The writing reflection for this week covers the lectures "Design Justice" and "Inclusive Design". This reflection is due on 2/17 at 12pm.

Note that the course staff are looking for your own thoughts on these topics. Writing in the first person, taking divergent viewpoints, and bringing in ideas from outside of class are encouraged. Write as if you are targeting a public audience. Particularly insightful or convincingly contrarian statements might be shared with the entire class in lecture or in the course slack.

Participatory design and asset based design calls for us to approach our work differently. With this writing reflection, I'd like you to envision yourself working for a social media company after graduation. In your role as a product designer/engineer, how can you create space for user engagement? What steps can we take? Please reflect on the following questions:

• What can your social media company do to include the voices of the communities they are trying to support?
• Choose a community your company is serving, describe the community based on their strengths. 

Grading

Each reflection should be between 500 - 1000 words and in paragraph form. It will be graded in terms of:

Does the reflection adequately address the prompt?

Does the reflection reference the readings and class discussions to support the writing?

Does the reflection exhibit thoughtfulness and creative expression?

Does the reflection utilize proper grammar and style?

Is the reflection an appropriate length?

Submission Instructions

• Submit to Canvas