This paper, to be presented at the Interaction Design and Children conference, reports on middle school students’ uses of a novel tool for creating data-based memes, and how it supported their personal and social connections to data. Check it out! Vacca, R., DesPortes, K., Tes, M. Silander, M., Amato, A., Matuk, C., Woods, P. J. … Continue reading What data memes to students
This study from the DLTA project explores how middle school students used photography to reframe representations of their neighborhood, as told through public data. It will be presented at the 2022 Annual meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. Amato, A., Matuk, C., DesPortes, K., Silander, M., Tes, M., Vacca, R., & Woods, … Continue reading Youth using photography to reframe data stories of their neighborhoods
This short paper from the StudyCrafter project describes findings from a youth workshop we developed on participatory storytelling. It will be presented at the 2022 Annual meeting of the International Society for the Learning Sciences. Matuk, C., Amato, A., Sui, J., Sutherland, S. & Harteveld, C. (2022). Inform, empathize, inquire: How youth use participatory storytelling … Continue reading Interactive fiction for social inquiry
Portable brain technologies are transforming classroom-based research. What is their potential, and what are their ethical implications? Read about it on Academia.edu, ResearchGate, or at Educational Researcher. Davidesco, I., Matuk, C., Bevilacqua, D., Poeppel, D., & Dikker, S. (2021). Neuroscience Research in the Classroom: Portable Brain Technologies in Education Research. Educational Researcher, 50(9), 649-656. Abstract Cognitive neuroscience … Continue reading Neuroscience research in the classroom
In a chapter co-authored with Kayla DesPortes and Chris Hoadley, we discuss the role of context in the study and design of computer supported collaborative learning environments. The chapter appears in the International Handbook of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. You’ll find a review of the handbook here, and a peek at the figure we used to … Continue reading How context matters in computer-supported collaborative learning
In this short paper from the DLTA project, presented at the conference of the International Society for the Learning Sciences, we describe insights about the potential for integrating the arts into data science education based on our first classroom implementation. Matuk, C., DesPortes, K., Amato, A., Silander, M., Vacca, R., Vasudevan, V. & Woods, P.J. … Continue reading Data literacy through art: A first foray
In this poster from our Data Literacy through the Arts (DLTA) project, presented at the conference for the International Society for the Learning Sciences, we discuss the ways that care and compassion became a priority in our co-design process with our teacher partners as we adjusted during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Matuk, … Continue reading Compassionate co-design
This ISLS poster from the MindHive project describes a classroom pilot study of our citizen science platform, on which high school students generated brain and behavior research studies on their questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vasudevan, V., Matuk, C., Bumbacher, E., Davidesco, I., Dikker, S., Sadhukha, S., Chaloner, K., Burgas, K., Martin, R. & Shevchenko, … Continue reading Probing the pandemic with citizen science
There is a call for papers for a special issue of the journal of Educational Technology & Society: Learning at the Intersection of Data Literacy and Social Justice. Guest Editors Camillia Matuk, New York University Simon Knight, University of Technology, Sydney Kayla DesPortes, New York University The deadline for full manuscripts is September 1, 2021. Here’s the vision … Continue reading Call for Papers: Special issue on data literacy and social justice
Our first classroom pilot of MindHive happened at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and needless to say, was not the pilot we had planned! Instead, it became an opportunity for students to use science to address their curiosities about how living under lockdown was affecting their mental well-being. You can read the full article … Continue reading Learning about science in an unfolding pandemic
