Homework 2 -- Respond to Nardi

due by classtime on Monday, 2/3

After reading the chapter entitled "Studying Context: A Comparison of Activity Theory, Situated Action Models, and Distributed Cognition" by Bonnie Nardi, what are your thoughts?

Write a response to the chapter and post it on the Co-Web. For this assignment, there are no "right" or "wrong" answers. Some things to consider: what do you agree with or disagree with? Which context models do you find applicable to what situations? What aspects of the models do you find particularly interesting? Are these models you can apply in real life to any of the phases of user interface design? These are just some ideas to get you started-- you don't need to answer all of these questions.

Please do not merely summarize the article for this assignment. You don't have to address all aspects of the article; just focus on what you find interesting or anything that evokes a response in you. A "good" response is one that shows that you've thought about the work.

This assignment is due on the CoWeb by classtime on Monday, but if you get yours posted at least an hour or two earlier, it's more likely that I can bring your points up in class.