 3D printing), learning process analytics, e-learning compentence and learning in informal contexts. Within TECFA's "blended" master program in educational technology (MALTT), I teach educational information & communication systems, digital design and fabrication, foundations of educational technology, and research methodology.

I am interested in the potential of machine embroidery for general education. Machine embroidery was born in the 80's and became in the 90's the first consumer computer-aided design and manufacturing technology, well before 3D printing or laser cutting. Since the birth of the "Maker" and "fablab" movements, the status of amateur crafts has changed and "Do-It-Yourself", even textile working, is becoming trendy, political and more efficient thanks to computers. Today, machine embroidery is a reliable and financially accessible technology that everyone can appropriate.

We postulate that digital embroidery allows to enhance people's digital skills (image manipulation, technical drawing, using complex software, understanding production workflows), project skills, creativity and design skills. So far I have been teaching machine embroidery in an optional "making" class to students of educational technology and we tested the children's and parent's interest in several outreach events, e.g. the Geneva book fair and the Geneva science night. Participants could create a drawing on paper and then assist in the digitizing and stitching process. Interest was high and many participants expressed an interest to learn more.

In order to introduce machine embroidery to a public a large and to schools, it is crucial that open software using a stable, universal design format exists. Ink/Stitch is, so far, the only solution that free and based on open standards. As of July 2018, the platform is definitely highly interesting for educational projects and it has the potential to become a professional tool.