visit live site: https://www.latoniamertica.dev/construction-project-storysim/
WHO:
MENTEE La'Tonia Mertica, arrant curiosity
MENTOR Chris, genius code deconstruction
WHAT:
a passion project conceptualizing project-based learning activities through which mentees - enhanced with mentor guidance - research topics about which they are passionate, inspired, motivated to continue their creative journey... a passion project encourages creativity...promotes perseverance, problem solving, and innovation...
and, logistically speaking, this journey culminates in the application of technical skills learned, breathing life into an idea
~ as adapted from Emergent Works Fall Intensive (2023) 'Passion Project Guide'
WHEN:
mentees seldom if ever sleep while materializing their passion project. we are often flush with ideas. startled awake with try this debug and fine tune that thoughts. naively convincing and unconvincing then re-convincing ourselves we can do much much more than is sane on the allotted time table. mentors are zealously lulled along, anchoring the journey in encouragement, expertise, and sensibility...
... in addition, of course, to the 8-week program that involved a commitment of 2-hour synchronous sessions twice a week, office hours as needed with the program instructor and/or other ew educator, class work and independent study of a minimum of 12 hours a week, and peer meets as available
WHERE:
for me, this cohort, given the weather and available resources - my car, my favorite public library, ...and in my dreams where my code ceaselessly executes in vivid error-free session after session
... logistically, evenings via Google Meet
HOW:
[✓] CAMARADERIE
[✓] CANVA
[✓] GITHUB
[✓] LOOM
[✓] MAC
[✓] MAILCHIMP
[✓] MAP LIBRE GL
[✓] MDN WEB DOCS
[✓] NABC
[✓] PREMIERE PRO
[✓] SLACK
[✓] TRELLO
[✓] VISUAL STUDIO CODE
[✓] W3SCHOOLS
[✓] ZOOM
[ ] AI
note: Chris and I discussed the use of artificial intelligence in code/web dev in general and this project.We learned we share some thoughts about the topic, and we agreed to approach this project without it
TECH STACK
HTML
JAVASCRIPT
CSS
WHY: why not. seriously, who doesn't have a chance to code or develop a website and accept. personally, my life has presented a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. joining this cohort gave me something positive to look forward to, motivated me to at least try, and introduced me to my mentor - who has graciously been more than a support in code/web dev
NEXT STEPS:
- wire survey
- add 3d buildings to map
- incorporate localStorage
- rest for a bit
- outline next sprint
- schedule project time
- toss confetti re progress
- soup up map with extra features, including data points as available
- add map extras to localStorage
- code breakdown from html file into separate files by focus/function and imported back into html file
- edit to production level
- deploy (production-level)
- containerize (docker)
RESOURCES