Grade 8 students who studied a DLTA unit designed by Anna Amato were the 2022 recipients of the Photoville & PhotoWings Educator Exhibition Grant. Their work will be exhibited outside their school for public viewing during the festival June 4-26, 2022. Here’s the entry on the Photoville website: “What contributes to a healthy neighborhood and … Continue reading DLTA students featured in Photoville!
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 DTLA project describes students’ experiences engaging with data through their choreography and performance of original dances. It will be presented at the 2022 Annual meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. DesPortes, K., Vacca, R., Tes, M., Woods, P., Matuk, C., Amato, A. & Silander, M. (2022). Dancing with … Continue reading Dancing with Data
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
Recently, I had the honour of visiting the Learning Sciences Research Institute (LSRI) at the University of Illinois in Chicago to share participatory design strategies for engaging teachers in designing tools for science inquiry. While there, I enjoyed chatting with faculty and students about designing teacher professional development, researching students’ understanding of graphs and maps, and the arrival of the holodeck. … Continue reading Designing with/for teachers: Sharing strategies @LSRI
