Kindergarten approach... Kindergarten ideal > Appropriate media & technologies - beyond kindergarten "little c" - personal creativity Imagine materials not over-constrained or over-determine "many paths, many styles" eg. Cricket [art + technology] - girl friendly vs. Mindstorm robotic kit design challenge - easy to learn / open ended. Create Friedrich Frobel 1837 Frobel's Gifts design for designers Seymour Paperts constructionist approach Play Piaget: "Play is the work of children" experimentation, exploration, testing boundaries active: play & learn passive: education, entertainment Yasmin Kafai "Minds in Play" Scratch: "tinkerability" Share Most difficult Vygotsky - social nature of learning Henry Jenking "participatory culture" Scratch Scratch Website - share construction Reflect Reggio Emilia, Italy engage children in reflecting on the process of design Tips: Start Simple Work on Thinks that you like If you have no clue what to do, fiddle around Don't be afraid to experiment [] Find a friend to work with, share ideas! It's ok to copy stuff (to give you an idea) Keep your ideas in a sketch book Build, take apart, rebuild Lots of things can go wrong, stick to it Imagine Iteration heart of creative process iterate on tools and use of tools minimum prototype to get feedback | Sharing & Reflecting spiral, jumping levels leverage time/effort every tool creates a box, how to break out of the box, or how to step to next level recognize appropriate use of each tool eg. reading on computer screen vs. print vs ipad reading vs. taking notes problem solving vs. exploring pro/con of each technology sharing is key to provide motivation to engage in creative cycle - the fuel for the process. ability to reflect (and focus) is key now with all the dangers of unfocused attention - facebook / tweeter / instant notification / always on technology / instant access to social network our ability to Share at odds with time to Reflect My personal work style - find on desktop - read on ipad - notes on paper - ideas on paper - write in cafe My carrot - sharing to empower / feeding the motivated / reaching and helping eager learner / helping: the gift that never diminishes / passing the flame. Share Khan Academy vs. Bret Victor "Learnable Programming" Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle My sharing: collaboration with Benjamin, Macromedia products, teaching at NYU/ITP Todays challenge: sharing made easy with Facebook & Tweeter, but more opportunity for distractions plan to use github to share my stuff https://github.com/jht1900/BlitzMax-Kickstart https://github.com/jht1900/DICE-Media-Processing.git Reflect focus is prerequisite - meditation as an aide. should be preferred way to assess students progress - artifacts from their reflection - where does integrating new knowledge come in? - must rely on trusted source. |
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