I attended the midpoint symposium for MSIDT cohort 12 over the weekend. The first topic of the day was a discussion of our masters thesis projects, which seems to be causing plenty of stress and anxiety for everyone. After listening to the presentation and getting some questions answered by the faculty I think everyone was a little bit more at ease. I had the chance to consult one-on-one with faculty members and am relieved that they see potential in my project proposal. I'm still focused on getting through this semester first, but the project is still going to be on my mind since much of this semester is in preparation for the project.
One aspect that I thought about this weekend was the flowchart. It is a bit odd to me that this was what was on my mind since there is plenty more research to be done before getting to the actual product design phase, but someone mentioned flowchart and it got stuck in my head. Perhaps it was because I was in charge of the flowchart for the group project during summer session. For that project I used a site called Gliffy which let me create the following lovely charts for free with no download required (although there are paid options):
There are other options out there similar to Gliffy, but I've been using Gliffy for a few years and am used to it, although I am open to trying new things. The above flowcharts may seem simple, but Gliffy does offer features to make more complicated charts. I actually used Gliffy to created an advanced organizer for my other MSIDT course.
