Final Project Workshop 2

Today's Plan

This is the second and final workshop session for your project. Today you'll keep building what you started last Thursday and end by showing it to a few classmates.

To get going quickly: reopen whatever tool you were using last week — Replit, ChatGPT, Claude, or whatever else. If you can't find your previous session, that's fine. The AI has no memory of it anyway; just start again and describe what you were making.

Remember: a small finished thing beats a big unfinished one. Keep the scope tight.

In-Class Activity~75 min

Keep Building~55 min

Show Your Neighbor~15 min

Partner work

Feedback~5 min

Keep Building

Reopen your tool and keep going. If you can't find your previous session, just start fresh — describe what you were making and go from there. The AI has no memory of last week's conversation anyway.

Tips while you build:

Describe outcomes, not code. "I want a page that shows my reading list with tags" beats "make a div with a flexbox."
Iterate in small steps. One change at a time. Preview after every change.
Re-describe when stuck. If a chat is going sideways, stop and start over describing the whole thing fresh.
Aim for showable, not perfect. In about 55 minutes, you'll show this to a few classmates. Make sure it runs.

Geoff will give a two-minute warning before demo time. Plan to be at a state where you can walk someone through your project by then.

Show Your Neighbor

Partner Activity

This activity involves working with a partner.

Show Your Neighbor

Take turns showing your project to your group. Aim for about 4-5 minutes per person, including questions.

When it's your turn, cover:

What is it? A quick tour of what you built.
Who is it for? Yourself, a friend, a group you're part of, nobody in particular.
What was hard? Where did you get stuck, and how did you get unstuck?
What surprised you? One thing the AI did that you didn't expect.

When you're listening, ask questions. Good ones: "What would you add if you had another hour?" "Did you try anything that didn't work?" "What tool ended up being the most useful?"