Welcome | Play & Technology

This web site is the syllabus for the class "Play and Technology" at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Important Announcements

(most recent first)

Projects are in. Good luck with the end of the semester!
The Project V. 1 feedback forum is now online.
Final Project V. 2 is due May 7 (Monday) at 1:30 p.m. (Our final exam period.) See the schedule.
Example videos of past student presentations are now linked to the Projects Page.
The complete final presentation order is now on the course schedule
The Projects Page has been updated with examples of V. 1 projects from prior years.

Essentials

Class meets in 165 Everitt Lab from 11:00-12:20 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Instructor: Professor Christian Sandvig
Office: 166 Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) [map]
Office Hours: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Tuesdays, and by appointment
Office Telephone: 265-6287
Cell Phone: (passed out in class)
Mailbox: 202 Coordinated Science Laboratory
E-mail: csandvig@illinois.edu

Teaching Assistant: Aimee Rickman
Office: 164 Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) - door will be locked, so knock! [map]
Office Hours: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Wednesdays, and by appointment
Cell Phone: (passed out in class) note - she does not text
Mailbox: 204 Coordinated Science Laboratory
E-mail: arickman@illinois.edu

Image Credits

From top: (1) Sonic the Hedgehog, from the game of the same name. Image from: http://www.sega.com/segascream/legacy/sonicstory.jhtml (visited Jan 10, 2003; no longer online). Sonic the Hedgehog is a trademark of Sega Corporation. (2) Artwork from the side panel of a Space Invaders arcade console, circa 1978. Photograph by Dirk Behlau, from: http://www.behlau.net/ (visited Jan 10, 2003; no longer online). Space Invaders is a trademark of Taito Japan. (3) Artist's illustration of a Sony Aibo Entertainment Robot by Jeff Mangiat, from the September, 2000 Popular Mechanics story "Robots" at: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/robotics/2000/9/ai_robots/ (visited Jan 10, 2003; no longer online). Aibo is a trademark of Sony Electronics, Inc.